G.I. Joe

Alias
G.I. Joe
Nick Name
A Real American Hero
Founding Members
Ace Rocky Skip
Common Members
Ace Agent Faces Airborne Airtight Airwave Alpine Ambush Armadillo Avalanche Back-Stop Backblast Banzai Barbeque Barrel Roll Barricade Bazooka Beach Head Big Ben Big Brawler Blast-Off Blaster Blizzard Blocker Blowtorch Bombstrike Breaker Budo Bullet-Proof Bullhorn Bushido Cannonball Captain Grid-Iron Chameleon Charbroil Chuckles Claymore Clean-Sweep Cloudburst Clutch Cold Front Colonel Courage Countdown Cover Girl Crankcase Crazylegs Cross Hair Cross-Country Crossfire Cutter Dart Dee-Jay Deep Six Depth Charge Dial-Tone Doc Dodger Dogfight Dojo Double Blast Double Clutch Downtown Drop Zone Duke Dusty Effects Falcon Fast Draw Flash Flint Footloose Freefall (The) Fridge Frostbite Gears General Flagg Ghostrider Grand Slam Grunt Gung-Ho Hacker Hard Drive Hardball Hardtop Hawk Heavy Duty Heavy Metal Hi-Tech Hit & Run Hollow Point Hot Seat Ice Cream Soldier Iceberg Jinx Kamakura Keel-Haul Knockdown Lady Jaye Law Leatherneck Lifeline Lift-Ticket Lightfoot Long Arm Long Range Low-Light Mace Mainframe Major Altitude Major Storm Mariner Maverick Mayday Med Alert Mercer Mirage Muskrat Mutt & Junkyard Nunchuk Outback Ozone Pathfinder Payload Psyche-Out Quick Kick Rampage Rampart Rapid-Fire Recoil Recondo Red Dog Red Spot Repeater Rip Cord Roadblock Rock 'n Roll Rollbar Rumbler Salvo Scarlett Sci-Fi Scoop Sgt. Slaughter Shipwreck Shockwave Short-Fuze Side Track Sideswipe Sidetrack Skidmark Skydive Skymate Skystriker Slip Stream Snake-Eyes Sneak Peek Snow Job Snow Storm Space Shot Sparks Spearhead Spirit Stalker Starduster Static Line Steam-Roller Steeler Storm Shadow Stretcher Sub-Zero Super Trooper Sure Fire Switch Gears T'gin-Zu T'Jbang Taurus Thunder Thunderwing Tiger Claw Tollbooth Topside Torpedo Tracker Tripwire Tunnel Rat Updraft Vorona Wet Down Wet-Suit Whiteout Wide Scope Wild Bill Wildcard Windchill Windmill Wreckage Zap
Occupation
Anti-terrorism military taskforce.
Legal Status
Sanctioned and funded by the United States Government.
Nation or Planet of Origin
United States
Group Alliances
United States Armed Services
Base of Operations
United States
Accessories
Specialized military hardware.
Common Enemies
Baroness Copperhead Destro Dr. Mindbender Dreadnoks Cobra Cobra Commander Firefly Major Bludd Serpentor
Regularly Appearing
Action Force (Marvel UK) G.I. Joe Vol. 1 (Marvel) G.I. Joe Vol. 2 (Image/Devil's Due) G.I. Joe: Cobra Reborn G.I. Joe Front Lines G.I. Joe Order of Battle G.I. Joe Special Missions G.I. Joe vs. Transformers G.I. Joe Yearbook
First Appearance
Comics G.I. Joe Vol. 1 #1 (June, 1982) Note: There was a comic titled G.I. Joe published by Ziff Davis Comics from 1950-1957. The title character and stories have nothing to do with the G.I. Joe toys, cartoons or comics of later years. Cartoon G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero (1983) G.I. Joe Action Figure The first "doll" marketed to boys, G.I. Joe made its first appearance on toy shelves as a 12 inch fully possible figure manufactured by Hasbro in 1964. The toyline was named after the 1945 World War II movie The Story of G.I. Joe which depicted the experiences of imbedded war correspondent Ernie Pyle in North Africa and Italy. Three months before the release of the movie depicting his war experiences Pyle would die on the Japanese Island of Iejima during the battle of Okinawa. Multiple gunshot wounds left his body only identifiable by his dog tags. Note: The first historical instance of the name G.I. Joe was a United States Army messenger pigeon who delivered the news of the liberation of an Italian village by British soldiers, on the eve of its scheduled bombing - saving the lives of the villagers and the liberating soldiers. After the war G.I. Joe was awarded the Dickin Metal - a military award reserved for animals who show valor in combat.
Creator
Comics Larry Hama, Herb Trimpe & Don Perlin G.I. Joe Action Figure Don Levine
Origin
When an average American citizen becomes disaffected by his government he seeks to overthrow the institutions he believe deny individual liberty by creating the terrorist group Cobra. To counter the threat of Cobra and its leader Cobra Commander, the United States Government sanctions a military taskforce of the best soldiers the armed services have to offer, codenaming the group G.I. Joe.