G.I. Joe, a Real American Hero issue 50 was published by Marvel Comics with a cover date of August 1986 at a cover price of 1.25 USD; 0.40 GBP; 1.50 CAD.
The assault on Springfield concludes with the Joes taking the city, and rescuing Ripcord, but not before all the Cobras head off for Cobra Island as Serpentor leads a distracting counterattack. Storm Shadow miraculously returns to life after using an old ninja trick to save him from the Baroness’s fatal shots earlier; while with the Dreadnoks and Zartan’s sister Zarana he returns with memories that were used to create Serpentor last issue. Hawk has to face the music as all Cobra evidence in Springfield has been destroyed. A small Joe team is sent to stop a hijacked plane from crashing into a restricted chemical plant in Russia causing untold destruction.
Main story credits: written by Larry Hama; pencils by Rod Whigham, Herb Trimpe; inks by Andy Mushynsky, Herb Trimpe.
Catalogue note: Double-Sized Issue. On-sale date from Amazing Heroes #93. No letters page this issue.
Issue catalogued from the Grand Comics Database (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Contents
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#0 cover 1 pp Welcome to Springfield: A Nice Little Town
- Pencils Mike Zeck
- Inks John Beatty
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#1 comic story 22 pp The Battle of Springfield
- Script Larry Hama
- Pencils Rod Whigham
- Inks Andy Mushynsky
- Colors George Roussos
- Letters Joe Rosen
The assault on Springfield concludes with the Joes taking the city, and rescuing Ripcord, but not before all the Cobras head off for Cobra Island as Serpentor leads a distracting counterattack. Storm Shadow miraculously returns to life after using an old ninja trick to save him from the Baroness's fatal shots earlier; while with the Dreadnoks and Zartan's sister Zarana he returns with memories that were used to create Serpentor last issue. Hawk has to face the music as all Cobra evidence in Springfield has been destroyed.
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#2 comic story 18 pp Best Defense
- Script Larry Hama
- Pencils Herb Trimpe
- Inks Herb Trimpe
- Colors Bob Sharen
Characters: Lieutenant Jim Abbot; Carlisle Anderson; Colonel Koldunov; Leon Trotsky Brigade (terrorists, villains)
A small Joe team is sent to stop a hijacked plane from crashing into a restricted chemical plant in Russia causing untold destruction.
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#3 promo 1 pp Fight the Price Increase Blues!
- Letters typeset
Indexer notes
Double-Sized Issue. On-sale date from Amazing Heroes #93. No letters page this issue.
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