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Issue: G.I. Joe, A Real American Hero #23
Publication Date: May 1984
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Issues: #23 of 155 Issues (416 Printings)
Title:
Variant: 1st Printing, Direct Edition
Rating: [no rating]
Publisher: FlagMarvel
Brand: MarvelView Brand Images3
Indicia Publisher: Marvel Comics Group
On Sale Date: 01/17/1984
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.75 CAD
£0.25 GBP
$0.60 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 4 (1 story, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Linda Grant (Assistant Editor); Denny O'Neil (Editor); Jim Shooter (Editor-in-Chief)
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from Amazing Heroes #40, with newsstand on-sale date of 1984-02-07.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Color
Dimensions: standard Modern Age US
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
Format Notes:  
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Assets2
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Statement of Ownership
 
 
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Michael Golden (signed)
Inker(s): Michael Golden (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: war
Feature(s): G.I. Joe
Character(s): Clutch; Roadblock; Cobra Commander (captured)
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagG.I. Joe Yearbook #2 [Direct] published March 1986
as G.I. Joe Cover Collection [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Cobra Commander Captured at Last!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Larry Hama
Penciller(s): Mike Vosburg (breakdowns)
Inker(s): Jon D'Agostino (finishes); John Tartaglione [as Tartag] (finishes)
Colorist(s): George Roussos
Letterer(s): Rick Parker
Subject Matter
Genres: war
Feature(s): G.I. Joe
Character(s): G.I. Joe [Hawk; Duke; Roadblock; Gung-Ho; Snow Job; Clutch; Cover Girl; Breaker]; Cobra [Cobra Commander; Storm Shadow; Destro; Baroness; Major Bludd]
Synopsis: In Switzerland the Baroness gets full plastic surgery reconstruction and a new costume as Major Bludd attempts to blackmail Cobra Commander for his role in the Baroness's 'accident' and Destro's failed assassination (issue 16). The Joes have Bludd on surveillance as the Commander appears, and a wild chase ensues. The Joes lose Bludd, but gain a captured Commander instead.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 22
Disclose Notes: Probably due to the dual inkers, Roadblock's mustache appears and disappears throughout the issue. Letters typo also states Hawk as Hank in one sequence.
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Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Postbox: The Pit!
Synopsis: comments about previous Joe issues on top 3/4 of page. Letters from Kenny Everhart, Thomas Wheeler, Christopher John Oswalt, Robert Connolly, Michael Schiavetta, Matt McCarthy, Craig Stewart.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.75
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U.S. Postal Service Statement of Ownership, Management, And Circulation

Statement of Ownership  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Marvel Comics
Synopsis: annual statement of ownership and circulation of G.I. Joe comics by Marvel Comics as required by 39 U.S.C. 3685 on bottom 1/4 of letters page. Total Number Copies Printed (net press run): Average number of copies each issue during preceding 12 months: 354,335. Single issue nearest to filing date: 363,962.
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Pages: 0.25

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