GI Joe A Real American Hero 1982 Unpublished Clutch Pin Up Marvel

Unpublished Pin Up of the GI Joe character Clutch from 1982 by Herb Trimpe.

The story of these pin ups that I've been able to piece together over time: The original GI Joe team had 13 characters. Herb Trimpe, the artist for GI Joe #1 also did full page pin ups for each of the 13 characters. Four of the pin ups appeared in Issue #1. Those were Breaker, Flash, Scarlett, and Stalker. The other 9 pin ups went into Marvel's art inventory which is why you can see the "word" INV at the top of some of these pin ups. Later on 2 of the remaining pin ups were published in GI Joe Yearbook #1. Those were Rock N Roll and Steeler. Snake Eyes ran in GI Joe #19. This left 6 pin ups still in Marvel's inventory. Of those 6 there are 5 that are known to exist in my or other collections. You can see mine in my Gallery. The only 1 of the 13 that has not been located to my knowledge is Hawk.