GI Joe, A Real American Hero #5 from 1982 by Marvel Comics.
Artists: Bob Hall (Penciller) , Frank Giacoia (Inker)
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DescriptionFrom a nostalgic point of view, this is one of the most important piece I've posted on CAF to date. GI Joe #21 was the 1st comic I ever read. I quickly got a subscription to it, but it took me a year to realize there were actual comic book stores! Armed with months of allowance (about $10 mind you), I went to my LCS & asked to see back issues. GI Joe was crazy hot, so the prices were really high, especially for a broke kid. I could not afford #1 or #2, but I was able to snag a #3 & #5. GI Joe #1-20 is my personal Golden Age. It's the 1st comic I read, 1st title I got a subscription to, and the 1st series I collected back issues. If not for GI Joe, who knows where I would be, what I would be doing & what I might be collecting.I had a chance to buy this in 2005 & let it slip by. I was not going to make that mistake a second time! Social/Sharing |
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P A 
Member Since 2013
1 - Posted on 10/1/2021
Early GI Joe pieces like this are so awesome and bring back so much nostalgia! Congrats West!
Kavi H
Member Since 2018
1 - Posted on 10/1/2021
Great story!!! thanks for sharing and congrats on the wonderful GI Joe cover
James S
Member Since 2017
1 - Posted on 10/1/2021
Really cool cover for sure, but glad you got something so important to you! That's always the absolute best!
Jimmy Cawley
Member Since 2015
1 - Posted on 10/1/2021
Now thats something Olmsted & Vaux didn't plan for. Yo Joe!
Michael Hosey
Member Since 2004
1 - Posted on 10/1/2021
Great pickup, great title. Congrats on picking up this gem.
Marcus Wai
Member Since 2005
1 - Posted on 10/1/2021
Follow the adventures of GI Joe in Marvel Comics! Yo Joe!
Tyler T
Member Since 2020
1 - Posted on 10/1/2021
Great cover, and an even greater backstory to go with it. Congratulations!
Ruben DaCollector
Member Since 2008
1 - Posted on 10/1/2021
A classic cover! So great to know it landed with you, West, especially given your childhood backstory connection to this series. Great stuff, congrats!
Paul P Spiderversity
Member Since 2011
1 - Posted on 10/1/2021
Thank you for sharing the nostalgia and excitement associated with this awesome cover!
Rick W
Member Since 2017
1 - Posted on 10/1/2021
DA-BAMN!
Little slice of my childhood right there! Congrats!!!
Dino Mauricio
Member Since 2009
1 - Posted on 10/1/2021
This is a fantastic early GI Joe cover, congrats West!
Michael Weigant
Member Since 2009
1 - Posted on 10/1/2021
Love that tank cover West ! Great Pick-up !
Toni S
Member Since 2019
1 - Posted on 10/1/2021
Another great one for your stunning gallery! Big congrats!
Bill C
Member Since 2009
1 - Posted on 10/1/2021
Congrats on such a big sentimental get! I don't see these pop up often.
A N H
Member Since 2018
1 - Posted on 10/2/2021
Oh man, this is awesome. G.I. Joe, for about 3 years in the 80s, was my most anticipated monthly comic read. Great stuff!
John Espinoza
Member Since 2014
1 - Posted on 10/2/2021
Tremendous pick up! Your JOE cover collection is coming along quite well.
Wolvie Fan
Member Since 2020
1 - Posted on 10/2/2021
One of my favorite reads when I was young. I still have some of the toys, too. Zartan rules!!
Canada Jones
Member Since 2017
1 - Posted on 10/2/2021
Great pickup! Congratulations on yet another Joe cover!!
matthew reed
Member Since 2006
1 - Posted on 10/3/2021
wonderful stuff! i discovered the gi joe comic a little later but hit the same money problems when looking for back issues. i remember saving for issue 7 and the hard to find issue 23. i loved the action and colors of this 5 cover. i also had the M.O.B.A.T. and played this scenario out a time or two im sure. great to see it here. CONGRATS!
J H
Member Since 2019
1 - Posted on 10/5/2021
That's da bamn! (So sorry, I couldn't control myself. It slipped out) I love GI Joe, too. Guns, tanks, and sweet costumes and code names. And intersecting nostalgia with a cool cover can't be beat. That's half the battle right there. Big congrats!
Paul Roach
Member Since 2014
1 - Posted on 10/9/2021
Great collector's story! I love coming onto CAF to read the personal reflections on the hobby, and the "personal Golden Age" idea is something that we must all feel at some level. Congrats on picking up that great cover!
Michael McIsaac
Member Since 2020
1 - Posted on 10/11/2021
Da-Bamn, indeed! A ridiculously cool cover!
Rob F
Member Since 2009
1 - Posted on 3/5/2022
WOW, unbelievable cover! Brings back such great memories - I remember referencing that closest cobra to make a paper-mache Cobra Trooper mask as a kid.
Ken Martin
Member Since 2005
1 - Posted on 7/11/2022
This cover brings back so many great memories. Congrats on owning it!
Bill J
Member Since 2009
1 - Posted on 2/13/2025
Wow! Amazingly early GI Joe cover! What a stunning drawing from Bob Hall and Frank Giacoia. Tanks and soldiers battling it out in Central Park! What more could any GI Joe fan ask for? Love Hall's drawing of the tank plowing through the park's pond, firing its cannon at the retreating Cobra Troopers! Lush inks by Frank Giacoia really make the scene pop off the cover! Fantastic to see early GI Joe covers turning up in collectors' galleries! Fabulous pick-up, congrats!
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