CATALOG RECORD
G.I. Joe, A Real American Hero #58
first appearance of Dusty and Fred VII
WHY COLLECTORS WANT IT
- Dusty (G.I. Joe, Ronald W. Tadur) — introduction
- Fred VII (G.I. Joe, Cobra Commander) — introduction
Dates
- Cover date
- April 1987
- On sale
- December 16, 1986
- Pages
- 36
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Editions and covers (2)
Copies of #58 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 07148602064604
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Creators
Stories
- Desperate Moves · 23 pages
Cobra Commander seeks out a Guardsman (Fred VII) to make Billy whole again once he awakens from his coma, and in the process gains a new set of battle armor from Fred. Meanwhile, Dusty and Mainframe are in the Middle East to gain information about the Terror-Dromes from an active one in Colonel Sharif's control, which they are able to give to the Joes via plans (gained last issue) that contain codewords needed to download the information about them back to the Joes. Billy regains consciousness, but is amnesiac from his injuries.
Publisher’s description
Mainframe and new desert specialist Dusty set off on a mission in the Middle East. After crossing a desert they are to infiltrate a Cobra Terror Dome believed to be hid in an oil field. Once there, their task is to hack into one of the Terror Dome's computers and send the intel back to Fort Wadsworth. Meanwhile Cobra Commander takes a comatose Billy to a hidden lab where Fred VII, an expert in robotic prosthetics, tries to mend him back to health. While there, Cobra Commander finds an advanced suit of armor that makes him more dangerous than ever before.
Characters
Reprinted in
G.I. Joe: The Complete Collection (2012), G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero Kickstarter Compendium (2024), G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero Compendium (2024)