This section updated on MARCH 7am, 2007
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1943 copyright copy of The Story of GI Joe by Ernie Pyle. The book that was made into a movie.
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This is a 1944 book illustrating cartoons and comics in newspapers. Written by Bill Mauldin. GI Joe is the caracter in his drawings.
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No date on this gun set by Halco but I am told it is from 1954.
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This is a comic book dated 1956.
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This is a 14" x 11" coloring book dated 1959. The cool thing about this is that it is copyrighted by a company called James & Jonathan Company of WI.
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This is an ad for GI Joe comics contest. Check it out. The contest is about you, the reader detrermining who GI Joe is and what his fate will be!
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This has got to be the most erotic main stream comic cover I have seen...
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The movie from the book in the previous picture.
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One of if not the first 1964 advertisements for GI Joe.
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MVC-006S
One of the early 1964 advertisements for GI Joe.
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MVC-007S
One of the late 1964 advertisements for GI Joe.
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First equipment brochure as folded in packages
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First equipment brochure unfolded front
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First equipment brochure unfolded back
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Second equipment brochure
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Inside of second equipment brochure
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Back side of second equipment brochure
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#1 of a set of 3 Original Insert with boxd figures
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Other side of #1of a set of 3 original Insert with boxd figures
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#2 of a set of 3Original Insert with boxd figures
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Other side of #2 of a set of 3 original Insert with boxd figures
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Other side of #3 of a set of 3 original Insert with boxd figures
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set of 3 original ads Inserted in some early boxd figures. This is the way they wer folded to fit inside the box.
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#3 of a set of 3 Original Insert with boxd figures
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Third equipment brochure as folded to fit in boxed figures.
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Third equipment brochure as folded to go with acessory cards.
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Inside of third equipment brochure
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Backside of third equipment brochure
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Postcard inserted with early boxed figures
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Other side of postcard inserted with early boxed figures
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Comic which came with talking figures
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Folded Action Man equipment brochure
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Unfolded Action Man equipment brochure, front
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Unfolded Action Man equipment brochure, back
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Ink color variation of Army equipment manual. One is brown ink and the other is black.
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Large and small Army equipment manual. Small for figures and large for equipmentts sets.
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Color and marking variations of equipment manuals
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