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Torpedo (G.I. Joe)
Torpedo is a fictional character from the G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero toyline, comic books and animated series. He is the G.I. Joe Team's original SEAL and debuted in 1983. Profile His real name is Edward W. Leialoha, and his rank is that of navy chief warrant officer WO-4. Torpedo was born in Aiea, Hawaii. His primary military specialty is Navy SEAL (Sea, Air & Land) and his secondary military specialty is demolitions. Torpedo was originally a scuba instructor and also achieved black belts in the martial arts Wu-Shu, Kenpō and Go-Ju-Ryu by age 19, and is skilled with wielding the Balisong. His training records after completing SEAL school are classified, but he is a qualified expert in most small arms used by NATO as well as explosive devices used by both NATO and Warsaw Pact nations. Torpedo keeps a strict vegetarian diet and continues to spend time perfecting his fighting skills and marksmanship in his off-duty hours. His teammates recognize him as a very compete ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United States Navy SEALs
The United States Navy Sea, Air, and Land (SEAL) Teams, commonly known as Navy SEALs, are the United States Navy's primary special operations force and a component of the United States Naval Special Warfare Command. Among the SEALs' main functions are conducting small-unit special operation missions in maritime, jungle, urban, arctic, mountainous, and desert environments. SEALs are typically ordered to capture or kill high-level targets, or to gather intelligence behind enemy lines. SEAL team personnel are hand-selected, highly trained, and highly proficient in unconventional warfare (UW), direct action (DA), and special reconnaissance (SR), among other tasks like sabotage, demolition, intelligence gathering, and hydrographic reconnaissance, training, and advising friendly militaries or other forces. All active SEALs are members of the U.S. Navy. History Origins Although not formally founded until 1962, the modern-day U.S. Navy SEALs trace their roots to World War II. The U ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Real American Hero (Marvel Comics)
''G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero'' (also known as Action Force in Finland, Sweden and the UK) is a military-themed line of action figures and toys in Hasbro's G.I. Joe franchise. The toyline lasted from 1982 to 1994, producing well over 500 figures and 250 vehicles and playsets. The line reappeared in 1997 and has continued in one form or another to the present day. It was supported by two animated series as well as a major comic series published by Marvel Comics. The toyline continues to play a large part in Hasbro's G.I. Joe franchise. Origin "A Real American Hero" was created as a revival of the original G.I. Joe brand of the 1960s and 1970s. After the 12" figure had been absent from toy shelves for a few years, G.I. Joe was re-introduced in a action figure format following the success of the ''Star Wars'' and ''Micronauts'' 3″ scale toylines. The genesis of the toy line came about from a chance meeting in a men's room. According to Jim Shooter, then editor-in-chief o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lady Jaye
Lady Jaye is a fictional character in the '' G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero'' toyline, comic books and animated series. She was originally created as a character for the ''G.I. Joe'' animated series produced by Marvel Productions and Sunbow Productions in 1984, was later produced as an action figure, and was finally introduced into the comic book in 1985. Lady Jaye is the G.I. Joe Team's covert operations specialist. She is portrayed by Adrianne Palicki in the 2013 film '' G.I. Joe: Retaliation''. Profile Her real name is Alison R. Hart-Burnett, and her rank is that of Staff Sergeant E-6. Lady Jaye was born on Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts. She is a Bryn Mawr graduate, and also did graduate work in Trinity College in Dublin before graduating from intelligence school at Fort Holabird. She is Airborne and Ranger qualified, and an expert with the M-16, M-1911A1 auto pistol and reflex crossbow. She is also an accomplished actress and fluent in several languages. She has a knac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cobra Commander
Cobra Commander is a fictional character and the main antagonist of the '' G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero'' franchise. He is the supreme leader of the terrorist organization Cobra and the archenemy of the G.I. Joe Team. He was portrayed by Joseph Gordon-Levitt in the film '' G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra'', and by Luke Bracey with the voice of Robert Baker in the 2013 sequel '' G.I. Joe: Retaliation''. Character biography and personality Cobra Commander is a fanatical leader who rules with an iron fist and demands total loyalty or allegiance. His objective is total control of the world's governments, people, wealth, and resources, brought about by revolution and chaos. He is believed to have personally led uprisings in the Middle East, Southeast Asia, and other areas, while being held responsible for kidnapping scientists, businessmen, and military leaders, forcing them to reveal their top level secrets. Over the years, Cobra Commander has suffered assassination attempts, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Croc Master
