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G.I. Joe, A Real American Hero, #86 Newsstand

Published: May 1989

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G.I. Joe, A Real American Hero #86

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1 page war

"You don't recognize me, do you? I'm just another guy named Joe!"

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Silver metallic ink highlights on cover.

...Not Fade Away!
Story 1 22 pages military; war
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The Joe team hooks up with the original G.I. Joe to keep Cobra (disguised as Iron Grenadiers) from taking over a laser defense system that he developed for the government. Cobra steals the disks containing the needed information to control the defense system, but Joe saves the day when he targets the drone carrying the disks, and fires a laser to disintegrate it. He then tells the Joe team he was the original G.I. Joe, and Jane was his nurse when Hawk wants to make him an honorary member, to which Muskrat responds he always thought the original team was bigger than just the two of them.

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For the first time, the original 1960s soldier G.I. Joe and nurse G.I. Jane are given real names and integrated into "A Real American Hero" continuity. While Joseph "G.I. Joe" Colton is given honorary (but not actual) membership, Jane "G.I. Jane" Martelle is not.

Story 2 1 page
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