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G.I. JOE COBRA #9. OCTOBER 2010. FIRST PRINTING. HASBRO and its logo, G.I. JOE, and all related characters are trademarks of Hasbro and are usedwith permission. © 2010 Hasbro. All Rights Reserved. IDW Publishing, a division of Idea and Design Works, LLC. Editorial offices: 5080 Santa Fe St., SanDiego, CA 92109. Any similarities to persons living or dead are purely coincidental. With the exception of artwork used for review purposes, none of thecontents of this publication may be reprinted without the permission of Idea and Design Works, LLC. Printed in Korea.IDW Publishing does not read or accept unsolicited submissions of ideas, stories, or artwork.

Special thanks to Hasbro’s Aaron Archer, Michael Kelly, AmieLozanski, Ed Lane, Joe Furfaro, Jos Huxley, Samantha Lomow,and Michael Verrecchia for their invaluable assistance.

STORY SO FAR:Leonard Michaels, AKA Scoop, has beenhired by General Hawk to investigate amysterious cult that goes by the name ofThe Coil. When Leonard manages tostumble upon dangerous secrets, he isfound out by the cult's leader, Serpentor.Imprisoned and helpless, Leonard is told astory by one of his guards: a vicioustraining exercise carried out by Skullbusterserves as a hellish recruitment into asinister organization, one with direct tiesto The Coil. The guard insists that Leonardis the only one who can let the worldknow the truth, and the guard plans onbreaking him out to ensure it...

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