G.I. Joe, A Real American Hero Pt. 12: #46-48

G.I. Joe, A Real American Hero #46 (1986)Art by Rod Whigham and Andy Mushynsky•The previous issue of Larry Hama's G.I. Joe series was a pretty intense, action-packed one, and the title isn't going to let up at all until the landmark issue #50, as several new prominent characters will be introduced (some of whom change the very make-up of Cobra), Joes fight their way into Cobra's base, a Cobra agent fights his way out of The Pit and then we get the biggest battle of the series so far, featuring (almost) every one of the by this point many, many Joes.As we saw in the last issue, Snake Eyes and Storm Shadow have finally learned the name of the man responsible for murdering The Hard Master (it was—40-year-old spoiler alert!—Zartan), and now they will stop at nothing to get their revenge. (Just look at how Mike Zeck drew Storm Shadow's eyes on the cover above; I would not want that guy looking at me like that with a sword in his hand.) Meanwhile, Zartan has kayoed Rip Cord and begun impersonating him, while dressing the unconscious Joe in his own clothes, and Hawk has sent a Joe team to infiltrate Cobra Island and retrieve Rip Cord.•While last issue's ending was pretty equivocal about w...