| Issue | #1 |
| Published | June 1982 |
| Frequency | monthly |
| Cover Price | 1.50 USD |
| Pages | 52 |
| Editing | Tom DeFalco |
| Notes | Double-Sized 1st issue; Printed on nicer paper with glossy cover. |
| Characters | G.I Joe [Steeler; Scarlett; Zap; Flash; Stalker; Grunt] |
| Genre | war |
| Pencils | Herb Trimpe |
| Inks | Bob McLeod |
| Notes | Double-Sized 1st issue; Printed on nicer paper with glossy cover. |
| Reprinted | in G.I. Joe Yearbook (Marvel, 1985 series) #2; in G.I. Joe Comics Magazine (Marvel, 1986 series) #1; in G.I. Joe (Marvel, 2002 series) #1 |
| Characters | Grand Slam |
| Synopsis | Information about the Joes then-newest artillery weapon the H.A.L.- Heavy Artillery Laser. |
| Genre | war |
| Script | Larry Hama |
| Pencils | Herb Trimpe |
| Inks | Herb Trimpe |
| Characters | G.I. Joe [Hawk; Snake-Eyes; Scarlett; Breaker; Flash; Grunt; Stalker; Short-Fuse; Grand-Slam; Zap; Rock 'N Roll; Steeler; Clutch; Shooter (cameo- named only)]; General Flagg; General Austin; Doctor Adele Burkhart; Cobra [Cobra Commander; Baroness] (all first appearances) |
| Synopsis | Cobra has captured a prominent nuclear physicist, and the G.I. Joe team is formed to get her back. |
| Genre | war |
| Script | Larry Hama |
| Pencils | Herb Trimpe |
| Inks | Bob McLeod |
| Colors | Glynis Wein |
| Letters | Jim Novak |
| Notes | Joe character Shooter named as in-house joke for then-EIC Jim Shooter, but later made into real Joe by writer/creator Larry Hama in G.I. Joe Declassified (Devil's Due Publishing, 2006 series) #'s 1-3. |
| Reprinted | in G.I. Joe Yearbook (Marvel, 1985 series) #1; in G.I. Joe Comics Magazine (Marvel, 1986 series) #1; in Tales of G.I. Joe (Marvel, 1988 series) #1; in G.I. Joe (Marvel, 2002 series) #1; in G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero (Hasbro, 2005 series) #1. |
| Synopsis | Cutaway diagram of then-G.I. Joe headquarters: The Pit (model 1). |
| Genre | war |
| Script | Larry Hama |
| Pencils | Herb Trimpe |
| Inks | Herb Trimpe |
| Reprinted | in G.I. Joe Yearbook (Marvel, 1985 series) #1; in G.I. Joe Comics Magazine (Marvel, 1986 series) #1 |
| Characters | G.I. Joe [Hawk; Snake-Eyes; Scarlett; Stalker; Rock 'N Roll; Steeler; Clutch]; Colonel Sharif; Guardians of Paradise (villains) |
| Synopsis | Scarlett and Snake-Eyes are left to fend for themselves in the desert as Rock N Roll is ordered to deliver a sensitive package to Stalker and Clutch waiting to get it back to Hawk. Rock N Roll then returns to save them just as both Scarlett and Snake-Eyes run out of ammo, and all three escape as Stalker and Clutch return to Hawk on a flight back to the States. |
| Genre | war |
| Script | Larry Hama |
| Pencils | Don Perlin |
| Inks | Jack Abel |
| Colors | Glynis Wein |
| Letters | Rick Parker |
| Reprinted | in G.I. Joe Comics Magazine (Marvel, 1986 series) #1; in Tales of G.I. Joe (Marvel, 1988 series) #1; in G.I. Joe (Marvel, 2002 series) #1 |
| Characters | Scarlett |
| Genre | war |
| Script | Larry Hama |
| Pencils | Herb Trimpe |
| Inks | Al Milgrom |
| Reprinted | in G.I. Joe Comics Magazine (Marvel, 1986 series) #1 |
| Characters | Breaker |
| Genre | war |
| Script | Larry Hama |
| Pencils | Herb Trimpe |
| Inks | Al Milgrom |
| Characters | Flash |
| Genre | war |
| Script | Larry Hama |
| Pencils | Herb Trimpe |
| Inks | Al Milgrom |
| Characters | Stalker |
| Genre | war |
| Script | Larry Hama |
| Pencils | Herb Trimpe |
| Inks | Al Milgrom |
| Characters | Clutch |
| Synopsis | Information about the Joes then-newest vehicle the V.A.M.P- Vehicle Attack Multi-Purpose (Mark 1) |
| Genre | war |
| Script | Larry Hama |
| Pencils | Herb Trimpe |
| Inks | Herb Trimpe |
| Characters | Steeler |
| Synopsis | Back of book information about the Joe team's then-newest tank, the M.O.B.A.T. - Multi-Ordinance Battle Action Tank. |
| Genre | war |
| Script | Larry Hama |
| Pencils | Herb Trimpe |
| Inks | Herb Trimpe |