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G.I. Joe, a Real American Hero #5 cover
Cover: Bob Hall & Frank Giacoia

G.I. Joe, a Real American Hero #5

Nov 1982 · Marvel · 0.60 USD; 0.25 GBP; 0.75 CAD
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“"Tanks" for the Memories...”

Central Park becomes a warzone in this November 1982 Marvel entry, as a massive Cobra tank rolls through recognizable New York scenery, its cannon blazing a "DA-BAMN" shot across the cover while blue-uniformed Cobra troopers advance on foot with weapons raised. Bob Hall and Frank Giacoia deliver a kinetic, ground-level composition that makes the sheer scale of the armored threat feel genuinely imposing. With Larry Hama writing and "Tanks for the Memories..." as the story title, this is the kind of issue that captures everything exciting about G.I. Joe's early Marvel run — real military hardware crashing into an all-too-familiar American setting.

writer Larry Hama · artist Don Perlin · inker Jon D'Agostino · inker Mike Esposito · colorist Stan Goldberg · letterer Jim Novak · cover Bob Hall, Frank Giacoia

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writer Larry Hama
artist Don Perlin
colorist Stan Goldberg
letterer Jim Novak
cover pencils Bob Hall
cover inks Frank Giacoia

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Cobra learns that the Joes plan on displaying the new MOBAT tank in a New York City parade and try to capture it.

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