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Issue Details

Issue #42
Published December 1985
Cover Price $0.75
Pages 36
Editing Don Daley (Assistant); Denny O'Neil

Cover Details

Genre war
Pencils Mike Zeck
Inks Dennis Janke
Reprinted in G.I. Joe Yearbook (Marvel, 1985 series) #2

22 page G.I. Joe story "Ties That Bind"

Characters FEATURE: G.I. Joe--Hawk; Duke; Snake-Eyes; Scarlett; Roadblock; Rip-Cord; Recondo; Doc; Stalker; GUESTS: General Austin; Storm Shadow; Billy; The Soft Master; VILLAINS: Buzzer; Fred Broca II [Wade Collins; Name revealed]
Synopsis General Austin has a heart attack; Candy escapes from Buzzer; Fred II turns out to be an old Nam buddy of Snake-Eyes and Stalker; The Soft Master arrives in Springfield; Billy concludes his training with Storm Shadow and leaves to confront his father.
Genre war
Script Larry Hama
Pencils Rod Whigham
Inks Andy Mushynsky
Colors George Roussos
Letters Joe Rosen