G.I. Joe, A Real American Hero, #43 Newsstand
Published: January 1986
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Storyline
Grim Reaper shooting M-60 machine gun.
Characters
- Grim Reaper
Credits
- Pencils: Mike Zeck
- Inks: John Beatty
Story Notes
Zeck pencils credit confirmed and Beatty inks credit supplied by www.mikezeck.com (15 June 2011).
Crossroads
"Yes! I'm Wade Collins, your fellow LRRP that you left for dead in that stinking valley in the central highlands!"
Storyline
Wade renounces Cobra after having a talk with Snake-Eyes and Stalker, taking his new family with him. The Soft Master sacrifices his life after escaping from Springfield when he deflects one of Scrap-Iron's missiles launched at a crashed car containing Candy, a drunk driver, and Billy (crashed at a train signal), but he launches another one after given the sign by Firefly to eliminate any possible witnesses, thereby killing the three in the car.
Characters
- Candy Appel ( Universe) [Death]
- Billy ( Universe)
- Richard Blinken-Smythe ( Universe)
- Buzzer ( Universe)
- Firefly ( Universe)
- Fred Broca II ( Universe)
- Scrap-Iron ( Universe)
- Snake-Eyes ( Universe)
- Soft Master ( Universe) [Death]
- Stalker ( Universe)
- Lonzo R. Wilkinson ( Universe)
- Heather Broca ( Universe)
- Mrs. Broca ( Universe)
- Sean Broca ( Universe)
- Wade Collins ( Universe)
- Ramon Escobedo (flashback)
- Dickie Saperstein (flashback)
- Springfield Police [Sergeant Lundquist]
- Sister Agnes
- Sister Theresa
- unnamed driver (death)
Credits
- Script: Larry Hama
- Pencils: Rod Whigham
- Inks: Andy Mushynsky
- Colors: George Roussos
- Letters: Joe Rosen
Where's the Cap'n?
"Great... first Jameson has me coverin' "Sea Heroes"..."
Storyline
Cap'n Crunch has disappeared, and as Spider-Man searches for clues he finds a bottle floating in the sea, and inside is a letter that has a secret code.
Characters
Story Notes
Ad for Cap'n Crunch cereal, which is also a competition for 10,000 people to win a share of £1,000,000, by using a decoder set found in boxes of Cap'n Cruch cereal.
"By request... I've been asked by a couple of comics dealers to reprint an item I ran a few years ago..."
Credits
- Script: Jim Shooter
Story Notes
In the main text, Jim Shooter explains the difference in the Marvel issue number and price boxes between Direct and Newsstand issues, and also provides details of a huge upcoming comic convention in Australia. Also includes a checklist of issues currently on sale.
Story Notes
Letters from J. B., Joncarlo Volpe, Billy Ard, Andy Montgomery, Davyd Muska, Steven R. Hatch, David Kyle, Scott Paterno, and Erin Jones.
Time is Running Out
"Order now and a 13 issue subscription can be yours for only $6.50-- only 50¢ per issue."
Characters
Story Notes
House ad for Marvel comic subscriptions. The image is taken from the cover of [gcd_link_issue](20261), but the Green Goblin has been re-worked into the Hobgoblin, and there is a small rework of Peter Parker's face.