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Introduction
G.I. Joe was a toy line long before it was a comic book. Originally a series of stuffed dolls, Hasbro began producing small plastic figurines in the early 1980s.

Following these eras is a list of other sites of interest.

CONTENTS
PERIODICALS
BOOKS
  • G.I. Joe (second series) #1-155
  • G.I. Joe (third series) #1-4
  • G.I. Joe (fourth series) #1-4
  • G.I. Joe (fifth series) #1-21
  • G.I. Joe: Frontline #1-12
  • G.I. Joe: Order of Battle #1-4
  • G.I. Joe Special #1
  • G.I. Joe Special Missions #1-28
  • G.I. Joe Yearbook #1-5
  • Tales of G.I. Joe #1-15
  • G.I. Joe Battle Files #1-3
  • G.I. Joe Battle Files: Ultimate Sourcebook
  • G.I. Joe Vol. 1
  • G.I. Joe Vol. 1: Reinstated
  • G.I. Joe Vol. 2
  • G.I. Joe Vol. 2: Reckonings
  • G.I. Joe Vol. 3
  • G.I. Joe Vol. 3: Malfunction
  • G.I. Joe Vol. 4
  • Marvel Comics Era (1982-1994)
    Marvel Comics began publishing comics based on G.I. Joe in 1982. Written by Larry Hama, the series sold well. It eventually lasted over a hundred and fifty issues, receiving a fairly short-lived spin-off series. The title went through several transitions along the way but was always written by Larry Hama. Certain periods were better, and more mature, than others, but the whole was a memorable, though uneven, epic.
    More to come.

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    G.I. Joe (second series) #1-19, 21-100, G.I. Joe Special Missions #1-28: Larry Hama script
    G.I. Joe (second series) #1-20, 42-100; G.I. Joe Special Missions #1-28: no artistic data entered
    G.I. Joe (second series) #1includes a 26-page main story, a two-page schematic of the Pit (the Joes' base), a 10-page story, and four pin-ups with files attached (featuring Scarlett, Breaker, Flash, and Stalker)
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    G.I. Joe (second series) #2features Kwinn, the Eskimo
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    G.I. Joe (second series) #3
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    G.I. Joe (second series) #4
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    G.I. Joe (second series) #5
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    G.I. Joe (second series) #6features the October Guard
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    G.I. Joe (second series) #7continued from #6
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    G.I. Joe (second series) #8Herb Trimpe script
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    G.I. Joe (second series) #9Steven Grant script
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    G.I. Joe (second series) #10first appearance of Springfield; Dr. Venom reads Snake-Eyes's thoughts
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    G.I. Joe Vol. 1collects G.I. Joe #1-10
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    G.I. Joe (second series) #11first appearance of Destro
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    G.I. Joe (second series) #12continues into #13
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    G.I. Joe (second series) #13continues into #14
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    G.I. Joe (second series) #14Destro's face (mask) is first shown
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    G.I. Joe (second series) #15continued from #14
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    G.I. Joe (second series) #16Hawk fights Cobra Commander and Destro, then gets shot; Baroness is blown up
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    G.I. Joe (second series) #17
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    G.I. Joe (second series) #18
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    G.I. Joe (second series) #19an era ends as Kwinn, Dr. Venom, and General Flagg die; cover-dated January 1984
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    G.I. Joe (second series) #20Steven Grant script
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    G.I. Joe (second series) #21, 26: Larry Hama breakdowns with Steve Leialoha finishes
    G.I. Joe (second series) #21the famous "Silent Interlude"; Storm Shadow's first appearance; Snake-Eyes parachuttes in and rescues Scarlett, battling Storm Shadow and his red ninjas
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    G.I. Joe (second series) #22"Like Chimney Sweepers Come to Dust..."; G.I. Joe plans to build a new Pit; Dr. Bludd takes the Baronness to the Bern Institute of Reconstructive Surgery; Snake-Eyes gives Kwinn an Eskimo funeral; the new Cobra Rattler is deployed to attack General Flagg's funeral at Arlington National Cemetary, but is shot down by new Joes Roadblock and Duke; Mike Vosburg breakdowns with John D'Agostino finishes
