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Publisher
Image
Cover date
October 2025
On sale
Oct 1, 2025
Cover price
$64.99
Pages
1240
Editions and variants
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ISBN 9781534331921
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Credits
Writer
Larry Hama
Pencillers
Larry Hama, Herb Trimpe, Rod Whigham, Mike Zeck, Michael Golden, Ron Wagner, Todd McFarlane, Marshall Rogers, William Johnson, Arvell Jones, Tony Salmons
A small Joe team is sent to stop a hi-jacked plane from crashing into a restricted chemical plant in Russia causing untold destruction.
Herb Trimpe, Andy Mushynsky, Michael Golden, Dennis Janke, Sam de la Rosa, Kim DeMulder, Bob McLeod, Danny Bulanadi, Russ Heath, Randy Emberlin, Tony Salmons, Fred Fredericks
Colorists
Bob Sharen, George Roussos, Christie Scheele, JayJay Jackson, Nel Yomtov
Letterers
Phil Felix, Joe Rosen, Ken Lopez, Bill Oakley, Rick Parker
Covers
Andy Kubert, Herb Trimpe, John Byrne, Mike Zeck, Michael Golden, John Beatty, Joe Rubinstein, Dennis Janke, Kim DeMulder, Ron Wagner, Bob McLeod, Dave Cockrum, Tony Salmons
Cover colors
Laura Martin
Editors
Bob Harras, Bobbie Chase, Don Daley
Collection editor
Alex Antone
Editor in chiefs
Jim Shooter, Tom DeFalco
Characters
Avalanche· 1st appearance
Back-Stop· 1st appearance
Backstop· 1st appearance
Battleforce 2000 [Blocker· 1st appearance
Blaster· 1st appearance
Bruno LaCrosse· 1st appearance
Chuckles· 1st appearance
Cobra Commander· 1st appearance
Crazylegs ]· 1st appearance
Croc Master· 1st appearance
Cross-Country· 1st appearance
Dial-Tone· 1st appearance
Dodger· 1st appearance
Dusty· 1st appearance
Fastdraw· 1st appearance
Fred VII· 1st appearance
Frost-Bite ]· 1st appearance
Gyro-Vipers ]· 1st appearance
Hardtop· 1st appearance
Ice-Vipers· 1st appearance
Iceberg· 1st appearance
Jinx· 1st appearance
Knockdown ]· 1st appearance
Law· 1st appearance
Low-Light· 1st appearance
Lt. Falcon· 1st appearance
Maverick· 1st appearance
Monkeywrench ]]· 1st appearance
Order ]· 1st appearance
Orlovsky· 1st appearance
Outback ]· 1st appearance
Payload· 1st appearance
Psyche-Out· 1st appearance
Raptor· 1st appearance
Skidmark· 1st appearance
Slip-Stream· 1st appearance
Star-Viper· 1st appearance
Techno-Viper· 1st appearance
The Blind Master· 1st appearance
Thrasher· 1st appearance
Thunder· 1st appearance
Tollbooth· 1st appearance
Tunnel Rat· 1st appearance
W.O.R.M.S.· 1st appearance
White Clown· 1st appearance
Wildcard· 1st appearance
Windmill· 1st appearance
Zandar· 1st appearance
Zanzibar· 1st appearance
Ace
Air-Tight
Air-Viper]
Airborne
Airtight
Albert M. Pine
Alison R. Hart-Burnett
Alpine
Alvin R. Kibbey
Anastasia Cisarovna
Anthony S. Gambello
Avalanche
B.A.T.S.]
