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* TheBadGuyWins: [[spoiler:At the end of ''First Strike'', he manages to successfully drain Cybertron's energy and gets away without being caught.]]
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* EvilOldFolks: By the time of his appearance in ''Revolutionaries'', he's at least sixty years old, and still very evil. [[spoiler:Taken even further when he reveals he's actually ''much'' older.]]
* FantasticRacism: Toward Cybertronians. [[spoiler:And in fact anyone who isn't Prysmosian.]]
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* ItsAllAboutMe: He wanted Cybertronian tech so badly, he was perfectly willing to do anything, including the odd spot of murder, to get it. [[spoiler:And then he goes and screws over Colton, just to get a slim chance at restoring Prysmos.]]
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* MoralMyopia: [[spoiler:He's determined to save Prysmos, and doesn't care how many lives and planets he has to destroy and ruin to do it.]]
* WalkingSpoiler: [[spoiler:What with actually being ''Visionaries'''s Merklynn.]]
* WalkingSpoiler: [[spoiler:What with actually being ''Visionaries'''s Merklynn.]]
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* ChineseWithChopperSupport: Served in the (fictional) sixth branch of the People's Liberation Army, the [[HumongousMecha People's Liberation Army Mecha Force]].
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[[spoiler:DragonAscendant]]: [[spoiler:Becomes the new Commander of the reformed Cobra in issue 9 of Volume 5]]
** Later given an AuthorsSavingThrow when his profile says that "Dr. Bender" is a cover he uses to avoid arrest.
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!!Big Boa III
A new holder of the name who appears in MASK
* FlatCharacter: Gets no real focus.
* TruerToTheText: Is the most faithful version of the character yet.
A new holder of the name who appears in MASK
* FlatCharacter: Gets no real focus.
* TruerToTheText: Is the most faithful version of the character yet.
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[[folder:Garrison "Blitz" Kreiger]]
A member of Sgt. Savage's platoon in WW2, a young Garrison Kreiger found himself inspired by an encounter with a mysterious robot. Over the decades since, Kreiger became driven in his pursuit of this mysterious technology, and the power it grants.
* CorruptCorporateExecutive: Around the late 80s, he founded I.R.O.N., to gain more connections, and more access to Cybertronian tech.
* EvilOldFolks: By the time of his appearance in ''Revolutionaries'', he's at least sixty years old, and still very evil.
* EyeScream: He lost an eye to one of the Talisman drones. By the 21st century, he had it replaced with a cybernetic implant.
* TheHeavy: Of ''Revolutionaries''. While Ironblood is the bigger villain, Garrison is the one the team are after, and who has the most direct influence on the plot.
* ItsAllAboutMe: He wanted Cybertronian tech so badly, he was perfectly willing to do anything, including the odd spot of murder, to get it.
* MadScientist: Thanks to tinkering with the Talisman, he gained a good understanding (or at least the beginnings of it) into how the device worked, occasionally by testing it on people.
* ManipulativeBastard: He spent a good several decades tricking Centurion into believing all Cybertronians were inherently evil, and needed to die.
[[folder:Garrison "Blitz" Kreiger]]
A member of Sgt. Savage's platoon in WW2, a young Garrison Kreiger found himself inspired by an encounter with a mysterious robot. Over the decades since, Kreiger became driven in his pursuit of this mysterious technology, and the power it grants.
* CorruptCorporateExecutive: Around the late 80s, he founded I.R.O.N., to gain more connections, and more access to Cybertronian tech.
* EvilOldFolks: By the time of his appearance in ''Revolutionaries'', he's at least sixty years old, and still very evil.
* EyeScream: He lost an eye to one of the Talisman drones. By the 21st century, he had it replaced with a cybernetic implant.
* TheHeavy: Of ''Revolutionaries''. While Ironblood is the bigger villain, Garrison is the one the team are after, and who has the most direct influence on the plot.
* ItsAllAboutMe: He wanted Cybertronian tech so badly, he was perfectly willing to do anything, including the odd spot of murder, to get it.
* MadScientist: Thanks to tinkering with the Talisman, he gained a good understanding (or at least the beginnings of it) into how the device worked, occasionally by testing it on people.
* ManipulativeBastard: He spent a good several decades tricking Centurion into believing all Cybertronians were inherently evil, and needed to die.
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* MemeticBadass: Considered to be a OneManArmy who nobody wants to have to fight.
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* MemeticBadass: Considered in-universe to be a OneManArmy who nobody wants to have to fight.
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* TheScrappy: Thanks to being a CanonForeigner and SpotlightStealingSquad with [[CombatClairvoyance out-of-place-seeming powers]] who adds another dimension to the much disliked LoveTriangle of Scarlett and Snake Eyes.
** RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap: Her appearances in ''Revolution'' were much better-recieved thanks to playing up her social awkwardness in place of a generic "badass" attitude (and a well-placed "[[TakeThatScrappy shut up, Wesley]]" moment).
** RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap: Her appearances in ''Revolution'' were much better-recieved thanks to playing up her social awkwardness in place of a generic "badass" attitude (and a well-placed "[[TakeThatScrappy shut up, Wesley]]" moment).
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* TheScrappy: As an unintelligent, inexperienced [[TakeThat mockery of]] [[TheGenerationGap Millenials]].
** RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap: Gets significantly better when she reappears at the end of the run. It helps that she's nowhere near as stupid. Still, it's telling that she hasn't appeared since.
** RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap: Gets significantly better when she reappears at the end of the run. It helps that she's nowhere near as stupid. Still, it's telling that she hasn't appeared since.
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** RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap: Gets significantly better when she reappears at the end of the run. It helps that she's nowhere near as stupid. Still, it's telling that she hasn't appeared since.
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* AscendedExtra: She was originally just a background character in ''Transformers: Robots in Disguise'', who John Barber took a liking to after giving her a few lines.
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* MagnificentBastard: [[spoiler:Managed to win the Cobra Civil War by having Oda Satori assassinated and replaced with Zartan, thus adding all the Arashikage's kills to his total.]]
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* ShooTheDog: He makes his secretary leave moments before Ironblood and Kreiger sic Centurion on him.
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* AnArmAndALeg: He loses a limb thanks to the Talisman, in ''Revolutionaries''. By ''First Strike'', he's got a new one.
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* DeadpanSnarker: She's not afraid to let it be known when she doesn't care for the other Joes' ideas.
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* StoutStrength: She's visibly overweight, and if she's anything like the original Salvo, she's strong enough to lug around heavy military equipment.
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* LegacyCharacter: There was another Grand Slam who appeared early on in Origins... and died within a page.
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* LegacyCharacter: There was another Grand Slam who appeared early on in Origins... and died within a page. Subverted by WordOfGod, who claims they are the same character, having been saved from death.
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The last member of the [[{{PunnyName}} Admin Force]] operating out of the [[{{IncrediblyLamePun}} Action Van]].
* BlackDudeDiesFirst: Averted, Misfire and Krok merely think him dead.
* CanonForeigner: Created for Comic/TransformersMoreThanMeetsTheEye as a tie into Revolution.
* HeroOfAnotherStory: While his teammates deal with the Dire Wraiths in Monument Valley, he's seeing a robot dinosaur rampage through a town.
* LockedOutOfTheLoop: Has no idea what MASK is.
* MythologyGag: his group name and vehicle are references to the British localisations of G.I Joe, Action Force and Action Man.
* TakeThat: Does many things his teammates have done in [[{{AndKnowingIsHalfTheBattle}} PSAs]]... and gets brushed aside by the kid in the street.
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* UnknownRival: The Autobots know ''who'' he is but don't view him as a threat in any way.
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* UnknownRival: The Autobots know ''who'' he is but don't view him as a threat in any way.
way. Literally the most effort Optimus has put into thwarting him is ''[[ItMakesSenseInContext sending a text message]]'' and even then he didn't know Qian would be present.
* [[spoiler:AdaptationalVillainy: If it means testing an anti-Cybertronian weapon, he has no problems with hiring super-villains.]]
* FantasticRacism: He's [[{{Understatement}} displeased]] at Cybertronians being on Earth.
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* UnexplainedRecovery: Considering the Dire Wraiths' usual MO, [[spoiler:his survival is pretty unexpected.]]
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Given his nickname by Joe Colton for his disruptive talents, Miles Mayhem was a member of the Adventure Team specialising in espionage and black ops strategy. Later in life, he would go on to found Project Spectrum, which eventually resulted in the creation of [[ComicBook/{{MASK}} the Mobile Armored Strike Kommand]]
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Given his nickname by Joe Colton for his disruptive talents, Miles Mayhem was a member of the Adventure Team specialising in espionage and black ops strategy. Later in life, he would go on to found Project Spectrum, which eventually resulted in the creation of [[ComicBook/{{MASK}} the Mobile Armored Strike Kommand]]Kommand]].
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A Ranger, and a mainstay of the team in volumes 1 and 2. In the aftermath of ''[[ComicBook/Revolution2016 Revolution]]'', he goes rogue with Grunt to keep eyes on [[ComicBook/RomIDW Rom the Space Knight]].
