CATALOG RECORD
G.I. Joe, A Real American Hero #50
first appearance of Zarana
WHY COLLECTORS WANT IT
- Zarana (G.I. Joe) — introduction
Dates
- Cover date
- August 1986
- On sale
- April 15, 1986
- Pages
- 52
Editions and covers (3)
Copies of #50 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.
- Direct edition$1.25 cover
Direct
No UPC barcode in the corner box: direct editions show artwork, a logo or a blank box there.
Source ↗ - Newsstand edition$1.25 cover
Newsstand
A UPC barcode in the cover's corner box.
Barcode 0714860206408 · shared with another edition
This edition’s page - Canadian price edition1.50 CAD cover
Canadian
Printed cover price 1.50 CAD.
Barcode 0714860206408 · shared with another edition
This edition’s page
Creators
Stories
- The Battle of Springfield · 22 pages
The assault on Springfield concludes with the Joes taking the city, and rescuing Ripcord, but not before all the Cobras head off for Cobra Island as Serpentor leads a distracting counterattack. Storm Shadow miraculously returns to life after using an old ninja trick to save him from the Baroness's fatal shots earlier; while with the Dreadnoks and Zartan's sister Zarana he returns with memories that were used to create Serpentor last issue. Hawk has to face the music as all Cobra evidence in Springfield has been destroyed.
- Best Defense · 18 pages
A small Joe team is sent to stop a hijacked plane from crashing into a restricted chemical plant in Russia causing untold destruction.
Characters
Reprinted in
Action Force (1987), G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero: Rise of Serpentor (2022), G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero Compendium (2024), G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero Kickstarter Compendium (2024), G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero - Yo Joe (2022)