Comicmarks
GI Joe v4 #31 - 1954 #5
| Description | |
| May 1955, paper, ctc, my scan | |
| Additional Information | |
| Publication | May 1954 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 36 | Frequency: monthly | Editing: Herbert W. Rogoff |
| Cover | Exclusive!! |
| Featuring | G.I. Joe |
| Credits | Pencils: Clarence Doore (painted) | Inks: Clarence Doore | Colors: Clarence Doore |
| Content | Genre: War | Characters: Pvt. Joe Burch |
| Notes | Art ID by Norman Saunders' son David posted on a CGC forum. |
| Comic Story | "I think we're being followed!" (1 page) |
| Featuring | G.I. Gags |
| Credits | Pencils: Vic Martin (signed) | Inks: Vic Martin (signed) |
| Content | Genre: Gags |
| Comic Story | The Weight of the Bar (8 pages) |
| Synopsis | Sgt. Mulvaney is promoted to Lieutenant, but is reluctant to accept the new bars. |
| Featuring | G.I. Joe |
| Credits | Pencils: Irv Novick |
| Content | Genre: War | Characters: Pvt. Joe Burch; Sgt. Mulvaney; Lt. Parker; Pvt. Malcolm Collins; Pvt. Ugly Otis; Cpl. Carpuccio; Pvt. Cornelius Hoolihan [Weepy]; Pvt. Eckersall [Meatball] |
| Notes | Novick is credited to G.I. Joe on both pencils and ink in 1950-54 by Jerry Bails' Who's Who, but the inking here must be by someone else, as it is not like his credited inking on Johnny Cloud in DC's "All-American Men of War". Those are much more thin penlines than these heavier brushlines. Maybe Giacoia, but uncertain since he is only credited for 1952 at Ziff-Davis... |
| Comic Story | The Oof Girl (5 pages) |
| Synopsis | The Colonel's wife wants to make it as a movie star. |
| Featuring | The Yardbirds |
| Credits | Pencils: Dan DeCarlo | Inks: Rudy Lapick; Dan DeCarlo? |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Pvt. Windy Bragg; Pvt. Whitey Hicks; Sgt. Gruff; Col. Ruppert Fumes; Mrs. Fumes; Mr. Lenz (movie director) |
| Notes | Dan DeCarlo is credited to both pencils and ink on The Yardbirds in Jerry Bails' Who's Who, but Rudy Lapick is also credited as his personal inker, and the inking is not to be distinguished from other signed DeCarlo/Lapick stories in G.I. Joe. |
| Letters Page | "Our Service men all over the world..." (2 pages) |
| Featuring | G.I. Joe's Pen Pals |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | Drawing on top of page of two G.I.s reading letters, and the head of a young girl. |
| Comic Story | The Ugly Gigolo (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | Ugly Otis buys a ring for Miss Eileen |
| Featuring | G.I. Joe |
| Credits | Pencils: Irv Novick | Inks: Bill Walton? |
| Content | Genre: War | Characters: Pvt. Joe Burch; Sgt. Mulvaney; Pvt. Alvin Otis [Ugly Otis]; Cpl. Eileen |
| Notes | Novick is credited to G.I. Joe on both pencils and ink in 1950-54 by Jerry Bails' Who's Who, but the inking here must be by someone else. The round face and the nose of the girl could point to Walton, but uncertain. He is credited to ink on G.I. Joe in 1954. |
| Text Story | "Tokyo, Japan..." (2 pages) |
| Featuring | Dear Gertrude |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: War | Characters: Pvt. Sam Cosgrove; Gertrude Cosgrove |
| Notes | Not an ordinary Letters page, but a continuing story told by means of letters from a G.I. to wife at home. |
| Comic Story | "I hear the "Basic" is rough!" (1 page) |
| Featuring | Reserved- G.I.'s Only |
| Credits | Pencils: B. Schneider [as Schneider] (signed) | Inks: B. Schneider [as Schneider] (signed) |
| Content | Genre: Gags |
| Notes | B. Schneider is credited to war fillers at Ziff-Davis in 1954 by Jerry Bails' Who's Who. No name but B. |
| Comic Story | Look At His Teeth! (7 pages) |
| Featuring | G.I. Joe |
| Credits | Pencils: Irv Novick | Inks: Bill Walton? |
| Content | Genre: War | Characters: Pvt. Joe Burch; Sgt. Mulvaney; Pvt. Cornelius Hoolihan [Weepy]; Pvt. Eckersall [Meatball]; Pvt. Hosier Hawkins; Pvt. Reilly [Ready-Money] |
| Notes | Novick is credited to G.I. Joe on both pencils and ink in 1950-54 by Jerry Bails' Who's Who, but the inking might be Walton when looking at some wild eyes, but no overdone wrinkles in clothing here. He is credited to ink on G.I. Joe in 1954. Uncertain. |
| Advertisement | 1000 Live Baby Turtles Given Away (1 page) |
| Synopsis | A Magic Rock Garden with live baby turtles by mail order. |
| Featuring | Honor House Products, Corp. |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Filler | "Doolittle's ready to go back to duty..." (1 page) |
| Featuring | G.I. Jokes |
| Credits | Pencils: Vic Martin (signed) | Inks: Vic Martin (signed) | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Gags |
| Advertisement | Hands Tied? (1 page) |
| Synopsis | You can get a High School education at home for $6.00 a month. |
| Featuring | American School |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | Back cover. |
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