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''G.I. Joe'' has been the title of comic strips and comic books in every decade since 1942. As a licensed property by Hasbro, comics have been released from 1967 to present, with only two interruptions longer than a year (1977–1981, 1997–2000). As a team fighting Cobra since 1982, the comic book history of ''G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero'' has been covered by three separate publishers and four main-title series, all of which have been based on the Hasbro toy line of the same name. The first series was produced by Marvel Comics between 1982 and 1994, running for 155 issues, and spawning several spin-off titles throughout the course of its run; the second and third series, published by Devil's Due Productions from 2001 to 2008, totaled 80 issues and included several spin-off titles as well. The fourth series has been published by IDW Publishing since October 2008, and various spin-off titles have also been launched. ==King Features Syndicate== In 1937, after receiving a $30 check from ''The Saturday Evening Post'', Dave Breger arrived in New York and began freelancing to ''Collier's'', ''Parade'', ''This Week'', ''Esquire'', ''Click'' and ''The New Yorker''. Early in 1941, he was drafted into the United States Army and sent to Camp Livingston in Louisiana, where he repaired trucks. He drew at night in the bakery or while sitting in a truck with netting overhead to keep the bugs away. ''The Saturday Evening Post'', under the heading ''Private Breger'', began publishing these cartoons as a series starting August 30, 1941. The Army became aware of his talent and transferred him to the Special Services Division in New York, where he married Brooklyn-born art agent Dorathy Lewis on January 9, 1942. In the early spring of 1942, he was assigned to the New York staff of ''Yank, the Army Weekly''. ''Yank'' wanted Breger to do cartoons like those in ''The Saturday Evening Post'', but the editors asked him to devise a new title. He came up with the title ''G.I. Joe'' from the military term "Government Issue", and the character's full name was Joe Trooper. His ''G.I. Joe'' cartoon series began in the first issue of ''Yank'' (June 17, 1942). That summer, Breger arrived in the UK in 1942 as one of the first two ''Yank'' correspondents, covering the American military in England as a photo-journalist, while also producing his weekly ''G.I. Joe'' cartoon for ''Yank''. King Features Syndicate took an interest and signed Breger on to do a ''Private Breger'' (aka ''Private Breger Abroad'') daily panel for domestic distribution. It was launched October 19, 1942 and continued until October 13, 1945. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「G.I. Joe (comics)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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