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??

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!

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!

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!

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!

"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.

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."

"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...

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.