G.I. Joe #30

Three G.I.'s on furlough in Tokyo become entangled in a deadly scheme when Pvt. Clay Caldwell purchases a one-sleeved kimono from merchant Mitsui—only to find the old man murdered and himself the prime suspect. With Pvt. Joe Burch and Sgt. Mulvaney working to clear their friend's name, a cryptic poem hidden in the package becomes their only lead to uncovering the real killers and the dangerous secrets they're willing to die to protect.

Pvt. Windy Bragg snaps a photo of a young woman and keeps it in Colonel Fumes' office, but when Mrs. Fumes discovers what she believes is romantic betrayal, chaos erupts—and Bragg must retrieve his picture before the truth unravels in this 1954 military comedy. With Pvt. Whitey Hicks reluctantly in tow, Bragg hatches a plan to get his photograph back, only to find that nothing goes quite as expected when a case of mistaken identity turns the whole situation sideways.

Cpl. "Ready-Money" Reilly runs the smoothest black-market operation in the Far East—until a new competitor named Pvt. Herman Calhoun shows up ready to undercut him into oblivion. When Reilly and Calhoun strike what looks like a partnership deal, the scheme unravels in unexpected ways, leaving everyone—Pvt. Joe Burch, Sgt. Mulvaney, and the rest of the outfit—scrambling to figure out who's really got the upper hand. This sharp little tale of military hustle and survival kicks up some laughs along the way.

Pvt. Doughfoot learns a hard lesson about military protocol when he fails to salute a General, only to discover what those stars really mean. This 1954 G.I. Joe humor strip packs a quick, sharp punch about respect in the ranks.

When Pvt. Dopey decides to cut in on Sgt. McTuff's dance at an Army Ball, he sets off a chain reaction of mishaps and misunderstandings that lands him in hot water with his commanding officer. As Dopey keeps making the same mistake over and over, the frustrated sergeant reaches his breaking point—with consequences that might just convince him to request a transfer. It's a lighthearted look at barracks life and the perils of persistent troublemaking, circa 1954.

When Sgt. Mulvaney gets his hands on a book about winning at cards and dice, he decides to put its lessons to work on his unsuspecting bunkmates—until a new replacement named Noonan arrives and quietly begins observing the sergeant's suspicious winning streak. As the games intensify and the soldiers lose more and more, Noonan finally steps in to roll the dice himself, with surprising results that force the sergeant to confront exactly who this mysterious newcomer really is.