G.I. Joe Special Missions #23

The cover of G.I. Joe Special Missions #23 pulls you right into the tension, with three soldiers crouched low and concealed among dense, dark reeds — a helmeted Joe leveling a scoped weapon, a steely-eyed soldier in a green beret holding his ground up front, and a third figure lurking watchfully in the background. Herb Trimpe's cover pencils give the scene a taut, coiled-spring energy that suits a series built around high-stakes covert operations. With Larry Hama writing and Herb Trimpe on art, this 1989 Marvel issue — titled "Scoop" — promises the grounded, mission-focused storytelling that made Special Missions a standout corner of the G.I. Joe universe.