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Issue: Classic G.I. Joe TPB #12
Publication Date: July 2011
 
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Publisher: FlagIDW
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Indicia Publisher: IDW Publishing
On Sale Date: 07/20/2011
Volume: 12
Pages: 284
ISBN: 9781600109720
UPC/EAN: 978160010972052499
Price: $24.99 USD
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Content Items: 33 (13 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Alonzo Eisnger (editorial assistant)
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Snake-Eyes; Storm Shadow; Scarlett; Jinx
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Probe And Feint!

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G.I. Joe [Flint; Lady Jaye; Dusty; Roadblock; Armadillo; Hawk; Dogfight; Lift-Ticket; Wild Bill; Snake-Eyes; Storm Shadow; Scarlett; Jinx; Cool Breeze (introduction); Sneak-Peek; Stalker; Ambush; Recoil; Psyche-Out]; Cobra [Cobra Commander; SAW-Viper; Tomax; Xamot; Night Creepers; Viper troopers; Night-Viper; Tele-Vipers]; Emirate of Benzheen; anti-Emirate rebels
In a lightning attack,E
As Cobra continues its foothold in Benzheen, Duke returns with the dead Joes for burial as the Emir argues with Hawk over how to retake his country. 3 groups have been formed to help out: One led by Flint as heavy armor distraction, while another led by Scarlett (ninja team) is reconning the area, and the third led by Stalker as extraction/recon support if needed for Scarlett's team.
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In This Issue: Ninja Fighting! The War Continues! And The Body Count Rises...

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Who's the Hero?

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G.I. Joe [Hawk; Flint (captured by anti-Emirate rebels); Lady Jaye (captured by anti-Emirate rebels); Cross Country (cameo); Stalker; Cool Breeze (death); Ambush; Recoil; Sneak Peek; Scarlett; Snake-Eyes; Jinx; Storm Shadow]; Cobra [Cobra Commander; Tomax; Xamot; Tele-Vipers; Viper Troopers; SAW-Viper; Night Creepers]; anti-Emirate rebels [Faoud (leader); rebels]
On the roof of Emir's Palace in Benzheen,E
The Joe ninjas take on the night creepers while on recon, and later face the SAW-Viper after a Tele-Viper reports to the Commander that all communications were jammed for five minutes, making him realize the Joes are in Benzheen. The jamming was done by Stalker's team, who later join up with the ninjas and Flint's captured team, freeing them, but at the cost of Cool Breeze's life. Now Hawk has to bury 8 Joes.
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Inside: The War Continues! The Death of Battle Force 2000 ?

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G.I. Joe [Stalker; Dusty; Sneak Peek (death); Hawk; Dial-Tone; Lady Jaye; Tunnel Rat; Roadblock; Muskrat; Recoil; Ambush; Stretcher; Battle Force 2000 [Dodger; Avalanche; Blocker; Blaster; Knockdown; Maverick; Dee-Jay (all on Battle Force 2000 team die except for Dodger)]]; Cobra [Cobra Commander; Frag-Viper; Viper troopers; Alley-Vipers]; Emirate of Benzheen; Benzheenie mother; Benzheenie child
In the city of Benzheen,E
As the battle in Benzheen rages on, Sneak-Peek is killed in action saving a child from Alley-Vipers. Battle Force 2000, on a rescue mission to the recon team led by Stalker, is also killed due to the Emir's actions as he attempted to negotiate with Cobra Commander to not fire on the Joes entering his oil fields, and since the offer was too low for the Commander's tastes, he opened fire, Dodger being the sole survivor of that ambush. The recon team then fends for itself as they flee back to base, with Sneak-Peek's body in tow by Dusty.
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Introducing Metal-Head!

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Metal-Head!

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G.I. Joe [Salvo; Rock N Roll; Dusty; Hot Seat; Steeler]; Cobra [Cobra Commander; Techno-Vipers; Toxo-Viper (mark one); Viper troopers; Night Creepers; Iron Grenadiers [Metal-Head (introduction)]]; Emirate of Benzheen; Emirate Bodyguards
Benzheen City, in the Emirate of Benzheen...
As the Battle of Benzheen continues, a group of Joes face off vs. a new Cobra ally, Metal-Head, who proceeds to make quick work of 3 Joe vehicles. Before he can be apprehended by the angry Joes, a call to cease hostilities goes out on both sides as the Emir was forced in a secret meeting in a neutral country with Cobra Commander to ally himself with Cobra. Meanwhile, on Cobra Island, a group of Vipers discover that Billy and Zartan escaped the landlocked freighter they were trapped in by the Commander a while back.
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Captain Jeffries [Ghost Rider]; Slipstream
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Counting Coup !

