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Issue Details

Issue #18
Published December 1983
Cover Price 0.60 USD
Pages 36
Editing Denny O'Neil; Linda Grant (Assistant)
Notes 2nd print exists.

Cover Details

Characters Cobra Commander; Destro
Genre war
Pencils Mike Vosburg (?)
Inks Jon D'Agostino (?)
Letters Typeset

22 page G.I. Joe story "Destro Returns!"

Characters G.I. Joe--Hawk; Snake-Eyes; Scarlett; Kwinn; Clutch; Flash; Grunt; Rock 'N Roll; Ace; Stalker; Torpedo; Wild Bill; Airborne; VILLAINS: Cobra Commander; Destro; Dr. Venom; Scar-Face; Cobra Soldiers
Synopsis Both the Joes and Destro head to Coney Island looking for Scar-Face; Snake-Eyes and Qwinn reach him first and learn the location of Dr. Venom; Destro snatches Scar-Face out from under the Joes noses and Dr. Venom injects him with a plague virus; During a rolling battle, the Joes capture Scar-Face from Cobra and bring him back to the Pit--exactly as Destro planned.
Genre war
Script Larry Hama
Pencils Mike Vosburg
Inks Jon D'Agostino
Colors George Roussos
Letters Edward Norton