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    G.I. Joe (second series) #23"Cobra Commander Captured at Last!"; Major Bludd and the healed Baronness blackmail Cobra Commander, forcing him to meet them; when the Joes intervene, Cobra Commander is captured; Mike Vosburg breakdowns with finishes by D'Agostino and Tartag
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    G.I. Joe (second series) #24"The Commander Escapes!"; Storm Shadow rescues Cobra Commander but gets captured himself; Zartan first appears; Russ Heath art
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    G.I. Joe (second series) #25, 27, 29-30, 32-33, 37: Frank Springer pencils
    G.I. Joe (second series) #25: Mike Gustovich inks
    G.I. Joe (second series) #25"Zartan!"; Storm Shadow is thrown into solitary in Alcatraz; Cobra Commander, Destro, and the Baronness arrive at Zartan's swamp shack; outside the shack, some Joes capture Firefly and Wild-Weasel; Deep-Six in the Sharc kills some Cobras; Snake-Eyes hears that Storm Shadow has the same tatoo and disappears
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    G.I. Joe (second series) #26the classic "Snake-Eyes: The Origin"; Snake-Eyes visits the Soft Master (who first appears here); Stalker, the Soft Master, and Hawk each recount portions of Snake-Eys past from Vietnam to the murder of the Hard Master; the Cobra leaders follow Junkyard (Mutt's dog) into the swamp to investigate, falling into quicksand
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    G.I. Joe (second series) #27-29, 31-34, 37-40: Andy Mushynsky inks
    G.I. Joe (second series) #27the classic "Snake-Eyes: The Origin, Part II"; the Joes recount Snake-Eyes's recruitment to the team, then the helicopter crash that took his face and voice; Storm Shadow attacks the Soft Master's business, leading Snake-Eyes to pursue, culminating in the Joe saving Storm Shadow's life on top of a train going under and overpass, which prompts Storm Shadow to reaveal that the killer of the Hard Master fled in a Cobra helicopter; the Cobra command continues their pursuit of the Joes in the swamp
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    G.I. Joe (second series) #28"Swampfire!"; the Joes strike the swamp shack, leaving Destro and Firefly stranded in the swamp
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    G.I. Joe (second series) #29"Beached Whale"; in a splendid rally, Cobra Commander unveils the Crimson Guard; Destro and Firefly steal the Whale, which is recaptured by the Joes without its two Cobra crewmembers
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    G.I. Joe (second series) #30"Darkness"; Cobra attacks the McGuire Air Force Base but the strike is bungled by the Dreadnoks and repelled by the Joes; Frank Springer (17 pages) and Pat Redding (5 pages) inks
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    G.I. Joe (second series) #31, 34, 38-41: Rod Whigham pencils
    G.I. Joe (second series) #31"All Fall Down!"; Destro, Firefly, and Fred (a Crimson Guardsman) attack Snake-Eyes in his cabin in the Sierra mountains, but Airborne and Spirit (who were spying on Snake-Eyes) support him; cover-dated January 1985
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    G.I. Joe (second series) #32"The Mountain!"; the Soft Master arrives at Snake-Eyes's cabin as Cobra Commander regroups with Zartan and Storm Shadow while the Baroness's and Major Bludd's plan to use Billy to assassinate Cobra Commander continues; after Fred dies by the cabin, a replacement Fred arrives to take the dead man's place as father in their home outside Fort Wadsworth
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    G.I. Joe (second series) #33"Celebration"; Billy, Cobra Commander's son, almost assassinates Cobra Commander but is captured; Destro reveals his identity to the scheming Baroness; Spirit, Airborne, and Ripcord go after the new Fred when they run into him at the mall, commandeering Bongo the Balloon Bear's van; the new Pit becomes fully operational and the original Joes (sans Snake-Eyes) are promoted
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    G.I. Joe (second series) #34the masterful "Shakedown!", entirely a battle between Ace & Lady Jane in the Skystriker and Wild-Weasel and the Baronness in the Rattler
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    G.I. Joe (second series) #35-36: Rod Whigham, Mark Bright, Bob Camp, & Larry Hama pencils; Andy Mushynsky & Mike Esposito inks
    G.I. Joe (second series) #35"Dreadnoks on the Loose!"; the Dreadnoks, stealing Zartan's holographic motorcycle, go on a rampage of destruction, encountering Breaker, Rock n' Roll, and Clutch on vacation
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    G.I. Joe (second series) #36"All the Ships at Sea!"; while the Whale battles a Cobra position on an atoll, Rattlers attack the Joes' Jane ship, sinking it
