G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero #2 (continued)
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G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero #2 (continued)

I was as shocked as many of you probably are to realize that GI Joe #2 was written by the same people as #1. I guess either "Lady Doomsday" was them having an unusually good day, or "Panic at the North Pole" was them having an unusually bad one. Probably both, honestly.

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G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero #1
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G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero #1

I don't want to overstate my case. This IS still an "America ra ra ra" story, and it's handling the military with an incredibly soft pair of kid gloves. If it came out today, I'd be much less charitable toward it. For a comic aimed at children in the eighties though, the creators were being pretty damned bold.

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