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G.I. Joe: Origins (single issues)
Series · 9 books · 2009-2011

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#1

G.I. Joe

Origins #1

2011

THE ORIGIN OF G.I. JOE! Don't miss this historic first issue, chronicling the forging of America's most elite fighting force and REVEALING FOR THE FIRST TIME how these wildly different characters formed an unbeatable team! Join DUKE as he meets his new warrior brothers—HAWK, STALKER, and SCARLETT. And who's the other new guy giving everyone the silent treatment??
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#4

G.I. Joe

Origins #4

2009

New recruits Rock & Roll and Breaker infiltrate Chimera's stronghold with the rest of the G.I. Joe team! Things are going from bad to worse and it all leads up to our big finale next issue!
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#5

G.I. Joe

Origins #5

2009

As the Joes close in on Chimera's stronghold, an unbelievable new surprise is waiting for them. Meanwhile, Snake Eyes begins to do what he does best-and you wouldn't want to be on the receiving end of this skill, trust us!
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#13

G.I. Joe

Origins #13

2010

First appearance of RIPCORD! The latest candidate for G.I. JOE status may already be dead! Meet Wallace Weems, a soldier everybody calls RIPCORD. Lost in a forbidding jungle, Ripcord has one SURVIVE! And if he doesn't outwit, outfight, and outlast the terrorists hunting him, thousands more might die!
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#14

G.I. Joe

Origins #14

2010

No food. No water. No weapons. With only the survival skills he learned in commando training, Wallace Weems (a.k.a. RIPCORD) fights an uphill battle to escape a hostile jungle and prevent a terrorist enclave from unleashing a terrible bio-weapon! If he lives, Ripcord just might earn Joe membership!
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#18

G.I. Joe

Origins #18

2010

"The Origin of Zartan," Part 3: The origin of the killer chameleon of COBRA concludes! Zartan is on the run from COBRA in the back alleys of a European metropolis. They must capture the elusive agent before he escapes forever. But Zartan has no intentions of letting COBRA off that easy. This three-part arc comes to its bloody conclusion.
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#19

G.I. Joe

Origins #19

2010

Larry Hama returns along with super-star Joe Benitez (Superman/Batman) and it's a SILENT ISSUE with SNAKE EYES! Not to steal from Stan but, " 'Nuff said."
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#20

G.I. Joe

Origins #20

2010

"Sedition by Numbers," Part 1: Psychologist Dr. Lester Horvath is a rising star in he has developed a number scheme to categorize recruits, and its implementation has shaped COBRA into a well-oiled machine. Michael Monk is a failure-jobless, broke, on the verge of suicide. When a therapy test brings startling results, Dr. Horvath may suddenly have a purpose for Michael Monk...
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#21

G.I. Joe

Origins #21

2010

David Lapham's "Sedition by Numbers" continues here! The Mad Monk begins his training with COLOSSUS WORLD SECURITY, INC., which is owned by COBRA, of course. Torture is the routine and Monk is singled out for extra attention. If the camp doesn't break him, then his first mission might have him wondering whose side he's on. There's no bottom to this rabbit hole.

Authors

Larry Hama
Larry Hama
Author · 69 books

Larry Hama is an American writer, artist, actor and musician who has worked in the fields of entertainment and publishing since the 1960s. During the 1970s, he was seen in minor roles on the TV shows M*A*S*H and Saturday Night Live, and appeared on Broadway in two roles in the original 1976 production of Stephen Sondheim's Pacific Overtures. He is best known to American comic book readers as a writer and editor for Marvel Comics, where he wrote the licensed comic book series G.I. Joe, A Real American Hero, based on the Hasbro action figures. He has also written for the series Wolverine, Nth Man: the Ultimate Ninja, and Elektra. He created the character Bucky O'Hare, which was developed into a comic book, a toy line and television cartoon.

Scott Beatty
Scott Beatty
Author · 33 books
Scott Matthew Beatty is a comic books writer.
Chuck Dixon
Chuck Dixon
Author · 192 books

Charles "Chuck" Dixon is an American comic book writer, perhaps best-known for long runs on Batman titles in the 1990s. His earliest comics work was writing Evangeline first for Comico Comics in 1984 (then later for First Comics, who published the on-going series), on which he worked with his then-wife, the artist Judith Hunt. His big break came one year later, when editor Larry Hama hired him to write back-up stories for Marvel Comics' The Savage Sword of Conan. In 1986, he began working for Eclipse Comics, writing Airboy with artist Tim Truman. Continuing to write for both Marvel and (mainly) Eclipse on these titles, as well as launching Strike! with artist Tom Lyle in August 1987 and Valkyrie with artist Paul Gulacy in October 1987, he began work on Carl Potts' Alien Legion series for Marvel's Epic Comics imprint, under editor Archie Goodwin. He also produced a three-issue adaptation of J. R. R. Tolkien's The Hobbit for Eclipse with artist David Wenzel between 1989 and 1990, and began writing Marc Spector: Moon Knight in June 1989. His Punisher OGN Kingdom Gone (August, 1990) led to him working on the monthly The Punisher War Journal (and later, more monthly and occasional Punisher titles), and also brought him to the attention of DC Comics editor Denny O'Neil, who asked him to produce a Robin mini-series. The mini proved popular enough to spawn two sequels - The Joker's Wild (1991) and Cry of the Huntress (1992) - which led to both an ongoing monthly series (which Dixon wrote for 100 issues before leaving to work with CrossGen Comics), and to Dixon working on Detective Comics from #644-738 through the major Batman stories KnightFall & KnightsEnd (for which he helped create the key character of Bane), DC One Million, Contagion, Legacy, Cataclysm and No Man's Land . Much of his run was illustrated by Graham Nolan. He was DC's most prolific Batman-writer in the mid-1990s (rivalled perhaps in history by Bill Finger and Dennis O'Neil) - in addition to writing Detective Comics he pioneered the individual series for Robin, Nightwing (which he wrote for 70 issues, and returned to briefly with 2005's #101) and Batgirl, as well as creating the team and book Birds of Prey . While writing multiple Punisher and Batman comics (and October 1994's Punisher/Batman crossover), he also found time to launch Team 7 for Jim Lee's WildStorm/Image and Prophet for Rob Liefeld's Extreme Studios. He also wrote many issues of Catwoman and Green Arrow, regularly having about seven titles out each and every month between the years 1993 and 1998. In March, 2002, Dixon turned his attention to CrossGen's output, salthough he co-wrote with Scott Beatty the origin of Barbara Gordon's Batgirl in 2003's Batgirl: Year One. For CrossGen he took over some of the comics of the out-going Mark Waid, taking over Sigil from #21, and Crux with #13. He launched Way of the Rat in June 2002, Brath (March '03), The Silken Ghost (June '03) and the pirate comic El Cazador (Oct '03), as well as editing Robert Rodi's non-Sigilverse The Crossovers. He also wrote the Ruse spin-off Archard's Agents one-shots in January and November '03 and April '04, the last released shortly before CrossGen's complete collapse forced the cancellation of all of its comics, before which Dixon wrote a single issue of Sojourn (May '04). Dixon's Way of the Rat #24, Brath #14 and El Cazador #6 were among the last comics released from the then-bankrupt publisher. On June 10, 2008, Dixon announced on his forum that he was no longer "employed by DC Comics in any capacity."

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