G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero #16 for Sale - First Appearance of Bombstrike - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero (IDW, 2011 series)
Issue: #16
Publication date: October 2016
Key date: 2016-10-05
On-sale date: 2016-10-05
Indicia publisher: IDW Publishing
Price: $17.99
Pages: 124
Barcode: 9781631407321
ISBN: 9781631407321
Rating: Suggested for Mature Readers

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Bombstrike - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Alyssa Renee Stall - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

The evidence

Claims here come from the story records for this issue, listed under Sources at the bottom of the file. Character hubs with full evidence tables are coming to this site.

Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	-	cover	1	pencils: S. L. Gallant; inks: S. L. Gallant; colors: J. Brown	Baroness, Cobra Commander, Destro
1	Title Page and Credits	credits, title page	3	pencils: S. L. Gallant; inks: Brian Shearer; colors: James Brown
2	-	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: S. L. Gallant; inks: S. L. Gallant; colors: J. Brown	G.I. Joe [Scarlett; Snake Eyes [Sean Collins]; Stalker]
3	Cobra Nation, Part One	comic story	20	script: Larry Hama; pencils: S. L. Gallant; inks: Brian Shearer; colors: J. Brown; letters: Neil Uyetake	Baroness, Donald DeLuca, Destro, Road Pig, Zarana, Zartan
4	-	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: S. L. Gallant; inks: S. L. Gallant; colors: J. Brown	Baroness, Cobra Commander, Destro
5	Cobra Nation: Part Two	comic story	20	script: Larry Hama; pencils: S. L. Gallant; inks: Brian Shearer; colors: J. Brown; letters: Neil Uyetake	Baroness, Big Boa, Richard Blinken-Smythe, Bombstrike First, Buzzer, Cesspool, Cobra Commander, Vincent A. D'Alleva, Donald DeLuca, Destro, Doctor Mindbender, Duke, Conrad S. Hauser, Harry Nod
6	-	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: S. L. Gallant; inks: S. L. Gallant; colors: J. Brown	Baroness
7	Cobra Nation: Part Three	comic story	20	script: Larry Hama; pencils: S. L. Gallant; inks: Brian Shearer; colors: J. Brown; letters: Neil Uyetake	Kimi Arashikage, Baroness, Bombstrike First, Cover Girl, Jinx, Courtney A. Krieger, Lady Jaye, Shana O'Hara, Scarlett, Shooter, Alyssa Renee Stall First, Zarana
8	-	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: S. L. Gallant; inks: S. L. Gallant; colors: J. Brown	Deep-Six, Malcolm R. Willoughby
9	Cobra Nation: Part Four	comic story	20	script: Larry Hama; pencils: S. L. Gallant; inks: Brian Shearer; colors: J. Brown; letters: Neil Uyetake	Baroness, Bombstrike First, Cutter, Deep-Six, Hector X. Delgado, Edward W. Leialoha, Shipwreck, Snake-Eyes, Stalker, Alyssa Renee Stall First, Skip A. Stone, Torpedo, Lonzo R. Wilkinson, Malcolm R. Willoughby
10	-	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: S. L. Gallant; inks: S. L. Gallant; colors: J. Brown	Zartan
11	Snake in the Grass Part One	comic story	20	script: Larry Hama; pencils: S. L. Gallant; inks: Brian Shearer; colors: J. Brown; letters: Neil Uyetake	Baroness, Bombstrike First, Cutter, Deep-Six, Hector X. Delgado, Duke, Conrad S. Hauser, Edward W. Leialoha, Mainframe, Blaine L. Parker, Shipwreck, Alyssa Renee Stall First, Skip A. Stone, Torpedo
12	-	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Adam Riches; inks: Adam Riches; colors: Adam Riches	Cobra Commander
13	-	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Juan Carlos Ruiz; inks: Juan Carlos Ruiz; colors: Juan Carlos Ruiz	Cobra Commander
14	-	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Brian Shearer; inks: Brian Shearer	Kimi Arashikage, Baroness, Cover Girl, Jinx, Courtney A. Krieger, Lady Jaye, Shana O'Hara, Scarlett, Zarana
15	-	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Brian Shearer; inks: Brian Shearer	Deep-Six, Hector X. Delgado, Shipwreck, Malcolm R. Willoughby
16	-	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: John Royle; inks: Jagdish Kumar; colors: John Rauch	Cobra Commander, Duke, Conrad S. Hauser
17	-	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Robert Atkins; inks: Robert Atkins; colors: Simon Gough	Baroness
18	-	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Robert Atkins; inks: Robert Atkins; colors: J. Brown	Thomas S. Arashikage, Rom, Snake-Eyes, Storm Shadow

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Series context

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Sources

Grand Comics Database, issue record (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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