Dates
- Cover date
- September 1982
- On sale
- June 1, 1982
- Pages
- 36
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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
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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.
Publisher’s description
The Joes have just completed a mission in which several Cobra personnel were captured and a large robot in pieces were seized. General Flagg ordered the robot to be taken to G.I. Joe headquarters, The Pit, for examination and safeguarding. Once the robot arrives at the Pit, it is taken to one of the sub-levels and scanned for any signs of functionality, to which none is found. It is a trick though, as Cobra Commander used a chemical based delay to trigger reactivation of the robot, at which point it locks security entrances and begins rebuilding itself. The purpose of the robot is to help Cobra discover the location of the base, but in order to do so, the robot must make it to the upper level so that the homing beacon signal can be transmitted. The Joes are locked in various parts of the Pit and use different methods to break free and find out what sealed the security doors which trapped them in different parts of the Pit. As the robot nears the surface of the Pit where the homing beacon signal would be picked up by Cobra, the Joes manage to fool the robot into falling into an open hydraulic shaft causing it to fall six floors down again.
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)