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[porcupine48]

Expensive!

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I haven't bought or eaten cereal in forever.

[Scturo]

You g Men in Action #24

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[Ken Aldred]

G I Joe 10

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G I Joe 10

 

 

 

The G.I. Joe comic book was first published in 1950. It started with issue #10 which was a common practice with Ziff-Davis. When the title became a success the numbering was restarted at issue #1. This means that there are two issues of 10 through to 14. Ziff-Davis carried on publishing the title until June 1957.

 

Although the stories for the Ziff-Davis G.I. Joe were set during the Korean War, he has his origins further back in time, in a comic strip named 'Private Breger' which was created by the cartoonist David Breger. This humorous strip started its run in 1942 and was syndicated by King Features. Meanwhile David Breger who was drafted into the United States Army was posted to England to work as an artist and photographer for 'Yank, the Army Weekly'. To carry on using his character in the magazine he needed a new name and G.I. Joe was born, the G.I. standing for Government Issue.

 

G.I. Joe was a huge success and the name began to be used as a term for an American soldier, which still lasts to this day.

 

After the end of World War II the G.I. Joe character has kept going strong. He has featured in films and also become the highly popular action figure produced by Hasbro.

 

Well...I learn something new every day. I always thought G.I. stood for General Infantry, not Government Issue.

 

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[Ken Aldred]

I'd heard about that, but not the backstory. Interesting. However, I don't know if there's a British equivalent.

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Panel Me This! (Q&A Version)

 

Round 47

 

1) All are welcome. If you can find this thread, you can play.

2) First person to identify the comic book by time-stamped post in this thread wins the round. As usual, we are pretty casual about exact names, misspellings, etc.

3) Each round is worth 5 points.

4) Players ask questions which are answered as long as they don't give away too much information.

5) Players may ask as many questions as they like.

6) Hints and additional panels will be given as necessary until solved.

7) Players may guess as many times as they like.

8) Have fun. Stupid comments, unrelated gifs and memes, teasing, and the usual nonsense are strongly encouraged.

 

[Ken Aldred]

Strange Tales 114

[bababooey]

Marvel Tales 17 for me.

 

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I guess this story was a little too famous.

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Strange Tales 114

 

 

 

+5 Points

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[Jeffro.]

Just go ahead and give Ken the points

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Panel Me This! (Q&A Version)

 

Round 48

 

1) All are welcome. If you can find this thread, you can play.

2) First person to identify the comic book by time-stamped post in this thread wins the round. As usual, we are pretty casual about exact names, misspellings, etc.

3) Each round is worth 5 points.

4) Players ask questions which are answered as long as they don't give away too much information.

5) Players may ask as many questions as they like.

6) Hints and additional panels will be given as necessary until solved.

7) Players may guess as many times as they like.

8) Have fun. Stupid comments, unrelated gifs and memes, teasing, and the usual nonsense are strongly encouraged.

 

This is another famous story.

 

[Ken Aldred]

Superman 149