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    G.I. Joe (second series) #37"Twin Brothers"; Flint and others battle Tomax and Xamot and their Crimson Guardsmen at a carnival; Ripcord hears that Bongo the Balloon Bear's real name is Candy
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    G.I. Joe (second series) #38"Judgments"; Billy, his brain scanned, reveals a few more details of how Cobra Commander started Cobra; Storm Shadow frees Billy and the two escape; a team of Joes are sent to rescue Dr. Burkhart (who they rescued in #1) in Sierra Gordo; a Crimson Guardsman's house is raided, turning out to be the father of Candy, a.k.a. Bongo the Balloon Bear
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    G.I. Joe (second series) #39"Walk Through the Jungle"; the Joes rescue Dr. Burkhart; Storm-Shadow begins training Billy
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    G.I. Joe (second series) #40"Hydrofoil"; the Joes battle Cobra in the Gulf of Mexico, whose mass killing of the Gulf's sea life causes the Pentagon to consider bombing the undersea Cobra base with a tactical nuke; to avoid using nuclear weapons, the Joes drop tons of conventional weapons, which aggravate a fault line when they explode
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    G.I. Joe (second series) #41: Keith Williams inks
    G.I. Joe (second series) #41"Strategic Diplomacy"; a title wave bashes the Joes while a new land mass rises in the Gulf of Mexico, already occupied and claimed by Cobras, whose lawyers activate around to world to assert sovereignty; the beaten Joes attack the island and make their way to the landlocked freighter before hearing that sovereignty has been granted, forcing their retreat
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    G.I. Joe (second series) #42
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    G.I. Joe (second series) #43the Soft Master dies; cover-dated January 1986
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    G.I. Joe (second series) #101-155, G.I. Joe Yearbook #1-5, G.I. Joe Special #1: no data entered
    G.I. Joe Yearbook #2features a 22-page story, an article on the TV show, a gallery of all the covers through #44, and a summary of #25-43; cover-dated March 1986
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    G.I. Joe (second series) #44
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    G.I. Joe (second series) #46
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    G.I. Joe (second series) #49Serpentor is created
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    G.I. Joe (second series) #50the Joes destroy Springfield in a 22-page story; also features an 18-page Special Missions story
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    G.I. Joe (second series) #51
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    G.I. Joe (second series) #53Cobra destroys the Pit, apparently killing Cobra Commander and Destro in the process
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    G.I. Joe (second series) #55Cobra Commander and Destro escape, then visit Billy in the hospital, where Cobra Commander seems to have a change of heart; cover-dated January 1987
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    G.I. Joe (second series) #56
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    G.I. Joe (second series) #57Flint and Lady Jane work with Destro
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    G.I. Joe (second series) #58Cobra Commander and Billy move in with Fred VII; Cobra Commander gets a suit of armor
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    G.I. Joe (second series) #59Billy gets a mechanical leg; Cobra Commander uses the Pogo to attack a few Joes; Billy meets Jinx
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    G.I. Joe (second series) #60Todd McFarlane pencils
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    G.I. Joe (second series) #61Fred VII shoots Cobra Commander; Stalker, Quick-Kick, and Snow-Job are captured in Borovia, while Outback is stranded there; Billy goes to study with Jinx; cover-dated July 1987
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    G.I. Joe Special Missions #6continued from #61; follows Outback; cover-dated August 1987
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    G.I. Joe (second series) #63Snake-Eyes and Scarlett fake their deaths while Billy and Jinx talk in a secret subterranean base in San Francisco
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    G.I. Joe (second series) #64the brilliant "Maneuvering for Position", in which Fred VII lands on Cobra Island using the Pogo and is authenticated by the Baroness
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    G.I. Joe (second series) #65Cobra fights the Joes in space
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    G.I. Joe (second series) #66
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    G.I. Joe (second series) #67has a nice ending in which the ninjas offer their philosophy; cover-dated January 1988
