G.I. Joe Comic Book Archive

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The Main Series

The first issue of G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero first appeared in comic book stores in June of 1982. This monthly series was written by Larry Hama, who with very few exceptions, wrote the series till the end. The comic book was based our Hasbro's action figures and launched simultaneously in 1982 with the figures. The final issue was published in December of 1994.

The characters and stories created during this series became the backbone for the file cards on the figures, the cartoon and several different comic book series. This continuity would last for 26 years until 2008.


First Issue	Last Issue


Snake-Eyes: The Origin

To take a look at any of the 155 issues, pick your issue below or go to the G.I. Joe Cover Gallery:

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28
29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52
53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76
77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100
101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117
118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 132 133 134
135 136 137 138 139 140 141 142 143 144 145 146 147 148 149 150 151
152 153 154 155
Non-Hama written issues 8,9,119,143,153,154.

2nd Prints -- Pin Up Gallery

Main Series Alternative Covers To see and read about 2nd prints & Newstand vs Direct Market editions click here.

Although the last issue of the main series was published in 1994, it was not the last Joe comic published of the Marvel run. Two months later, Issue #61 was republished with new art by Todd McFarlane as well as a new title: G.I. Joe Special #1.

The history behind this issue and an art comparison can be seen here.

Special #1

The single rareist GI Joe comic is the #63 Classic, only 5000 were produced. This was produced as a 3rd print by So Much Fun, Inc. This company released covers of other comic titles also which all had the word "Classic" printed on the cover.

#63 Classic

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