Title:

GI Joe A Real American Hero

Synopsis:
In Sierra Gordo, the Joes reach the American Embassy to withdraw the ambassador, which is full of rioters and looters. Roadblock stops a guy with a lighter who tries to burn the US flag, which causes criticism from the ambassador Winthrop, claiming that such cowboy behavior is what made the locals hate the USA, to which Hawk answers that it actually is because of generations of exploitation by American monopolies and supporting a right-wing dictator. Psyche-Out must sanitize the document room before evacuating.

In another part of Sierra Gordo, General Villavaca is destroying the Terror Dromes in his country with help of armament bought to Destro. Inside the Terrordrome, Zarana orders to launch a Firebat to create a diversion for the Dreadnoks to get away in the Thunder Machine. Destro’s helicopter faces the Firebat while the Dreadnoks leave, shooting Villavaca’s troops. After Destro’s Sergeant Major shoots the Firebat down, Destro suggests to Villavaca to return to the capital, as his sources tell him that ambassador Winthrop is leaving for Washington with documents that might prove embarrassing to the North American banana monopoly. Villavaca claims there isn’t evidence against him, but Mr Goodfellow, representative of the banana monopoly, convinces him that it’s better to go back, just in case.

Later, at the embassy, the ambassador is almost done packing up some documents while Roadblock puts explosives to blow the rest up. General Villavaca and his troops surround the embassy in search for the investigative report about his links with the North American Banana Monopoly, which Goodfellow notices is in the ambassador’s briefcase, right before the embassy blows up, creating a diversion for the Joes to escape.

At the airport, Crazylegs, Maverick and Wild Bill are awaiting for Hawk and the others, but the Dreadnoks hijack the plane to escape, with local refugees as hostages to force Wild Bill and the others to take them, and the plane takes off right before the AWE Striker with Hawk, Psyche-Out, Roadblock and Winthrop can have a chance to reach them. One of the plane’s engines is shot by Villavaca’s troops, while Hawk’s group is saved by local counter-revolutionaries who force Villavaca to retreat, wondering how did they know they would be in the airport, and where did they get their weaponry. The counter-revolutionaries offer to escort the Joes to the border and mention a radio message that tipped them out about his problem, which confuses Hawk, as he couldn’t send any message as they didn’t have the counter-revolutionaries’ frequency.

Goodfellow tells Villavaca that they still can mobilize a force to stop the Joes from reaching the border, and both talk about needing more sophisticated weapons to buy from Destro. Meanwhile, Destro tries on his new battle armor while the Sergeant Major tries on the first Iron Grenadier uniform, which Destro considers a way to symbolize their new beginnings. It turns out that Sergeany Major was the one to radio the counter-revolutionaries, and so he and Destro have created a situation and a market to sell weapons to both sides.

Over the mountains, Wild Bill’s plane is about to crash.
Cover Date:
Mar 1988
Publisher:
Marvel Comics
Barcode:
071486020646
Issue Number:
69
Legacy Number:
69
Volume:
1
Month:
March
Year:
1988
Variant Number:
A
Cover Letter:
A
Purchase Type:
Newsstand
Printing:
1
Country:
United States
Cover Price:
$1.00
Era:
Modern Age
Genre:
War
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Language:
English
Type of Comic:
Magazine
Date Added:
2018-07-02 23:27:59
Series:
G.I. Joe
Story Arc:
Into the Breach
Number of Pages:
32
Automatic Estimated Value:
~$4.50
Automatic Estimated Date:
2026-02-11
Date Added:
2018-07-02 23:27:59

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