Dates
- Cover date
- October 1986
- On sale
- June 17, 1986
- Pages
- 36
Editions and covers (3)
Copies of #52 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 0714860206410
This edition’s page - 2nd printing
Second Print
Marked as a later printing on the cover or in the indicia.
This edition’s page
Creators
Stories
- Snap Decisions · 22 pages
Serpentor returns to Cobra Island a hero, and the Commander enlists Zartan and company to impersonate some Joes and kill Serpentor so as to keep his leadership of Cobra secure, which fails. Meanwhile, in the Pit, Storm Shadow reveals how he survived the fatal shots from the Baroness, and asks for his forgiveness, and Snake-Eyes does and gives him the key to his cabin. As Hawk returns and tells the Joes the team's suspended and the Pit's been closed pending the Springfield debacle investigation's outcome, Cobra plans an assault on their headquarters.
Characters
Reprinted in
G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero: Rise of Serpentor (2022), G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero Kickstarter Compendium (2024), G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero Compendium (2024)