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    G.I. Joe (second series) #68features Battleforce 2000
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    G.I. Joe Yearbook #4features a 30-page story in which Serpentor learns that Cobra Commander is an imposter; features a summary of #37-68, with their covers; features a nice 7-page short story with Tony Salmons art; cover-dated February 1988
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    G.I. Joe (second series) #69Tony Salmons pencils; features Destro's new (golden-masked) uniform
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    G.I. Joe (second series) #70
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    G.I. Joe (second series) #71
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    G.I. Joe (second series) #72features the Star Viper infiltrating the Pit
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    G.I. Joe (second series) #73the Joes infiltrate Cobra Island while Cobra Commander and Serpentor go to war as Destro approaches
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    G.I. Joe (second series) #74Zartan kills Serpentor with an arrow; Destro takes the Baroness and departs
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    G.I. Joe (second series) #75Dr. Mindbender has Serpentor frozen
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    G.I. Joe (second series) #80features the Rolling Thunder(; I remember purchasing this issue in New York City); cover-dated November 1988
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    G.I. Joe (second series) #82features Joe recruits training, then the new Joes taking on Cobra; cover-dated January 1989
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    G.I. Joe (second series) #84the memorable "Converging Destinies", in which Billy's mother talks to her son and the ninjas and in which Cobra Commander talks to Zartan and the red ninjas
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    G.I. Joe (second series) #85the classic silent "SFX"
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    G.I. Joe (second series) #86the Joes force Cobra out of the Chrysler Building; the U.S.'s Star Wars system is used; the original G.I. Joe appears
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    G.I. Joe (second series) #91
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    G.I. Joe (second series) #93Snake-Eyes shown without his mask (and it proves not to be so bad), an event that should never have happened
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    G.I. Joe (second series) #94-96: the Snake-Eyes trilogy
    G.I. Joe (second series) #94the Baroness captures Snake-Eyes and shoots Scarlett at point-blank range
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    G.I. Joe (second series) #95features J. Jonah Jameson in a cameo
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    G.I. Joe (second series) #96cover-dated January 1990
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    G.I. Joe (second series) #98the original Cobra Commander returns, then entombs Zartan, Billy, Dr. Mindbender, Raptor, Firefly, and others inside the landlocked freighter inside the volcano on Cobra Island
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    G.I. Joe (second series) #100Cobra takes over Milleville; 39 pages
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    G.I. Joe (second series) #101Scarlett's sister arrives to terminate her life-support
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    G.I. Joe (second series) #102Scarlett's life support is disconnected
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    G.I. Joe (second series) #103Storm-Shadow sends Snake-Eyes into Borovia in a killing-machine trance; Scarlett revives
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    G.I. Joe (second series) #104
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    G.I. Joe (second series) #106
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    G.I. Joe (second series) #109Doc, Thunder, Crank-Case, Heavy-Metal, Breaker, Crazy Legs, and Quick-Kick die
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    G.I. Joe (second series) #113Sneak-Peek and all of Battleforce 2000 but Dodger (i.e. Maverick, Knockdown, Avalanche, Blocker, and Blaster) die
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    G.I. Joe (second series) #114the Joes battle Metal-Head; breaking into the buried freighter, Cobra troops find Billy and Zartan missing
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    G.I. Joe (second series) #116-118: "Destro: Search and Destroy!" storyline
    G.I. Joe (second series) #116Cobra attacks Destro and captures the Baroness
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    G.I. Joe (second series) #118Destro and the Joes rescue the Baroness
