G.I. Joe: Origins 2

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***G.I. Joe: Origins #2*** is the second regular issue of IDW Publishing's *G.I. Joe: Origins* series. The issue was released on March 25, 2009, written by Larry Hama with art by Mike Hawthorne.

## Publisher's summary

*The fanatical CHIMERA builds his army as G.I. JOE recruits it's final soldier to round out it's core team! Brought to you by fan-favorite writer Larry Hama and artist Tom Feister!*

## Appearances

**By type**

Characters

* Connie (Mentioned only)
* Duke
* Elaine (First appearance)
* Hawk
* Heavy Duty (First appearance)
* Henry (First appearance)
* John (First appearance)
* Luke (First appearance)
* Scarlett
* Shirley (First appearance)
* Snake Eyes/The Snake-Man
* Stalker
* Wilson (First appearance)

Locations

	+ Bosnia (First appearance)
	+ United States of America
		- Andrews Air Force Base (First mentioned)
		- Arlington (First appearance)
		- Montana (First appearance)
		- Nevada
			* Las Vegas
				+ Las Vegas Motel (First appearance)
			* Nellis Air Force Base (First appearance)
		- The Pentagon (First mentioned)
		- Utah (First mentioned)
		- Walter Reed Army Medical Center (First mentioned)

Organizations and titles

* F.B.I. (Mentioned only)
* G.I. Joe
* United States Army
	+ Airborne Ranger

Sentient species

Weapons and technology

* Firearm
	+ Emma
* Knife

Miscellanea

* Silver Star

## Trivia

### G.I. Joe references

* First appearance of **Heavy Duty**.
* Snake Eyes' Arashikage I-Ching hexagram tattoo on his right arm appears for the first time.

### Pop culture references

* The television show that is playing in Snake Eyes' motel room appears to depict Martha Stewart. She is commenting on missing "floral centerpieces in prison," referencing her five-month prison sentence in 2004 for insider trading.
* The thieves breaking into Snake Eyes' motel room refer to him as the "Invisible Man", due to to his facial bandages and sunglasses resembling the disguise worn by the film's lead character, Dr. Jack Griffin. He is also referred to as "The Mummy" due to the bandages across his face.

### Real world references

* The soldier at Snake Eyes' "funeral" quotes both Scottish writer Allan Massie and English novelist Rudyard Kipling. Massie's full quote is "Do you know what a soldier is, young man? He's the chap who makes it possible for civilised folk to despise war." Kipling's quote is correctly "An' go to your Gawd like a soldier" from the poem "The Young British Soldier."
* Chimera mentions having funds in "gold bars and krugerrands" to finance operations. A krugerrand is a South African gold coin that at one point accounted for ninety percent of the global gold coin market for investors trading in gold.
* Weapons:
	+ Heavy Duty carries an M2 Browning .50 caliber machine gun he calls "Emma".
	+ The bank robbers are armed with Kalashnikov AK-47s.
	+ Luke is armed with a snubnosed revolver.

## Cover gallery

Cover A. Art by Andrea Divito, colors by Chris SotomayorCover B. Art by Tom FeisterCover RI. Art by Andrea Divito, colors by Chris Sotomayor
## Notes and references

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 ***G.I. Joe: Origins #2***
2. ↑  *G.I. Joe: Origins #2* on Comic Vine
3. ↑ *G.I. Joe: Origins #1*
4. ↑ *G.I. Joe: Origins #3*