fluctuating in popularity ever since
they were first released in the 1960s GI
Joe really took hold of the market in
the 1980s with the development of the
Real American Hero line hey welcome to
watchmojo.com
I’m your host Derek Allen and today
we’re going to take a look at the GI Joe
universe in the early days of the
original 12-inch GI Joe action figures
the franchise is quite light on story
possibly because there were no
television shows or comic books to
compliment the toy line itself in fat GI
Joe’s first run between 1964 and 1976
had no mention of the enemy organization
Cobra or of GI Joe being an
anti-terrorist organization these plot
points would form the basis for the more
recognized GI Joe a Real American Hero
franchise that began in 1982 that year’s
defining comic book series portrayed
Cobra as an efficient and deadly
real-world political and military
machine the idea to include biographies
with each action figure sold in stores
allowed the franchise to develop
characters and tie in an animated
television series and eventually a GI
Joe animated film premiering in 1983 the
animated series took its roots in a
five-part miniseries titled GI Joe a
Real American Hero
this original miniseries introduced the
story of the terrorist organization
Cobra in order to stop Cobras immediate
threat and elite anti-terrorism
organization codename GI Joe was formed
composed of several franchise defining
characters another five-part miniseries
followed in 1984 and it was only after
that in 1985 when the series began
airing regularly on Saturday mornings
now Cobra would be portrayed to its
younger audience as an ineffective and
somewhat idiotic group
rate range the Cobra organization also
now had its roots in a fantasy and cult
light group called Cobra LA even after
the series was cancelled in 1986 that
was by no means the end of GI Joes on
screen appearances and 1987
direct-to-video movie was syndicated and
in 1989 another production company aired
a second Real American Hero series
however that one was also unable to
extend past two seasons as for specific
characters Cobra Commander leader of the
Cobra organization is arguably the most
famous watch how well box returned to
the river and attend can GI Joe known
for his ridiculous albeit creative ploys
for world domination
throughout the original animated series
Cobra Commander’s face was always hidden
it has hinted at in the series and later
confirmed in the 1987 GI Joe film that
his face in fact was disfigured earlier
in his life Cobra Commander had a
distinct raspy voice provided by actor
Chris Lata who used the similar vocal
style in the original transformers
animated series to bring to life the
popular villain Starscream one of the
most popular characters on the GI Joe
team is first sergeant Conrad s Hauser
better known under his codename Duke
fluent in several different languages
duped his best known as GI Joe’s field
commander during the original show’s
first season other popular characters
include Cobras intelligence officer the
Baroness as well as sergeant slaughter
who was based on a professional wrestler
of the same name who was popular with
the young male audience at the time with
several attempts were made to reboot the
franchise through the 90s and into the
21st century 2009 s live-action feature
film GI Joe Rise of Cobra also use the
original 1985 series as its basis this
time taking a step back to explain not
only how the Cobra organization came to
be but also how characters like Duke
came to be a part of GI Joe the story
touches on the
familiar 1980s real American hero story
while at the same time attempting to
modernize the franchise by making the GI
Joes the globally integrated joint
operated entity rather than keeping them
an exclusively American unit
they were first released in the 1960s GI
Joe really took hold of the market in
the 1980s with the development of the
Real American Hero line hey welcome to
watchmojo.com
I’m your host Derek Allen and today
we’re going to take a look at the GI Joe
universe in the early days of the
original 12-inch GI Joe action figures
the franchise is quite light on story
possibly because there were no
television shows or comic books to
compliment the toy line itself in fat GI
Joe’s first run between 1964 and 1976
had no mention of the enemy organization
Cobra or of GI Joe being an
anti-terrorist organization these plot
points would form the basis for the more
recognized GI Joe a Real American Hero
franchise that began in 1982 that year’s
defining comic book series portrayed
Cobra as an efficient and deadly
real-world political and military
machine the idea to include biographies
with each action figure sold in stores
allowed the franchise to develop
characters and tie in an animated
television series and eventually a GI
Joe animated film premiering in 1983 the
animated series took its roots in a
five-part miniseries titled GI Joe a
Real American Hero
this original miniseries introduced the
story of the terrorist organization
Cobra in order to stop Cobras immediate
threat and elite anti-terrorism
organization codename GI Joe was formed
composed of several franchise defining
characters another five-part miniseries
followed in 1984 and it was only after
that in 1985 when the series began
airing regularly on Saturday mornings
now Cobra would be portrayed to its
younger audience as an ineffective and
somewhat idiotic group
rate range the Cobra organization also
now had its roots in a fantasy and cult
light group called Cobra LA even after
the series was cancelled in 1986 that
was by no means the end of GI Joes on
screen appearances and 1987
direct-to-video movie was syndicated and
in 1989 another production company aired
a second Real American Hero series
however that one was also unable to
extend past two seasons as for specific
characters Cobra Commander leader of the
Cobra organization is arguably the most
famous watch how well box returned to
the river and attend can GI Joe known
for his ridiculous albeit creative ploys
for world domination
throughout the original animated series
Cobra Commander’s face was always hidden
it has hinted at in the series and later
confirmed in the 1987 GI Joe film that
his face in fact was disfigured earlier
in his life Cobra Commander had a
distinct raspy voice provided by actor
Chris Lata who used the similar vocal
style in the original transformers
animated series to bring to life the
popular villain Starscream one of the
most popular characters on the GI Joe
team is first sergeant Conrad s Hauser
better known under his codename Duke
fluent in several different languages
duped his best known as GI Joe’s field
commander during the original show’s
first season other popular characters
include Cobras intelligence officer the
Baroness as well as sergeant slaughter
who was based on a professional wrestler
of the same name who was popular with
the young male audience at the time with
several attempts were made to reboot the
franchise through the 90s and into the
21st century 2009 s live-action feature
film GI Joe Rise of Cobra also use the
original 1985 series as its basis this
time taking a step back to explain not
only how the Cobra organization came to
be but also how characters like Duke
came to be a part of GI Joe the story
touches on the
familiar 1980s real American hero story
while at the same time attempting to
modernize the franchise by making the GI
Joes the globally integrated joint
operated entity rather than keeping them
an exclusively American unit
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