Dates
- Cover date
- September 1982
- On sale
- June 1, 1982
- Pages
- 36
Editions and covers (3)
Copies of #3 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.
- Direct edition
Direct
No UPC barcode in the corner box: direct editions show artwork, a logo or a blank box there.
Source ↗ - Newsstand edition
Newsstand
A UPC barcode in the cover's corner box.
Barcode 0714860206409
This edition’s page - Direct (diamond)This edition’s page
Creators
Stories
- The Trojan Gambit · 22 pages
The Joes bring a captured Cobra robot into The Pit but the mechanical monstrosity puts itself back together again and tries to fight its way to the surface to let the snakes know exactly where the secret Joe base is located.
- Bob Layton: Radioactive Mutant · 0.34 pages
Bob Layton introduces himself, and tries to assure readers that he's not a radioactive mutant, but when he turns out the light, his whole body glows.
Characters
Reprinted in
G.I. Joe Comics Magazine (1986), Tales of G.I. Joe (1988), G.I. Joe (2002), G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero [Action Figure 3-Pack Reprint Series] (2005), G.I. Joe: The Complete Collection (2012), G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero Omnibus (2018), G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero Compendium (2024), G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero Kickstarter Compendium (2024)