West Stephan UNITED STATES
Member Since August 2007
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GI Joe, A Real American Hero #5 from 1982 by Marvel Comics.

Location: GI Joe (Marvel)
Artists: Bob Hall (Penciller) ,  Frank Giacoia (Inker)

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Location: GI Joe (Marvel)
Title: GI Joe, A Real American Hero #5 from 1982 by Marvel Comics.
Artist:  Bob Hall (Penciller) ,  Frank Giacoia (Inker)
Media Type: Pen and Ink
Art Type: Cover
For Sale Status: NFS
Views: 649
Likes on CAF: 15
Comments: 33
Added to Site: 10/1/2021

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From 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!

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Member Since: August 2007
Last Login: April 2026
Country: UNITED STATES
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Kavi H Member Since 2018
1    
Posted On 10/1/2021

Great story!!! thanks for sharing and congrats on the wonderful GI Joe cover

André . Member Since 2015
1    
Posted On 10/1/2021

Congrats on getting your nostalgic grail!

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!!!

 

Steve Kro Member Since 2007
1    
Posted On 10/1/2021

GI Whoa! Very memorable cover. 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 !

NEBUR ADLAN Member Since 2009
1    
Posted On 10/1/2021

Congrats for get the cover of your dreams !

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!

Greg  C. Member Since 2008
1    
Posted On 10/2/2021

What an amazing piece of 80's awesomeness!!!!

Teddie M Member Since 2008
1    
Posted On 10/2/2021

Yo Joe. 

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!

Keith Veronese Member Since 2005
1    
Posted On 10/6/2021

Love it - great cover!

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!

Andrea F. Member Since 2008
1    
Posted On 12/8/2021

Awesome cover!! Congrats!

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!

David Kwock Member Since 2012
1    
Posted On 7/16/2022

Amazing page and great story! Love 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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