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G.I. Joe [Hawk; Ace; Dogfight; Lady Jaye; Keel-Haul; Captain Jeffries [Ghost Rider]; Slipstream; Backblast; Rampart; Mainframe]; Cobra [Cobra Commander; Wild Weasel; Techno-Vipers; Tele-Vipers; Night Creepers; Vapor pilots; Aero-Viper pilots]; Emirate of Benzheen
Low over the Gulf of Benzheen, in the Middle East...
Ace and Dogfight return to the Flagg from a recon mission over Benzheen, their plane shot up. When Hawk believes Cobra is up to something, he sends out Capt. Jeffries and Slipstream to do an aerial recon using the stealth X-19 fighter and found out what's going on. When they return, they bring back photographic proof to Hawk that Cobra's new agreement with the Emir called for establishing Terror Dromes on site, which Hawk uses to his advantage later on (off-panel) vs. Cobra.
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Destro: Search And Destroy! (Part 1 of 3)

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Destro Must Die!

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G.I. Joe [Hawk; Flint; Big Ben; Snake-Eyes; Lift-Ticket; Lowlight; Chuckles]; Cobra [Cobra Commander; Tomax; Xamot; Aero-Vipers; Tele-Vipers; Techno-Vipers; H.E.A.T-Viper; Toxo-Vipers (mark one); Crimson Guard (mark two); Viper troopers]; Iron Grenadiers [Destro (leader); Baroness (ally); Metal-Head; Razorback Drivers; Iron Grenadiers (in Scottish garb); AGP pilots]; Billy; Zartan
In the hold of the landlocked freighter,E
Cobra Commander wants to eliminate Destro, but the Joes know what's going on and try to save him, but fail when their Tomahawk chopper is hit by a HEAT-Viper's missile. The recently escaped Billy and Zartan come to Destro's aid via a stolen Cobra chopper, but the Commander captures the Baroness as a pawn for his plan and destroys Destro's castle in the process.
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Destro: Search and Destroy! (Part 2 of 3)

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Escape From Castle Destro!

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G.I. Joe [Hawk; Snake-Eyes; Storm Shadow; Chuckles; Flint; Lady Jaye; Lowlight; Lift-Ticket; Big Ben; Ninja Force [Nunchuk; Dojo; T'Jbang (introductions)]]; Cobra [Cobra Commander; Tele-Vipers; Night Creepers; Viper troopers; Alley Vipers]; Destro; Billy; Zartan; Baroness (captured by Cobra)
In the south of France,E
As Destro, alongside Chuckles, Billy and Zartan, continues to elude the Commander, the Commander decides to place a bounty on Destro's head, which every criminal organization (including the Night Creepers) accepts. Meanwhile, the Joes call on Snake-Eyes to find Destro before the Commander does, as Snakes calls on Storm Shadow and new allies Ninja Force to join in the search as the hunt is truly on.
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Destro: Search And Destroy! Part 3 of 3

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Deceptions & Diversions!

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G.I. Joe [Chuckles; Ninja Force [Snake-Eyes (leader); Storm Shadow; Nunchuk; Dojo; T'Jbang]]; Cobra [Cobra Commander; Night Creepers; Tele-Vipers; Viper troopers]; Billy; Zartan; Baroness (Cobra captive); Destro; Rashid
The Continental Hotel in Beruit, Lebanon...
As Destro slowly makes his way to his safe house, everyone is out to collect the bounty on him. He arrives thanks to Ninja Force, Billy, Zartan, and Chuckles, but their final obstacle lies with the Night Creepers. Destro, contacts the Commander and forces him to cancel the bounty and release the Baroness or else he'll erase several secret Swiss bank accounts the Commander has, which he follows through on one as an example. The Commander then complies, but the Night Creepers wont,but are blackmailed by Destro into doing so,lest he reveal their dealings in the Commander's accounts.
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Snake-Eyes vs. Snake-Eyes???

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G.I Joe [Snake-Eyes; Scarlett; Storm Shadow]; evil Snake-Eyes duplicate
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Double Trouble

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G.I. Joe [Snake-Eyes; Hawk; Scarlett; Storm Shadow; Wild Bill; Ghost Rider (mentioned as 'stealth pilot')]; Cobra [Cobra Commander; Viper troopers; E.C.H.O. [Enhanced Copy, Human Original] robots of various then-current world leaders and famous persons; loadmaster (only appearance; killed)]; airfield owner; U.S. government agents undercover
A Soviet Be-12 Amphibian,E
Snake-Eyes, Scarlett, and Storm Shadow are sent by Hawk on a recon mission to find out about Cobra's latest scheme to replace famous people with robot duplicates, after an airfield owner, renting his field out to Cobra covertly, accidentally finds a crate with an exact duplicate of Pres. Bush Sr. inside. Cobra Commander watches the Joes' mission play out in the housing complex as they fight their robot counterparts. The scheme is foiled when both the housing and assembly complexes are found by the Joes and destroyed separately.
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At The Mercy of The Red Ninjas!

