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| This is a rare issue with Joe not smiling with that disturbing glee that is on the cover of most issues. It does appear to show his concern for the children. |
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| Publication | January 1954 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: bi-monthly |
| Notes | Credits from David Saunders, Clarence Doore's biographer and foremost authority on his work. |
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| Cover | Mop Up Operation |
| Featuring | G.I. Joe |
| Credits | Pencils: Clarence Doore (painting) | Inks: Clarence Doore (painting) | Colors: Clarence Doore (painting) |
| Content | Genre: War | Characters: Pvt. Joe Burch |
| Notes | Credits from David Saunders, Clarence Doore's biographer and foremost authority on his work. |
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| Featuring | Commercial Trades Institute |
| Credits | Pencils:? (photographs) | Inks:? (photographs) | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | On inside front cover. |
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| Comic Story | They Always Come Back (8 pages) |
| Synopsis | Brigadier General Parker visits the Baker Company and his own son, Lieutenant Parker, and Private Cornelius "Weepy" Hoolihan. |
| Featuring | G.I. Joe |
| Credits | Pencils: Irv Novick |
| Content | Genre: War | Characters: Private Joe Burch; Sargent Mulvaney; Brigadier General Mike Parker; Lieutenant Parker |
| 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. |
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| Comic Story | Front Line Celebrity (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | A wellknown comedian in civilian life is one of the new replacements for Baker Company. |
| Featuring | G.I. Joe |
| Credits | Pencils: Irv Novick |
| Content | Genre: War | Characters: Pvt. Joe Burch; Sgt. Mulvaney; Lt. Parker; Pvt. Cornelius Hoolihan [Weepy]; Pvt. Curly Paxton; Pvt. Carpuccio |
| Notes | Pencils credits suggested by the Who's Who. |
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| Featuring | G.I. Joe's Pen Pals |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
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| Comic Story | Mop-Up Operation (5 pages) |
| Featuring | The Yardbirds |
| Credits | Pencils: Dan DeCarlo | Inks: Rudy Lapick; Dan DeCarlo? |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Pvt. Windy Bragg; Pvt. Whitey Hicks; Sgt. Gruff; Colonel Stone |
| 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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| Featuring | Dear Gertrude |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: War | Characters: Pvt. Sam Cosgrove; Gertrude Cosgrove; Pvt. Orville Cot |
| Notes | Not an ordinary Letters page, but a continuing story told by means of letters from a G.I. to wife at home. |
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| Comic Story | The Lieutenant's Girl (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | Lt. Parker saves the life of Pvt. Lawson. |
| Featuring | G.I. Joe |
| Credits | Pencils: Irv Novick |
| Content | Genre: War | Characters: Pvt. Joe Burch; Sgt. Mulvaney; Lt. Parker; Pvt. Greg Lawson |
| Notes | Pencils credits suggested by the Who's Who. |
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