G.I. JOE

• Title: G.I. JOE: A Real American Hero #282
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• Writer: Larry Hama
• Artist: Andrew Griffith

The Joes are called in front of a Senate Hearing to justify their actions in Springfield in saving Throwdown (AKA the new original Snake Eyes). What they don’t know is that one of the Senators is a Cobra sympathizer (broadcasting the entire event to Cobra Commander) and another of the Senators is unwittingly a brainwashed sleeper agent who Cobra attempts to trigger during the testimony.

G.I. JOE: A Real American Hero #282 is certainly a step back in terms of action from many of the recent issues. What we do get is a Cobra plant attempting to sneak into the Senate chambers and activate their sleeper agent. While Sherlock (a new Joe making her debut here) is able to stop him, the truth about his mission is still unknown to the Joes and another agent of Cobra is able to clean up the mess by killing their other plant.

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• Title: G.I. JOE: A Real American Hero #280
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• Writer: Larry Hama
• Artist: Brian Shearer

The final issue of the one-off “Untold Tales” stories turns its attention to from the Joes to Cobra. The issue starts with Wild Weasel and the Baroness crash landing a severely damaged Rattler prior to the Baroness heading off to Paris on her next assignment. The mission is to kidnap the Borovian Prime Minister in order to make him reconsider cutting off his country’s association with Cobra. Things are complicated by Major Bludd planning a triple cross hoping to kill the target and cash a payday from multiple angles.

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