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Issue Details

Issue #1
Published June 1982
Frequency monthly
Cover Price 1.50 USD
Pages 52
Editing Tom DeFalco
Notes Double-Sized 1st issue; Printed on nicer paper with glossy cover.

Cover Details - "The Ultimate Weapon of Democracy! : Introducing America's Sensational New Special Missions Force For The 80's!"

Characters G.I Joe [Steeler; Scarlett; Zap; Flash; Stalker; Grunt]
Genre war
Pencils Herb Trimpe
Inks Bob McLeod
Notes Double-Sized 1st issue; Printed on nicer paper with glossy cover.
Reprinted in G.I. Joe Yearbook (Marvel, 1985 series) #2; in G.I. Joe Comics Magazine (Marvel, 1986 series) #1; in G.I. Joe (Marvel, 2002 series) #1

1 page G.I. Joe character profile "G. I. Joe Weapons Profile: HAL"

Characters Grand Slam
Synopsis Information about the Joes then-newest artillery weapon the H.A.L.- Heavy Artillery Laser.
Genre war
Script Larry Hama
Pencils Herb Trimpe
Inks Herb Trimpe

28 page G.I. Joe story "Operation: Lady Doomsday"

Characters G.I. Joe [Hawk; Snake-Eyes; Scarlett; Breaker; Flash; Grunt; Stalker; Short-Fuse; Grand-Slam; Zap; Rock 'N Roll; Steeler; Clutch; Shooter (cameo- named only)]; General Flagg; General Austin; Doctor Adele Burkhart; Cobra [Cobra Commander; Baroness] (all first appearances)
Synopsis Cobra has captured a prominent nuclear physicist, and the G.I. Joe team is formed to get her back.
Genre war
Script Larry Hama
Pencils Herb Trimpe
Inks Bob McLeod
Colors Glynis Wein
Letters Jim Novak
Notes Joe character Shooter named as in-house joke for then-EIC Jim Shooter, but later made into real Joe by writer/creator Larry Hama in G.I. Joe Declassified (Devil's Due Publishing, 2006 series) #'s 1-3.
Reprinted in G.I. Joe Yearbook (Marvel, 1985 series) #1; in G.I. Joe Comics Magazine (Marvel, 1986 series) #1; in Tales of G.I. Joe (Marvel, 1988 series) #1; in G.I. Joe (Marvel, 2002 series) #1; in G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero (Hasbro, 2005 series) #1.

2 page G.I. Joe character profile "G.I. Joe Classified File: The Pit"

Synopsis Cutaway diagram of then-G.I. Joe headquarters: The Pit (model 1).
Genre war
Script Larry Hama
Pencils Herb Trimpe
Inks Herb Trimpe
Reprinted in G.I. Joe Yearbook (Marvel, 1985 series) #1; in G.I. Joe Comics Magazine (Marvel, 1986 series) #1

10 page G.I. Joe story "Hot Potato"

Characters G.I. Joe [Hawk; Snake-Eyes; Scarlett; Stalker; Rock 'N Roll; Steeler; Clutch]; Colonel Sharif; Guardians of Paradise (villains)
Synopsis Scarlett and Snake-Eyes are left to fend for themselves in the desert as Rock N Roll is ordered to deliver a sensitive package to Stalker and Clutch waiting to get it back to Hawk. Rock N Roll then returns to save them just as both Scarlett and Snake-Eyes run out of ammo, and all three escape as Stalker and Clutch return to Hawk on a flight back to the States.
Genre war
Script Larry Hama
Pencils Don Perlin
Inks Jack Abel
Colors Glynis Wein
Letters Rick Parker
Reprinted in G.I. Joe Comics Magazine (Marvel, 1986 series) #1; in Tales of G.I. Joe (Marvel, 1988 series) #1; in G.I. Joe (Marvel, 2002 series) #1

1 page G.I. Joe character profile "G.I. Joe Classified File: Scarlett"

Characters Scarlett
Genre war
Script Larry Hama
Pencils Herb Trimpe
Inks Al Milgrom
Reprinted in G.I. Joe Comics Magazine (Marvel, 1986 series) #1

1 page G.I. Joe character profile "G.I. Joe Classified File: Breaker"

Characters Breaker
Genre war
Script Larry Hama
Pencils Herb Trimpe
Inks Al Milgrom

1 page G.I. Joe character profile "G.I. Joe Classified File: Flash"

Characters Flash
Genre war
Script Larry Hama
Pencils Herb Trimpe
Inks Al Milgrom

1 page G.I. Joe character profile "G.I. Joe Classified File: Stalker"

Characters Stalker
Genre war
Script Larry Hama
Pencils Herb Trimpe
Inks Al Milgrom

1 page G.I. Joe character profile "G.I. Joe Weapons Profile: VAMP"

Characters Clutch
Synopsis Information about the Joes then-newest vehicle the V.A.M.P- Vehicle Attack Multi-Purpose (Mark 1)
Genre war
Script Larry Hama
Pencils Herb Trimpe
Inks Herb Trimpe

1 page G.I. Joe illustration "G.I. Joe Weapons Profile: MOBAT"

Characters Steeler
Synopsis Back of book information about the Joe team's then-newest tank, the M.O.B.A.T. - Multi-Ordinance Battle Action Tank.
Genre war
Script Larry Hama
Pencils Herb Trimpe
Inks Herb Trimpe