Comics
#033 CELEBRATION!
Publisher: Marvel Comics
Issue Date: March 1985
Series: G.I. Joe A Real American Hero
Issue Number: 33
Billy's assassination attempt fails, and the boy is revealed by Destro to be Cobra Commander's son. Meanwhile, the Joes re-open The Pit, their HQ, and many of the Joes find themselves reassigned to desk jobs.
Notes of Interest
Billy is Cobra Commander's son.
Destro takes of his mask in front the Baroness.
The remodeled Pit is opened up.
Introduction of Candy "Bongo the Bear" Appel
Rip Cord meets Candy.
The structure of the Joe team is changed, most of the originals Joes are put in charge of The Pit & Hawk gives Duke field command of the team.
Major Players
The Joes: Airborne, Blowtorch, Duke, Cover Girl, Hawk, Scarlett, Snake-Eyes, Spirit, Rip Cord
Additional Joe Appearances: Clutch, Breaker, Flash, Deep Six, Grand Slam, Grunt, Gung-Ho, Recondo, Rock 'n' Roll, Short-Fuse, Stalker, SteelerRoadblock,
Cobra: Baroness, Cobra Commander, Destro, Fred Broca II, Major Bludd, Storm Shadow
Additional Cobra appearances: Firefly, Buzzer, Torch, Ripper, Zartan
Additional Characters: Candy Bongo the Bear, Billy, Sean & Heather, General "Iron-Butt" Austin
Creative Team
Script: Larry Hama,
Pencils: Frank Springer,
Inks:
Andy Mushynsky,
Lettering: Rick Parker,
Colors: George
Roussos,
Editor: Dennis O'Neil,
Editor-in-Chief: Jim
Shooter
Cover Artist:
Mike Zeck and John R. Beatty
Full Details
The Joes are preparing for the grand celebration
opening of the newly upgraded Pit headquarters.
Scarlett goes to the infirmary to check up on
Snake-Eyes, who is sharing the room with Airborne and
Spirit Iron-Knife. While there, they realize that
Spirit has sneaked out of the room while they were
asleep. At a nearby mall, Rip-Cord and Blowtorch are
escorting Spirit to a florist's shop, where he plans
to find some more traditional medicines in the plants
there. While there, he sees Fred Broca, the Crimson
guardsman he just recently battled in the High
Sierras. He does not know that this is the second
Fred Broca, surgically altered to look like the first.
He's with the first Broca's family at the mall, trying
to look inconspicuous. Spirit immediately takes off
after him.
In Springfield, Destro has returned to find the
Baroness having no trust in him. To show her that she
can trust him, Destro takes off his mask, causing her
to faint.
Back at the mall, Spirit has stopped Broca to ask him
a few questions. His wife swings her purse at
Spirit's head, knocking him down with some super-hard
substance in the purse. The Cobras run off as
Blowtorch and Rip-Cord come out to help Spirit. At
the Pit, Roadblock is teaching everyone how to
properly spread anchovy-paste. Clutch and Breaker are
trying to convince Cover Girl to mud-wrestle with
Scarlett. She tells them to drop dead. Back at the
mall's parking lot, the Broca family escapes in their
car. The wife reveals that her purse is full of
grenades. She destroys the Joe VAMP jeep with one. A
"Bongo the Balloon Bear" birthday supply van drives up
to the Joes. The driver, dressed in a bear costume,
offers to give the Joes a lift. Luckily, Blowtorch's
gear survived the VAMP explosion and he puts it on.
They chase after the Brocas.
Storm Shadow assures Cobra Commander of his safety in
Springfield. The Baroness has told Destro of her and
Major Bludd's plans to use a boy to assassinate Cobra
Commander.
The chase on Staten Island goes on. The Joes dodge a
rocket fired from the Broca car and manage to pull up
next to it. Rip-Cord climes out of the Bongo van and
jumps onto the car. Mrs. Broca almost shoots him off,
but Spirit pulls him back. Bongo decides enough is
enough, and jumps out. The Joes promise to return the
van, but soon lose track of the Cobras. In
Springfield, the giant ceremony has started, and Cobra
Commander is giving his big speech. The children
bearing flowers approach the commander. Destro looks
down with binoculars to see which kid is carrying the
gun. He sees that it is Billy, and runs down the
bleachers. Billy pulls out the gun and starts the
poem. Storm Shadow raises his sword to stop Billy.
Destro jumps into the scene, pushing Storm Shadow
aside and knocking the gun away from Billy, causing
him to just barely miss Cobra Commander. Destro tells
the Commander to take a close look at the boy, saying
patricide is one thing that he will not tolerate.
Then the Commander and Billy realize that they are
related.
At the Pit, everyone is about to listen to a big long
speech from General "Iron-Butt" Austin, when the
elevator comes down carrying the Bongo Balloon Bear
Van. The Joes open the van, letting out all the
balloons in celebration. The general decides to skip
the speech and start the eating. Still, in the mess
hall the general announces that all the original Joes,
except for Snake-Eyes, will be given raises and
receive medals. They will also become the full-time
operators of the Pit. The newer Joes, as well as
Snake-Eyes, will become the field troops. Hawk
happily gives field command to Duke.
Later, Rip-Cord returns the van to Bongo, and finds
out that it is a young lady in the costume. She asks
him out to dinner, and they drive off.
By Jeff Edburg
Variations
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