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Issue Details

Issue #4
Published October 1982
Frequency monthly
Cover Price 0.60 USD
Pages 36
Editing Linda Grant (Assistant); Tom DeFalco

Cover Details

Characters Vance Wingfield (villain); G.I Joe [Snake-Eyes; Stalker; Scarlett; Flash; Rock N Roll; Steeler; 3 generic Joes]
Genre war
Pencils Bob Hall
Inks Al Milgrom
Reprinted in G.I. Joe Yearbook (Marvel, 1985 series) #2; in G.I. Joe Comics Magazine (Marvel, 1986 series) #2; in G.I. Joe (Marvel, 2002 series) #1; in G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero (Hasbro, 2005 series) #4.

22 page G.I. Joe story "Operation: Wingfield"

Characters G.I. Joe [Hawk; Snake-Eyes; Zap; Grunt; Stalker; Breaker]; Strike First [Commander Vance Wingfield (first appearance); soldiers (first appearance)] (villains)
Synopsis The Joes infiltrate a paramilitary group that plans on starting World War III with nukes.
Genre war
Script Herb Trimpe (Plot); Larry Hama
Pencils Herb Trimpe
Inks Jon D'Agostino; Jack Abel
Colors George Roussos
Letters Diana Albers
Notes Wingfield and his Strike Force later revisited during the Joes 'Disavowed' continuity in Image Comics (Image, 2001 series) and later Devil's Due Publishing (Devil's Due Publishing, 2004 series) comics runs.
Reprinted in G.I. Joe Comics Magazine (Marvel, 1986 series) #2; in Tales of G.I. Joe (Marvel, 1988 series) #4; in G.I. Joe (Marvel, 2002 series) #1