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    G.I. Joe (second series) #119Herb Trime story; features robot dupicates of world leaders
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    G.I. Joe (second series) #120Destro and the Baroness battle red ninjas
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    G.I. Joe (second series) #121features Snake-Eyes, Storm-Shadow, and a bunch of florescent ninjas
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    G.I. Joe (second series) #122Destro ridiculously causes a castle to transform
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    G.I. Joe (second series) #130Cobra attacks the Pit
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    G.I. Joe (second series) #131the Joes successfully defend the Pit
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    G.I. Joe (second series) #132cover-dated January 1993
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    YEARBOOKS AND SPECIALS
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    ORDER OF BATTLE
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    SPECIAL MISSIONS
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    G.I. Joe Special Missions #1cover-dated October 1986
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    Dark Horse Comics Era (1995-1996)
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    G.I. Joe (third series) #1-4, G.I. Joe (fourth series) #1-4: Mike W. Barr script
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    Image Comics Era (2001-Present)
    In 2001, in response to the resurge in the popularity of G.I. Joe, particularly of Larry Hama's run on the Marvel comic and the toys from the first half or so of those years, Devil's Due (publishing under the Image Comics umbrella) launched a new, bimonthly series that returned those classic characters to action. Though reviews were mixed, sales were very good: the first issue went to a second printing almost immediately, and the second issue was rushed to press earlier to take advantage of the success. A collection of the first two issues was published shortly after the third issue, and the extra-sized fourth issue saw not only the conclusion of the first storyline, but the title switching to monthly publication and the launch of Battle Files, a mini-series spin-off.
    In October 2002, a second monthly ongoing series subtitled Frontline was launched. The same month saw the eleventh issue of the main title. It was the first time the G.I. Joe franchise had been running two monthly ongoing series since Special Missions went monthly with the September 1988 issue, over 14 years before.

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    G.I. Joe: Frontline #1-4: "The Mission that Never Was" storyline; Larry Hama script; Dan Jurgens pencils; Bob Layton inks; takes place in January 1995

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    G.I. Joe: Frontline (fifth series) #1Kevin Sharpe & John Larter cover; published in October 2002
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    G.I. Joe: Frontline (fifth series) #1 [alternate cover]Dave Dorman cover
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    G.I. Joe: Frontline (fifth series) #2Dave Dorman
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    G.I. Joe: Frontline (fifth series) #3Dave Dorman cover
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    G.I. Joe: Frontline (fifth series) #4painted cover prominently featuring Storm Shadow by David Beck
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    G.I. Joe (fifth series) #1-10, 12-17: Josh Blaylock script
    G.I. Joe (fifth series) #1-9: Josh Blaylock layouts
    G.I. Joe (fifth series) #1-5, 12-17: John Larter inks
    G.I. Joe (fifth series) #5-9: Mike Zeck cover
    G.I. Joe (fifth series) #5occurs before issue #1 as Duke tracks down Major Bludd; Eric Wolfe Hanson pencils; David Michael Beck painted back cover of Duke; published on Thursday, 4 April 2002
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    G.I. Joe (fifth series) #1-4: "Reinstated!" storyline; J. Scott Campbell cover
    G.I. Joe (fifth series) #1-4, 6-7, 9: Steve Kurth pencils
    G.I. Joe (fifth series) #1features two very good pin-ups; features a very nice painted back cover of Snake-Eyes by David Beck; dedicated to Larry Hama; published on Wednesday, 19 September 2001
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    G.I. Joe (fifth series) #1 [second printing]features painted Snake-Eyes cover (formerly the back cover); published before #2
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    G.I. Joe (fifth series) #2features a Mike Norton pin-up of Roadblock; features a painted back cover of Destro by David Beck; published on Wednesday, 31 October 2001
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    G.I. Joe (fifth series) #3features a painted back cover by David Beck; published on Wednesday, 9 January 2002