Cobra is the fictional nemesis of the G.I. Joe Team in the Hasbro toylines and related media. This is an alphabetical listing of Cobra members with unique identities as well as the members of its factions. Alexander McCullen Alexander McCullen is Destro's long-lost son in the Devil's Due Publishing continuity and member of the Iron Grenadiers. He posed as Destro when the real one was bed-ridden with an illness. Baroness Bayonet Bayonet is a Cobra Snow Serpent serving as part of the organization's elite Plague Troopers. He wears a portable life support system due to having survived injuries to his chest by the G.I. Joe team. Big Boa Big Boa is Cobra's trainer, and was first released as an action figure in 1987. He was meant to be as an enemy to Rocky Balboa, from the Rocky films, even coming with boxing gloves, but the Rocky character was never released as an action figure. Big Boa is a brutal, unfeeling taskmaster who whips the unruly Cobra Troopers into shape, as these sol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oktober Guard
The following list (organized by faction) covers every known character in the ''G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero'' toy line to have received his/her own action figure. It includes the year the characters' version 1 action figure debuted, their code names and real names, function, and original rank/grade (if applicable). It does not include every edition of the character, or the code name and rank changes that occurred, and only covers the action figures' releases in North America. Relating the characters to their appearances in the various comic book series, (vol. 1) refers to the G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero (Marvel Comics), original comics series published by Marvel Comics, SM for the ''G.I. Joe: Special Missions'' spin-off (also published by Marvel), (vol. 2) for the G.I. Joe (comics)#Devil's Due Publishing, comics series by Devil's Due Publishing and FL for the ''G.I. Joe: Frontline'' spin-off. Although the majority of characters had action figures issued prior to their first ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cobra Island
COBRA (sometimes referred to as Cobra Command) is a fictional terrorist organization and the nemesis of the G.I. Joe Team in the Hasbro action figure toyline '' G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero'' and '' G.I. Joe: Sigma 6'', as well as in related media. Cobra was first introduced during the launch of the ''G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero'' toyline in mid-1982. The toyline was accompanied by a Marvel Comics series, written by Larry Hama, and an animated television series by Sunbow and Marvel Productions. However, the origin and portrayal of Cobra has differed in each of them. Marvel Comics invented the Cobra concept, with the name having been proposed by Archie Goodwin. When Marvel first proposed the concept, Hasbro was reluctant to make toys of the villains for fear that they would not sell. According to Jim Shooter, "later ... villains became 40% of their volume." Cobra's iconic logo was later created by Hasbro designer Ron Rudat. Organization High command All members of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wet Suit (G
Wet may refer to: * Moisture, the condition of containing liquid or being covered or saturated in liquid * Wetting (or wetness), a measure of how well a liquid sticks to a solid rather than forming a sphere on the surface Wet or WET may also refer to: Arts and entertainment Games * ''Wet'' (video game), a 2009 video game * '' Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory'', a 2003 video game * '' Lula: The Sexy Empire'', also titled ''Wet: The Sexy Empire'', a 1998 computer game Music * Wet (band), an American indie pop group * ''Wet'' (album), by Barbra Streisand * "Wet" (Nicole Scherzinger song), a song from the album ''Killer Love'' (2011) * "Wet" (Snoop Dogg song), the lead single from the album ''Doggumentary'' * "Wet" (YFN Lucci song), the lead single from the mixtape ''Wish Me Well 3'' Other media * ''Wet'' (magazine), a magazine about "gourmet bathing" in the late 1970s Businesses * WET (company), a water feature design firm * Wet Lubricants, a brand of personal lubricants Ec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gulf Of Mexico
The Gulf of Mexico () is an oceanic basin and a marginal sea of the Atlantic Ocean, mostly surrounded by the North American continent. It is bounded on the northeast, north, and northwest by the Gulf Coast of the United States; on the southwest and south by the Mexican states of Tamaulipas, Veracruz, Tabasco, Campeche, Yucatán, and Quintana Roo; and on the southeast by Cuba. The coastal areas along the Southern U.S. states of Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and Florida, which border the Gulf on the north, are occasionally referred to as the "Third Coast" of the United States (in addition to its Atlantic and Pacific coasts), but more often as "the Gulf Coast". The Gulf of Mexico took shape about 300 million years ago (mya) as a result of plate tectonics. The Gulf of Mexico basin is roughly oval and is about wide. Its floor consists of sedimentary rocks and recent sediments. It is connected to part of the Atlantic Ocean through the Straits of Florida between the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Snow Job (G
Snow Job may refer to: * Snowjob, an American colloquialism for a cover-up * ''Snow Job'' (film), a 1971 caper film * Snow Job (G.I. Joe), a fictional character in the G.I. Joe universe * Snow Job (TV series), ''Snow Job'' (TV series), a 1983 Canadian sitcom * ''Snow Job'', a 2009 novel by William Deverell * "Snow Job", a song by Bruce Haack on his 1981 album ''BITE'' Television episodes * Snow Job (6teen), "Snow Job" (''6teen''), 2006 * Snow Job (Alvin and the Chipmunks), "Snow Job" (''Alvin and the Chipmunks''), 1984 * Snow Job (Cheers), "Snow Job" (''Cheers''), 1984 * Snow Job (Entourage), "Snow Job" (''Entourage''), 2007 * Snow Job (Even Stevens), "Snow Job" (''Even Stevens''), 2002 {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
