G.I. Joe: The Cobra Files #1 for Sale - First Appearance of Chameleon - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: G.I. Joe: The Cobra Files (IDW, 2013 series)
Issue: #1
Publication date: April 2013
Key date: 2013-04-00
On-sale date: 2013-04-10
Indicia publisher: IDW Publishing
Price: $3.99
Pages: 32
Barcode: 82771400452600111

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Chameleon - 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 A	cover	1	pencils: Michael Lark; inks: Michael Lark; colors: Bettie Breitweiser	Chameleon First
1	-	comic story	22	script: Mike Costa; pencils: Antonio Fuso; inks: Emilio Lecce; colors: Arianna Florean; letters: Shawn Lee

Printings and variants

Edition	How to tell
Cover B	See the GCD record for identification notes.
Cover RIA	See the GCD record for identification notes.
Cover RIB	See the GCD record for identification notes.
Cover Sub	See the GCD record for identification notes.
Cover RE	See the GCD record for identification notes.

Where to read it

Collection	Year
G.I. Joe: The Cobra Files #1 ISBN 978-1613777312	2013	On eBay ›

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Before you buy

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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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