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    G.I. Joe (fifth series) #432 pages; Snake-Eyes proposes to Scarlett; features a painted back cover of Cobra Commander by David Beck; published on Wednesday, 6 March 2002
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    G.I. Joe Vol. 1: Reinstatedcollects G.I. Joe (fifth series) #1-4; published on 10 July 2002
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    G.I. Joe (fifth series) #6-9: "Reckonings" storyline
    G.I. Joe (fifth series) #6features the return of Storm Shadow (wearing Cobra sigils); inks by John Larter, Barb Schulz, & Cory Hamscher; features a painted back cover of Storm Shadow by David Beck; features a poster of G.I. Joe and the Autobots (from Transformers), a similar poster appearing (almost simultaneously) in Transformers: Generation 1 #2; published on Wednesday, 1 May 2002
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    G.I. Joe (fifth series) #7John Larter & Ray Snyder inks; features a painted back cover by David Beck; published on Wednesday, 12 June 2002
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    G.I. Joe (fifth series) #8Destro and Cobra Commander make peace; Steve Kurth & Jamal Igle pencils; John Larter & Clayton Brown inks; features a painted back cover of Baroness by David Beck; internal indicia falsely identifies this issue as #7; published on Wednesday, 17 July 2002
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    G.I. Joe (fifth series) #9Storm Shadow fights Snake-Eyes, cutting Snake-Eyes's face; John Larter, Barb Schulz, & Ray Snyder inks; features a painted back cover of Flint by David Michael Beck
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    G.I. Joe Vol. 2: Reckoningscollects G.I. Joe (fifth series) #6-9; Mike Norton cover
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    G.I. Joe (fifth series) #10-13: "Malfunction!" storyline
    G.I. Joe (fifth series) #10: Jamal Igle pencils
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    G.I. Joe (fifth series) #10Clayton Brown & Rick Ketcham inks; features a painted back cover of Zartan by David Michael Beck
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    G.I. Joe (fifth series) #11published in October 2002
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    G.I. Joe (fifth series) #12-15: Kevin Sharpe pencils
    G.I. Joe (fifth series) #12features the B.A.T.s; Joe Benitez cover
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    G.I. Joe (fifth series) #13features Firefly; Joe Benitez cover
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    G.I. Joe (fifth series) #14features the covert Cobra suburb of Delhi Hills; Tim Seeley cover
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    G.I. Joe (fifth series) #15Cobra Commander visits Delhi Hills; Mike Norton cover
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    G.I. Joe Vol. 3: Malfunctioncollects G.I. Joe (fifth series) #10-15; Mike Norton cover
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    G.I. Joe (fifth series) #16-17: Brandon Badeaux pencils
    G.I. Joe (fifth series) #16the new Pit becomes operational; the Joes search for a child; Francis Manipul & Cory Hamscher cover
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    G.I. Joe (fifth series) #17a group of dictators, criminals, and corrupt officials, whom Cobra Commander used by converting their troops to Cobra's cause, come gunning for him through the Baroness and Flint; Keron Grant & Cory Hamscher cover
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    FRONTLINE
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    G.I. Joe: Frontline #5-7: "Icebound" storylinel Dan Jolley writing; Drew Johnson & Tom Feister pencils; Ray Snyder inks; Tony Harris cover
    G.I. Joe: Frontline (fifth series) #5Duke remembers how, in 1994, he and a team investigated a base in a remote arctic region of Ordway, a mission from which only he returned; occurs seven years later, as Duke and the Joes return to the sealed base
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    G.I. Joe: Frontline (fifth series) #6trapped inside the arctic base, the Joes battle genetically-altered creatures
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    BATTLE FILES
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    G.I. Joe Battle Files #1-3: 48 pages, with spine
    G.I. Joe Battle Files #1focuses on the Joes
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    G.I. Joe Battle Files #2focuses on the Cobras; published on Wednesday, 3 July 2002
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    G.I. Joe Battle Files #3focuses on vehicles and technology
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    G.I. Joe Battle Files: Ultimate Sourcebookcollects G.I. Joe Battle Files #1-3 with a few new entries
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