G.I. Joe #19

Pvt. Henry Ruble struggles with his conscience as a soldier—raised to believe killing is wrong, he hesitates in combat while his hardened squadmate Pvt. Slade Turner mocks him for being gun-shy. When a dangerous recon mission forces the two men into the line of fire, their clashing philosophies about survival and duty are put to the ultimate test. Watch as Henry grapples with what it truly means to be a soldier when lives hang in the balance.

When Pvt. Frankie Travers joins Baker Company, he earns a reputation as "the buck passer"—a smooth operator quick to shift blame and dodge responsibility. But when the unit moves into combat against a heavily fortified enemy position on Hill 290, Travers finds himself in a situation where his slick maneuvering can't save him from the consequences of his own choices. It's a sharp look at how a soldier's reputation catches up with him when it matters most.

During a Korean War battle, Ski recalls a childhood lesson from his buddy Sid about how a possum plays dead to survive danger—a trick that might just save "B" Company when they're surrounded and pinned down by enemy forces. With the sergeant ordering them to hold at any cost and their machine gun out of commission, Ski must decide whether to follow orders or risk everything on a desperate gambit inspired by that old story. When the smoke clears, he'll learn whether playing possum on a modern battlefield works any better than it did in the woods.

Pvt. Bates arrives at the unit with a fastidious streak that makes him an easy target for the hardened soldiers around him—especially when his obsession with cleanliness and his brother's gift of an electric shaver become running jokes. But when the patrol gets pinned down with an unexploded mortar shell in their midst, the Duke's steady hands and meticulous nature become the only thing standing between the men and disaster. Sgt. Mulvaney and the others discover that sometimes the qualities you mock in a soldier are exactly the ones that save your life.