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| Publication | October 1952 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: monthly |
| Notes | Credits from David Saunders, DeSoto's biographer and foremost authority on his work. |
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| Cover | Don't Tell Frankie |
| Featuring | G.I. Joe |
| Credits | Pencils: Rafael DeSoto (painting) | Inks: Rafael DeSoto (painting) | Colors: Rafael DeSoto (painting) | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: War | Characters: Private Joe Burch |
| Notes | Credits from David Saunders, DeSoto's biographer and foremost authority on his work. |
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| Advertisement | Jim Prentice Electric Football (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Own the World's finest Football game. |
| Featuring | The Electric Game Co. |
| Credits | Pencils:?;? (photo) | Inks:?;? (photo) | Letters: typeset |
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| Comic Story | Mamie's Mortar (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | Sgt. Mamie takes pride in his 81 mm mortar. |
| Featuring | G.I. Joe |
| Credits | Pencils: Henry Sharp | Inks: Henry Sharp |
| Content | Genre: War | Characters: Private Joe Burch; Lieutenant Parker; Sergeant Mulvaney; Sergeant Robert Mamie |
| Notes | The artwork is identical to stories credited by the GCD to Sharp in Amazing Adventures (Ziff-Davis, 1950 series) #4 and a story suggested as Sharp in Nightmare (St. John, 1953 series) #10. Very large mouth when shouting, scribbly inking, broad grinning faces with big ears, and much funny cartoon style movement. |
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| Comic Story | Don't Tell Frankie! (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | Good food has won many a battle, but in the case of "Baker" Company good food almost starts one. |
| Featuring | Buddies |
| Credits | Pencils: Frank Giacoia | Inks: Frank Giacoia |
| Content | Genre: War | Characters: Private Grogan; Frankie (cook); Private Tuliper |
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| Comic Story | Camouflage Capers (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | Windy and Whitey are painting camouflage on everything. |
| Featuring | The Yardbirds |
| Credits | Pencils: Dan DeCarlo | Inks: Rudy Lapick?; Dan DeCarlo |
| Content | Genre: Humor; War | Characters: Sergeant Gruff; Private Whitey; Private Windy |
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| Publisher advertisement | Wow! G.I. Joe's Famous Sidekicks (1 page) |
| Featuring | The Yardbirds Comics |
| Credits | Pencils: Dan DeCarlo | Inks: Rudy Lapick;? Dan DeCarlo | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Humor; War | Characters: Private Windy; Private Windy |
| 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. |
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| Comic Story | Born in the Saddle (4 pages) |
| Featuring | Pvt. Danny O'Lowd |
| Credits | Pencils:? [as Flip] | Inks:? [as Flip] |
| Content | Characters: Private Danny O'Lowd; Sergeant Snear |
| Notes | Art credits suggested by Bails' Who's Who. |
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| Publisher advertisement | Hey, Gang! Start Your Own G.I. Joe Fan Club (2 pages) |
| Synopsis | It's easy to start your own G.I. Joe Fan Club. |
| Featuring | G.I. Joe Comics |
| Credits | Pencils: Henry Sharp | Inks: Henry Sharp | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Characters: Private Joe Burch |
| Notes | Drawings of Joe Burch. |
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| Comic Story | The Sign of the Tigress (7 pages) |
| Featuring | G.I. Joe |
| Credits | Pencils: Henry Sharp | Inks: Henry Sharp |
| Content | Genre: War | Characters: Private Joe Burch; Lieutenant Parker; Sergeant Mulvaney |
| Notes | The artwork is identical to stories credited by the GCD to Sharp in Amazing Adventures (Ziff-Davis, 1950 series) #4 and a story suggested as Sharp in Nightmare (St. John, 1953 series) #10. Very large mouth when shouting, scribbly inking, broad grinning faces with big ears, and much funny cartoon style movement. |
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| Featuring | Mail Call |
| Credits | Pencils: Henry Sharp | Inks: Henry Sharp |
| Content | Characters: Private Joe Burch |
| Notes | Drawing of Joe with helmet. |
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| Text Article | Air Support (2 pages) |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Characters: Sergeant Butch Macklin; Private Jess Cooper; Corporal Ramsay |
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| Comic Story | The Ol' Hoss Pistol (5 pages) |
| Synopsis | Ed Doney gets an old cavalry pistol from his grandfather on his way to serve in Korea. |
| Featuring | Here Are Your Boys |
| Credits | Script:? [as Sam Daily] (byline) | Pencils: Bob Powell | Inks: Bob Powell |
| Content | Genre: War | Characters: Sam Daily (Correspondent); Pvt. Ed Doney; Pvt. Lew Mace |
| Notes | Powell can be spotted by his faces with the outlines of the lips in sideview, as on page one, and often also by the noses, and rounded inklines. |
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| Activity | Baker Company's Puzzle Page (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Below you'll find puzzles and each is worth 20 points. |
| Credits | Pencils: Henry Sharpe | Inks: Henry Sharpe |
| Content | Characters: Joe Burch |
| Notes | Small drawings of Joe and three girls surrounded by puzzles. |
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| Comic Story | Lexy's Glass Eye (7 pages) |
| Featuring | G.I. Joe |
| Credits | Pencils: Henry Sharp | Inks: Henry Sharp |
| Content | Genre: War | Characters: Private Joe Burch; Lieutenant Parker; Sergeant Mulvaney; Private Carpuccio; Lexy Grey (reporter) |
| Notes | The artwork is identical to stories credited by the GCD to Sharp in Amazing Adventures (Ziff-Davis, 1950 series) #4 and a story suggested as Sharp in Nightmare (St. John, 1953 series) #10. Very large mouth when shouting, scribbly inking, broad grinning faces with big ears, and much funny cartoon style movement.. Notice the big ear of the Lieutenant in sideview in panel 4. Only Sharp makes them like that. |
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| Advertisement | I Gained 53 Lbs. of Shapely Muscles (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Which of these two me's are you? |
| Featuring | Jowett Institute |
| Credits | Pencils:? (photos) | Inks:? (photos) | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Characters: George F. Jowett; Roger D. Hirsch |
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| Advertisement | Uncle Bernie's Fun Shop (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Buy now at our low, low prices, dolls and electric TV projector by mail order. |
| Featuring | Novelty Mart |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
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