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03-08-2024, 11:36 PM | #41 |
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03-08-2024, 11:59 PM | #42 |
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Man, so many great comments in this post! I've bolded a couple of statements.
I think that very early on, especially the first year of the toys and comics that the idea was that G.I. Joe was an Army super team -- and I totally agree that Marvel Issue 1 is probably the most re-read issue of all time, second only to Issue 21. Furthermore, I think Rock-n-Roll's comments in Issue 11 "Pipeline Ploy" about "We ask for replacements, and what do they send us? A four-eyed medic and a Jarhead" (or something like that) illustrates further that the team was originally an Army team, that was now apparently branching out. As you point out, the Toys are first and foremost the "Canon" of G.I. Joe, and with that Hasbro was obviously expanding the team out to include other branches of the military after the line's initial launch: Series 2 contains USMC, USN, and USAF (I laugh at the fact that G.I. Joe is predominately an Army team with a USAF pilot who launches from a USN aircraft carrier - talk about diversity!). So, by year Two, G.I. Joe had already incorporated members from the other three branches, but at this point, I would still consider them an "Army Team." Then in Year 3 (1984) Cutter as a USCG is obviously gratuitous as even implied on his file card, and besides Cutter, the only other non-Army member added that year was Deep Six. In 1985, the Joe Team gained two more USN members - Shipwreck and Keel Haul - the other 13 new members are all Army. Then in 1986, they gained three USMC - Leatherneck, Mainframe, & Sgt. Slaughter, one USAF - Slipstream - and one USN - Wetsuit. But again the other eight new members (I'm not counting new versions of existing members) are all Army. In 1987, I think the only new non-Army member was Payload. So, I think, as you've pointed out, via the Toys, G.I. Joe was envisioned originally as an Army super team that members of other branches could join. As an adult with my own "Joe-verse" canon, and the fact that I have two sons in the military (Army and USAF), I have tried to balance the branches more by making certain characters members of different branches of the military. For example, you can easily make Lowlight a Marine sniper. Also, Lift Ticket could be a USAF CSAR Pilot - in my head canon Fast Draw and Repeater are SMA/CSAR - which is what my son does in the USAF. In my personal canon, I have also made team members such as Steeler, Clutch, Zap, and Mutt & Junkyard USMC and Lifeline, Airtight, Barbeque, and Ripcord USAF. Jason |
03-09-2024, 12:10 AM | #43 |
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03-11-2024, 12:57 PM | #44 |
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He should be "Official Historian" maybe? With a secondary specialty in whatever the U.S. designation for combat (or construction?) engineer, i.e. he retired with the Joes but then took on a civvie job in a sort of advisor/log role.
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03-11-2024, 08:33 PM | #45 |
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How about "M.A.S.H.potatoe" in honor of his small appearance on the classic show
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03-11-2024, 10:15 PM | #46 |
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Blueprint? Also works as a metaphor for his time on Joe, too.
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03-12-2024, 09:48 AM | #47 |
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03-13-2024, 05:30 PM | #48 |
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Yeah, that is inspired.
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03-14-2024, 06:47 PM | #49 |
At ease, Disease!
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Glad I could help. ;)
I appreciate the compliment, Mr. Nedrow. It means a lot, coming from you.
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