CATALOG RECORD
G.I. Joe, A Real American Hero #10
first appearance of Doctor Venom
WHY COLLECTORS WANT IT
- Doctor Venom (G.I. Joe) — introduction
Dates
- Cover date
- April 1983
- On sale
- January 11, 1983
- Pages
- 36
Editions and covers (4)
Copies of #10 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.
- Direct edition60¢ cover
Direct
No UPC barcode in the corner box: direct editions show artwork, a logo or a blank box there.
Source ↗ - Newsstand edition60¢ cover
Newsstand
A UPC barcode in the cover's corner box.
Barcode 0714860206404 · shared with another edition
This edition’s page - 2nd printing
Second Print
Marked as a later printing on the cover or in the indicia.
This edition’s page - Canadian price edition0.75 CAD cover
Canadian
Printed cover price 0.75 CAD.
Barcode 0714860206404 · shared with another edition
This edition’s page
Creators
Stories
- A Nice Little Town Like Ours... · 22 pages
Snake-Eyes, Scarlet and Zap are captured by Cobra and taken to Springfield, a town controlled by Cobra. A young boy helps the Joes make their escape as Dr. Venom attempts to get the location of Joe headquarters from Snake-Eyes using his brainwave scanner and fails, and Snake-Eyes joins up with them later.
Characters
Reprinted in
G.I. Joe Comics Magazine (1986), Tales of G.I. Joe (1988), G.I. Joe (2002), 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)