Barbecue
Baroness
Bazooka
Beach Head
Beachhead
Bill Winkie
Billy
Billy
Blaine L. Parker
Blaine M. Gonsalves
Blind Master
Blocker
Boris
Borovian guards
Borovian Gulag [Stalker
Borovian military
Borovian people
Brad J. Armbruster
Breaker
Breaker
Brian M. Forrest
Brian R. Davis
Buzzer
Buzzsaw
Captain Bulgakov
Carl W. Greer
Charlie Iron-Knife
Christopher M. Lavigne
Chuck X. Goren
Clayton M. Abernathy
Clifton L. Nash
Clutch
Cobra
Cobra [Cobra Commander
Cobra [Cobra Commander II
Cobra [Cobra Pilot
Cobra [Dreadnoks [Zarana
Cobra Officers]
Cobra Soldiers
Cobra space techs]
Colonel Brekhov
Conrad S. Hauser
Cooper G. MacBride
Corporal Olga ]
Cory R. Owens
Cover Girl
Craig S. McConnel
Crank-Case
Crankcase
Crimson Guard
Cutter
Cyril Colombani
Daina
Daniel M. LeClaire
Dashiell R. Faireborn
David O. Thomas
Deep-Six
Destro
Doc
Doctor Mindbender
Dr. Mindbender
Dreadnoks [Torch
Dreadnoks [Zarana
Dreadnoks [Zartan
Duke
Duke
Dusty
Edward W. Leialoha
EELs
Eliot Brown
Elwood G. Indiana
Eric U. Scott
Eric W. Friestadt
Ettienne R. LaFitte
Everett P. Colby
Fast Draw
Firefly
Flash
Flint
Flint
Footloose
Franklin E. Talltree
Frostbite
Frusenland Prime Minister Volff
G.I. Joe [Ace
G.I. Joe [Duke
G.I. Joe [General Hawk
G.I. Joe [Gung-Ho
G.I. Joe [Hawk
G.I. Joe [Lady Jaye
G.I. Joe [Leatherneck
G.I. Joe [Snake-Eyes
G.I. Joe [Stalker
Gabriel A. Kelly
General Villavaca
Grand Slam
Gregory B. Boyajian
Grunt
Grunt
gulag prisoners
Gung-Ho
Harlan W. Moore
Harry Nod
Hawk
Hawk
Heavy Metal
Hector X. Delgado
Horror Show
Horrorshow
Ian M. Costello
Iron Grenadier troopers
Iron Grenadiers [Destro )· Cameo
Jack S. Morelli
James McCullen Destro XXIV
Jonesy
Junkyard
Keel-Haul
Kenneth D. Rich
Kimi Arashikage
Kurt Schnurr
Lady Jaye
Lance J. Steinberg
Leatherneck
Lifeline
Lift-Ticket
Lightfoot
Lonzo R. Wilkinson
Low-Ball
MacArthur S. Ito
Mainframe
Major Bludd
Malcolm R. Willoughby
Marvin F. Hinton
Matthew H. Breckinridge
Maverick
Minh
Mutt
Mutt
Nicky Lee
North American Banana Monopoly
Oktober Guard
Oktober Guard [Stormavik
Owen King
Peaches
Philip M. Provost
Prisoners
Psych-Out
Quick Kick
Ralph W. Pulaski
Recondo
Richard Blinken-Smythe
Richard Renwick
Ripcord
Ripper
Roadblock
Robert M. Blais
Robert Rudolph Remus
Robert W. Graves
Rock 'n Roll
Ronald W. Tadur
Scarlett
Schrage
Sci-Fi
Scrap-Iron
Serpentor
Seymour P. Fine
Sgt. Major]
Sgt. Mosiev
Sgt. Orlovsky
Sgt. Slaughter
Shana O'Hara
Sherman R. Guderian
Shipwreck
Short-Fuze
Sierra Gordo rebels
Sierra Gordo refugees
Skip A. Stone
Slipstream]
Snake-eyes
Snake-Eyes
Sneak Peek
Snow Job
Spirit
Spirit Iron-Knife
Stalker
Stanley R. Perlmutter
Steeler
Storm Shadow
Stormavik
Stuart R. Selkirk
Techno-Vipers
Tele-Viper
Tele-Vipers
telejournalist
Televiper
Thomas P. Kiley
Thomas S. Arashikage
Thunder
Tom Winken
Tomax
Torch
Tormod S. Skoog
Torpedo
Torpedo
Tripwire
Vector
Victor W. Sikorski
Vincent R. Falcone
Viper troopers
Wallace A. Weems
Wayne R. Sneeden
Wendell A. Metzger
Wet Suit
Wild Bill
William S. Hardy
Xamot
Zap
Zarana
Zaranna
Zartan
Teams
Iron Grenadiers, Crimson Guard, G.I. Joe, Cobra, Dreadnoks
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