Dates
- Cover date
- July 1987
- Pages
- 36
Editions and covers (2)
Copies of #61 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 0714860206407
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Creators
Stories
- Beginnings...And Endings · 22 pages
Stalker, Snow Job, Outback, and Quick Kick are sent into Borovia to rescue a newsman accused of spying for the U.S., and the attempt is failed when they learn he was released in a spy exchange. As they attempt their own escape, Outback is told by Stalker to escape as the others are wounded and Spigou (their contact) is dead, so their story can be relayed back. The Commander has decided to quit Cobra so he can give himself and Billy a better life and is shot by Fred as vengeance for all that Fred sacrificed to be part of Cobra. Hawk has sent word there will be no rescue for the Joes in Borovia.
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)