Gi Joe Special Mission #1: Marvel Comics 1986 Newsstand Edition
by Larry Hama
- Used
- Paperback
- Condition
- Good condition - lower corner light bump, some cover surface wear
- Seller
-
Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Gi Joe Special Mission #1 Marvel Comics 1986 Newsstand Edition
Publisher Marvel, October 1986
Series Title G.I. Joe Special Missions
Series 1986 series
Issue Number #1, Newsstand
Comic Age: Copper Age (1984-1992)
Creators
Writer Larry Hama
Artist Herb Trimpe
Cover Mike Zeck
Inker Herb Trimpe
Letterer Phil Felix
Colorist Bob Sharen
Editors Bob Harras, Jim Shooter & Don Daley
Genre War
Certification Uncertified
Tradition US Comics
Type Comic Book
Country/Region of Manufacture United States
Language English
Universe G.I. Joe
Variant Type Newsstand Variant
Cover Price .75
UPC 0714860245210
G.I. Joe originated from a comic strip in the 1940s called "Private Breger". As a licensed property by Hasbro, G.I. Joe comics have been released from 1967 to present. G.I. Joe re-appeared in the 1980s as a promotional comic book, produced by Marvel Comics. The success of the main title led Marvel Comics to produce a secondary title, G.I. Joe: Special Missions which lasted 28 issues. The main series released its final issue #155 in December 1994, coinciding with the end of the Real American Hero toy line.
In July 2001, Devil's Due Publishing acquired the rights to G.I. Joe and released a four-issue limited series entitled G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero (Reinstated). The new series picked up seven years after the end of the Marvel Comics series, and also used elements from the animated TV series. Strong sales led to Reinstated being upgraded to ongoing, and DDP also published other G.I. Joe titles outside the existing continuity. DDP's license with Hasbro expired in 2008 and was not renewed.
In 2009, IDW Publishing began to publish the series again. IDW's G.I. Joe series is a complete reboot of the property, ignoring the continuity from the Marvel and Devil's Due incarnations of the comic. However, the G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero series originally published by Marvel Comics in the 1980s and 1990s was revived as an ongoing series in May 2010 with a special #155 1-2 issue, and followed by #156 onwards in July 2010. The series directly picks up from the end of the Marvel Comics series and ignores the Devil's Due continuity completely. In 2022 it was announced that IDW lost the rights to G.I Joe.
For its first ten years, G.I. Joe was a generic soldier/adventurer with only the slightest hints of a team concept existing. In 1975, after a failed bid to purchase the toy rights to the Six Million Dollar Man, Hasbro issued a bionic warrior figure: Mike Power, Atomic Man. One million units were sold. Also added to the Adventure Team was a superhero, Bullet Man. This character had recurring enemies, The Intruders – Strongmen from Another World. Comics included with figures at the time featured "Eagle Eye" Joe, Atomic Man, and Bullet Man operating together; the Adventure Team was finally an actual team. The original 12-inch (30 cm) G.I. Joe line ended in America in 1976. At this time, Hasbro released a line of inexpensive, rotationally molded mannequins in the G.I. Joe style called The Defenders. Hasbro published comic book advertisements starring the Adventure Team, featuring the original G.I. Joe, Atomic Man and Bulletman as members.
Reviews
(Log in or Create an Account first!)
Details
- Seller
- Worldwide Collectibles (US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 0328202407
- Title
- Gi Joe Special Mission #1
- Author
- Larry Hama
- Illustrator
- Artist Herb Trimpe Cover Mike Zeck Inker Herb Trimpe Letterer Phil Felix Colorist Bob Sharen
- Book Condition
- Used - Good condition - lower corner light bump, some cover surface wear
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Marvel Comics
- Date Published
- 1986
- Pages
- 24
- Size
- 6.75 x 10.2 inches
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Gi Joe Special Mission
Terms of Sale
Worldwide Collectibles
Payments are expected within 10 days unless prior arrangements are made.
About the Seller
Worldwide Collectibles
Biblio member since 2001
Coeur d'Alene, Idaho
About Worldwide Collectibles
Our specialties are unusual books, unusual CDs, and sports memorabilia
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes: