![]() The versions of the brand released since the end of ARAH include: The book proved to be very popular, and at one point it was Marvel's best-selling comic the famous issue 21, which told a story without using any speech bubbles or sound effects, has been endlessly homaged and parodied.īy 1994, A Real American Hero was officially dead at retail, but Hasbro has since launched several other incarnations of the franchise, though none have ever gained the longevity of the original. Compared to the cartoon, the comic was the more mature of the two, since it allowed characters to be killed off and contained a functioning canon. The toy company arranged this when they realized that while toy advertising was strictly regulated in the depiction of toys in animation, those regulations did not apply to advertising for a literary product, so the commercials for the comic book could introduce new characters and equipment. In an unusual move, Hasbro arranged for the series to be advertised on TV, an unprecedented marketing move for the medium. ![]() Joe series was based primarily on this unused pitch. Before the relaunch, Hama had an idea for a Marvel Universe comic called Fury Force, which would have seen the son of Nick Fury put together a team to fight Hydra, Marvel's resident terrorist group his G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero (Marvel), a comic book written by Larry Hama. An arcade game created by Konami based on both versions of G.I.Joe: A Real American Hero. DIC Entertainment took over following the movie and produced two more seasons before ending the show in 1991. Sunbow produced two seasons and a movie intended for theatrical release, but the failure of The Transformers: The Movie caused it to instead be released direct-to-video. Though the more remembered of the two continuities today, the cartoon is also infamous for its less realistic depiction of war: both sides used lasers instead of bullets, there were no deaths, and whenever an aircraft was destroyed its pilot had to be shown parachuting out of it. ![]() Joe: A Real American Hero, an animated series from Sunbow Productions and Marvel Productions. Joe: A Real American Hero), Marvel launched two tie-ins: Joe was no longer one person, note except in some continuities, where the team is named in honor of General Joe Colton, the man responsible for its creation, but the name of an elite American military unit engaged in a battle against the terrorist organization Cobra and its plans to Take Over the World. Marvel eventually came up with a premise that is still the core of the franchise today - G.I. Joe in the new scale and hired Marvel Comics to create a story, characters, and media tie-ins for the line. Seeing the massive profit Kenner was making, Hasbro decided to relaunch G.I. Joe, which had 12-inch action figures, Star Wars figures were 3¾ inches tall, allowing them to also sell playsets and vehicles at low prices and thus make even more money. The second incarnation of the franchise began in 1982, four years after Hasbro's rival Kenner launched their popular Star Wars toyline. The following year, Hasbro tried to keep the franchise going with the successor Super Joe, a line of 8-inch figures with a Science Fiction theme, but this Continuity Reboot lasted only two years. Joe to survive Vietnam, the line was eventually ended in 1976. However, the increasing opposition to The Vietnam War caused the brand's popularity to decline, so in the late 1960s the franchise reinvented itself as the "Adventure Team", trading warfare for exploration in exotic locations. ![]() Joe was the name of the main character, and the figures were based on each branch of the United States military. Notably, the original toys were the very first to be called "action figures" (to appeal to boys who didn't want to play with "dolls", although the line was conceived as a Spear Counterpart to Barbie). is a franchise created by American toymaker Hasbro in 1964 to promote their line of military toys. The name was popularized by cartoonist Bill Mauldin and journalist Ernie Pyle, who eventually had his own G.I. There was even a movie titled The Story of G.I. Joe" (for Government Issue Joe) was slang for an American rank-and-file soldier. Joe name origin As far back as World War II, "G.I. Its purpose: to defend human freedom against COBRA, a ruthless terrorist organization determined to rule the world." Joe is the code name for America's daring, highly-trained special mission force.
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