I remember Airborne vividly from reading this issue as a kid. I remember searching for his figure on store pegs because of his appearance in this issue. At the time, I was a bit disappointed that the toy's helmet did not have ''Airborne'' printed across the forehead.

For his first appearance, Airborne's uniform color is really different from his original toy. In the comic, his coloring is more in-line with how the Original 13 were colored - with medium green, tan boots and red details. I tried to update the recipe from the 25th version while replicating the color scheme as closely as I could for my custom.

Marvel issue #11 was one of my first and only (along with #5, 12, 26, Special Missions 17 and 28) GI Joe comics that I had as a kid. For that reason, I read it over and over and it was one of the first comics that I wanted to rebuy when I started building my comics collection last year. I was lucky enough to find it during a trip to the West Coast.

Rereading it as an adult, I noticed things that I was oblivious to when I was a kid.

1. Several 1983 Joes made their debut in this issue.
2. These new Joes looked a lot different than their toys. The artist must have been working from concept sketches or prototype toys pictures.

Recipe-wise, this first appearance Gung Ho is pretty similar to his original toy. I did not swap out any parts. I kept the complete 50th figure as a base. The biggest difference is the coloring of his uniform. The light blue of the original is replaced with green and gray. It makes me wonder if this was originally supposed to be Gung Ho's color scheme and it got changed during the design process. Some panels in the issue show him with hair, I opted not to include it on my custom. I wanted to avoid too many similarities with Leatherneck.

Marvel issue #11 was one of my first and only (along with #5, 12, 26, Special Missions 17 and 28) GI Joe comics that I had as a kid. For that reason, I read it over and over and it was one of the first comics that I wanted to rebuy when I started building my comics collection last year. I was lucky enough to find it during a trip to the West Coast.

Rereading it as an adult, I noticed things that I was oblivious to when I was a kid.
1. Several 1983 Joes made their debut in this issue.
2. These new Joes looked a lot different than their toys. The artist must have been working from concept sketches or prototype toys pictures.

For his first appearance, Snow Job is clad in a gray uniform with light brown highlights on his chest and back. Other than that, he has very little color. For my custom, I swapped some parts to make him closer to his in-book appearance. Color-wise, I cheated a bit by painting his hands and feet in khaki to break up the gray a bit. I also repainted his beard a brighter red. I also gave him his classic backpack, skis and poles even though he does not use them in the issue. Those accessories were some of my favorites from when I was a kid. Snow Job without those accessories is a sad sight.

Marvel issue #11 was one of my first and only (along with #5, 12, 26, Special Missions 17 and 28) GI Joe comics that I had as a kid. For that reason, I read it over and over and it was one of the first comics that I wanted to rebuy when I started building my comics collection last year. I was lucky enough to find it during a trip to the West Coast.

Rereading it as an adult, I noticed things that I was oblivious to when I was a kid.
1. Several 1983 Joes made their debut in this issue.
2. These new Joes looked a lot different than their toys. The artist must have been working from concept sketches or prototype toys pictures.