G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero #281

Contents

1. #0 cover 1 pp

   Murder By Assassination Part I

   • Pencils Enzo Ricci
   • Inks Enzo Ricci
   • Colors Jevon Phillips

   Characters: Hawk; Sherlock; Stalker

2. #1 comic story 20 pp

   (untitled)

   • Script Larry Hama
   • Pencils Enzo Ricci
   • Inks Enzo Ricci
   • Colors Jevon Phillips
   • Letters Jan Mintaraga

   Characters: G.I. Joe (first appearance); Law; Order; Caseload]; Cobra; Nadiq Alkawbra (first appearance); Claire Hauser; Colonel Marks

   Hawk, Stalker and Mongoose join a US Army convoy on the border of Trucial Abysmia. When the convoy is attacked by rebels who were armed by Cobra, the heroic MP Sgt. Regina Allen helps fight back but loses her left arm saving others from a grenade. Two months later Hawk recruits Regina into G.I. Joe and gives her a bionic left arm. With the codename Sherlock, Regina is assigned to ferret out Cobra collaborators in the Pentagon.

3. #2 letters page 1 pp

   (untitled)

   • Script Ángel Badía Camps; Larry Hama
   • Pencils Enzo Ricci
   • Inks Enzo Ricci
   • Colors Jevon Phillips
   • Letters typeset

   Tom Waltz explains how he first conceived of Sherlock then had Larry Hama and Hasbro adapt her into the comics and toys as the newest Joe. Sherlock's vital statistics are included.