G.I. Joe G.I. Joe Action Force was a range of 10cm action figures based on Action Man, first produced in 1982 by Palitoy Ltd. By 1985 Palitoy had stopped producing original figures, and were repackaging the equivalent G.I. Joe figures under the Action Force name. In 1990 the name was dropped in favour of using the G.I. Joe name, after a brief period as G.I. Joe - The Action Force. This was partly due to the line no longer making enough to justify the effort of rebranding. ...more on Wikipedia about "Action Force"
Battleforce 2000 is a subset series of toys from Hasbro under the G.I. Joe series and toyline. Released in late 1987, they represent a hi-tech unit of the Joes using experimental weaponry under battlefield conditions. Fan reaction to this group is mixed with most despising them for unrealistic concepts and silly designs. ...more on Wikipedia about "Battleforce 2000"
Cobra Island is the main base of operations for the fictional Cobra Organization featured in the G.I. Joe toyline from the 1980s. It is featured in both the cartoon and comics. ...more on Wikipedia about "Cobra Island"
The Cobra Organization (officially called Cobra Command) is the fictional nemesis of the G.I. Joe team, and part of a line of action figures sold by Hasbro, G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero. Though the G.I. Joe toys had been produced since the 1960s, Cobra was introduced when the G.I. Joe line was relaunched in the early 1980s. This relaunch was accompanied by a Marvel comic, written by Larry Hama, and an animated television series for children. Comic writer Josh Blaylock once compared them to the Legion of Doom. It must be stressed that the portrayal of Cobra and its personnel are different in tone and realism in the animated series, compared to the comic. The animated series chose for Cobra to be an ineffectual bunch of buffoons with a rather odd fantasy background (see Cobra-La, below) compared to the comic which was more hard-edged in tone and portrayed them as a pretty efficient 'real world' political and military machine. ...more on Wikipedia about "Cobra Organization"
Cobra-La is a fictional organization from the military-themed toyline and series G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero. ...more on Wikipedia about "Cobra-La"
David Breger ( April 15, 1908 - January 16, 1970) was the American cartoonist who created the term and comic strip " G. I. Joe" during World War II. Breger was born and raised in Chicago, Illinois. He graduated from Northwestern University who would honor him in 1946 with an Alumni Merit Award for distinguishing himself in his field of endeavor. ...more on Wikipedia about "David Breger"
The Dreadnoks are a fictional biker gang who act as villain in the G.I. Joe saga, which have been represented in several types of media, including toylines (produced by Hasbro), comic books series (published by Marvel Comics and more recently Devil's Due Publishing), and television cartoons (produced by Sunbow). ...more on Wikipedia about "Dreadnoks"
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Most G.I. Joe action figures came with file cards printed at the back of the cardboard they came with. A file card is the profile information of a character. The owner of the action figure is encouraged to cut out the file card and save it. The file card has information on the G.I. Joe or Cobra character. This trend started with G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero series. Over the years, the file card has evolved, although rather subtly, but they generally contain the following information: ...more on Wikipedia about "File card"
G.I. Joe is a cartoon soldier created by David Breger when he was asked to do a comic strip for United States military magazines during World War II. Breger came up with the title "G.I. Joe" from the military reference "Government Issue". His strip debuted June 17, 1942 in the military's YANK magazine and Stars and Stripes newspaper. In 1945, United Artists released a movie title The Story of G.I. Joe ** , directed by William Wellman and starring Burgess Meredith as acclaimed war correspondent Ernie Pyle. ...more on Wikipedia about "G.I. Joe"
See also Dreamwave's Transformers/G.I. Joe section in Transformers (comic). ...more on Wikipedia about "G.I. Joe (comic)"
G.I. Joe was the title of a video game released for the NES published by Taxan and developed by KID. The game was based on the popular toy line, animated and comic series of the same name. The game was very successful for its graphics, sound, playability and overall handing of the franchise. Capcom followed up with a sequel that generated more mixed results. ...more on Wikipedia about "G.I. Joe (video game)"
* Gen. Flagg – He never had an action figure (i.e. non-toy character) but he was the original G.I. Joe commander. He was killed by Major Bludd during Cobra’s first attack on the Joe’s headquarters, the Pit in G.I. Joe #19 (Marvel). ...more on Wikipedia about "G.I. Joe casualties"
G.I. Joe Exteme is a line of military-themed toys from Hasbro and the next major incarnation of G.I. Joe after G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero folded in 1994. The series ran from 1996 to 1997. ...more on Wikipedia about "G.I. Joe Extreme"
The G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero comic book series was first published by Marvel Comics and later, Devil's Due Productions. The Marvel comics series was written primarily by Larry Hama. Larry Hama frequently uses fictional countries as stand-ins for real countries with similar political and economic conditions. These countries are frequently a satire of the real world counterparts. Devil's Due productions also continued the trend of using fictional stand-ins. ...more on Wikipedia about "G.I. Joe Fictional Places" http://www.shortopedia.com - now!
Greenshirts is a term applied to the generic-looking soldiers from the cartoon, G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero. It is not known when this term came to use. The Greenshirts are the equivalent of " extras" in that they are in the story to serve merely as background characters and have no speaking parts. Due to the unique look of each G.I. Joe member, it became a problem for Sunbow animators to render the G.I. Joe Team especially when it came to an all-out battle scene. The solution was to create generic G.I. Joe soldiers. This also addressed a problem not brought up in the comics, Cobra would outnumber the Joes. It made sense for G.I. Joe to bolster its forces. ...more on Wikipedia about "Greenshirts (G.I. Joe)"
Larry Hama ( June 7, 1949 - ) is a Japanese American writer, artist, actor and musician who has worked in the fields of entertainment and publishing since the 1960s. ...more on Wikipedia about "Larry Hama"
* Note 1: There were two characters code named Airborne. It is possible Hasbro did not realize they used the same name for a different character. ...more on Wikipedia about "List of G.I. Joe ARAH characters"
The October Guard (or Oktober Guard) is a group of special operations military team first introduced in the pages of G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero comics and cartoon in the 80’s and later appeared in the toylines in the 90’s. The name is a reference to Russia’s October Revolution. Usually thought to be the Soviet/Russian equivalent of G.I. Joe, they are in fact composed of members from Warsaw Pact countries. Unlike the Joes, the team is composed of just a small squad and most do not sport a fancy codename. ...more on Wikipedia about "October Guard"
The Coil is an offshoot of the Cobra Terrorist Organization formed by the former "Emperor" of Cobra Serpentor in the fictional GIJoe universe. ...more on Wikipedia about "The Coil"
The Pit is the headquarters of the specialist G.I. Joe team from the 1980s Marvel comic book created by Larry Hama. It is a multi-level underground base complete with training facilities, living quarters, a briefing room, and heavy equipment storage. ...more on Wikipedia about "The Pit"
Vipers is the general name of most of the soldiers in the Cobra Organization, in the G.I. Joe universe. Through the years, there have been numerous releases of Vipers and its variations. ...more on Wikipedia about "Viper (G.I. Joe)"
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