Dates
- Cover date
- January 1989
- On sale
- September 22, 1988
- Pages
- 36
Editions and covers (2)
Copies of #82 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 07148602064601
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Creators
Stories
- Weeding Out · 22 pages
Three new recruits survive the ordeal of basic training, G.I. Joe style, and are sent on their first mission before they have barely had time to catch their breath to stop Cobra from stealing a weapons cache. Lightfoot stops them when he plants a time delayed mine onto the escaping truck before it is airlifted out by a Cobra chopper, and both truck and chopper explode in air; he also finds out that the Vipers were really Iron Grenadier troopers in disguise during the battle.
Characters
Reprinted in
G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero Treasury Edition (2012), G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero Kickstarter Compendium (2024)