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Destro; Baroness; Cobra Red Ninjas
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Return To The Silent Castle!

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G.I.Joe [Hawk; Stalker; Dusty; Ninja Force [Snake-Eyes; Storm Shadow; Nunchuk; Dojo; T'Jbang] Flint; Lady Jaye]; Cobra [Cobra Commander (first appearance, new battle armor); Ninja Force [Slice; Dice]; Aero-Viper; Night Creepers; Viper troopers; Red Ninjas]; Destro; Baroness
Somewhere over the North Atlantic...
Destro gets the Silent Castle in Trans-Carpathia and the captured Baroness from the Commander, in reparation for the attack on Destro, as well as stopping Destro from releasing another viral attack on his assets hidden inside covert computer files. He agrees, but little does Destro know that Baroness (subconsciously controlled by him via a previous scanner session) was set free so that she could enslave Destro to a brainwave scanner inside via a preset sonic signal. Slice, Dice, and Red Ninjas confront Destro and Baroness in the castle, while the Joes maintain surveillance on him.
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To Save The Silent Castle!

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Slice & Dice & Everything Nice

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G.I.Joe [Hawk; Flint; Lady Jaye; Stalker; Roadblock; Rock 'n Roll; Dusty; Big Ben]; Destro; Baroness; Cobra [Ninja Force [Slice; Dice]; Red Ninjas; Frag-Viper; HEAT (High Explosive Anti-Tank)-Viper; Night Viper; Toxo-Viper II; Tele-Viper; SAW (Semi-Auto Weapon)-Viper]
High in the Trans-Carpathian Alps...
As Destro and the Baroness fight off the Red Ninjas, Slice, and Dice inside the castle, the Joes attempt to enter the castle from two fronts on the outside: Ninja Force via stealth, and the other group of Joes via a frontal assault, repelled by outside Cobra agents. Baroness reveals her subconsciously controlled side after the sonic frequency was activated last issue, but Destro knew all along, and subjects himself to the scanner voluntarily to prove his love to her.
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The Ninja Wars

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Slice; Storm Shadow
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Transformer!

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G.I.Joe [Hawk; Roadblock; Rock 'N Roll; Ambush; Stalker; Dusty; Flint; Lady Jaye; Big Ben; Ninja Force [Snake-Eyes; Storm Shadow; Nunchuk; T'Jbang; Dojo]]; Cobra [Ninja Force [Slice; Dice]; Red Ninjas; Tele-Viper; Night Viper; Toxo-Viper II; Saw-Viper; Heat-Viper; Frag-Viper; Cobra Commander (first appearance; black hooded uniform)]
The mountains of Trans-Carpathia.
All hell's breaking loose both inside and outside the castle as the Joes fight both the Cobra forces defending outside, and the Red Ninjas, Slice, and Dice inside to get to Destro. Meanwhile, Destro has finished his subjection to the scanner to show his love to the Baroness, and transforms the castle into a new Castle Destro as Cobra Commander arrives. The Commander then sets out after the outside Joes as they escape, minus Ninja Force, who are left to their own devices inside. Slice and Dice escape as the castle changes,and hopes other Red ninjas escaped as well.
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The Secret Of The Sludge

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Shots In The Dark!

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G.I. Joe [Hawk; Roadblock; Dusty; Lady Jaye; Big Ben; Rock N Roll; Stalker; Duke; Wild Bill; Eco-Warriors [Flint (Leader); Ozone (first appearance); Clean-Sweep (first appearance)]; Ninja Force [Snake-Eyes (leader); Storm Shadow; Nunchuk; Dojo; T'Jbang]]; Cobra [Cobra Commander; Zarana; SAW-Viper; Tele-Viper; Eco-Warriors [Cesspool (leader); Toxo-Viper II; Sludge-Viper]; Slice; Dice; Renegade Red Ninjas [Red Ninja Warlord (leader); Red Ninjas]; Viper; Crimson Guard [Fred LXV (first appearance; death)]; Sean; Fred LXV's wife (first appearance)]; Headhunters [Headman (leader); Headhunter troopers]
Halfway down the mountain from Destro's Castle in Trans-Carpathia...
As the Joes escape Cobra in Trans-Carpathia, Zarana sends a message to the Commander that Cesspool is taking over Cobra Island and setting up weapons-grade sludge centers throughout, to which the commander responds she needs to deal with it. Meanwhile, both the Joe and Cobra ninjas face each other in a marshland in Trans-Carpathia, as Ninja Force captures the Red Ninja's leader. Flint is made head of a new group: The Eco-Warriors, and drugs are being dealt on Broca Beach by the Headman.
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