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A Ranger, and a mainstay of the team in volumes 1 and 2. 2; he suffers from a form of amnesia, meaning that he essentially can't remember his life before G.I. Joe. In the aftermath of ''[[ComicBook/Revolution2016 Revolution]]'', he goes rogue with Grunt to keep eyes on [[ComicBook/RomIDW Rom the Space Knight]].Knight]].
* AmnesiacHero: Though he remembers more than most typical examples of the trope.
* AmnesiacHero: Though he remembers more than most typical examples of the trope.
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* UnknownRival: During ''Revolution'', it's debatable whether Optimus even knew she existed until the end and by then she'd abandoned her vendetta on him.
* [[spoiler:HeroicSacrifice: When Skywarp's teleport test malfunctions and sends shrapnel everywhere, Doc takes the bullet for Grand Slam, revealing his true heritage.]] Skywarp, predictably, feels nothing over this.
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* [[spoiler:HalfHumanHybrid: ''Heavily implied'' to be half Half Dire Wraith.]]
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* [[spoiler:TraumaticSuperpowerAwakening: The possibility of being dissected to see if she's half-Wraith causes her Wraith heritage to flare up.]]
* NeverMyFault: Played with. While he didn't put forth the idea to give the Junkions a refugee camp he did convince Marissa to come back and she had the idea. He's quick to say how stupid he thinks the idea is and she retorts that he wanted her back.
* NoSympathy: Considering he views organics as vermin, it's no surprise that he barely reacts to [[spoiler: Doc's HeroicSacrifice]].
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A HumongousMecha pilot in the Chinese military who worked alongside the Earth Defense Command, defending Earth against the Transformers, who he neither likes or trusts. After the EDC was merged into G.I. Joe, he joined them under the codename of "Talon", but worries that his independence is being subsumed by the originally-American organisation.organization.
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* UnknownRival: The Autobots know ''who'' he is but don't view him as a threat in any way.
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* {{Transplant}}: He was created as a non-Joe-related character for ''ComicBook/TheTransformersIDW, and folded into G.I. Joe.
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* {{Transplant}}: He was created as a non-Joe-related character for ''ComicBook/TheTransformersIDW, ''ComicBook/TheTransformersIDW'', and folded into G.I. Joe.
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* DestructiveSavior: Even while he was nominally a good guy he didn't give a damn about collateral damage. Why do you think he's called Mayhem?
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* ItsAllAboutMe: It has to be ''him'' who makes the HeroicSacrifice that saves Earth and is viewed as a hero. Not Optimus Prime.
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* StartOfDarkness: You can see the ''exact'' moment when it happened as he gives an evil smile when he sees Soundwave's destructive ability and ponders the potential for transformation technology.
* UnknownRival: Like a lot of humans on this page, Optimus is barely aware of his existence.
* UnknownRival: Like a lot of humans on this page, Optimus is barely aware of his existence.
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* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: Goes on one against Optimus Prime in ''Revolution'' after Rom (whom she believes is Cybertronian) kills Joe Colton, [[spoiler:actually a Dire Wraith impersonating him]], even though Mainframe, Doc and Helix all point out the inconsistencies between Rom and Optimus' actions suggesting the two aren't connected.
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* YouHaveGotToBeKiddingMe: In ''Revolution'' #1, he gets pretty annoyed that both Rom and the Cybertronians are totally immune to bullets.
* NamesTheSame: As the ''[[ComicBook/TheTransformersMoreThanMeetsTheEye More than Meets the Eye]]'' character.
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* OddFriendship: With [[Franchise/{{Transformers}} Soundwave]], in ''[[ComicBook/TheTransformersRobotsInDisguise Optimus Prime]]''. Made stranger because Soundwave had apparently killed one of his friends years earlier.
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* OddFriendship: With [[Franchise/{{Transformers}} Soundwave]], in ''[[ComicBook/TheTransformersRobotsInDisguise Optimus Prime]]''. Made stranger because Soundwave had apparently killed one of his friends years earlier. Even Soundwave is a bit put off by how eager Mainframe is about it.
* [[spoiler:MySpeciesDothProtestTooMuch: He's a Dire Wraith.]]
* [[spoiler:HalfHumanHybrid: ''Heavily implied'' to be half Dire Wraith.]]
* HairTriggerTemper: Seems to have developed one in ''Optimus Prime''.
* {{Irony}}:
** Though it's not been commented on, both Seekers who destroyed Beijing, Thundercracker and Skywarp, now work with G.I. Joe in some capacity. The latter is even a field operative.
** When the Junkions arrive, he fires on the Autobots to try and force them back onto their ship and let the humans handle first contact. The Junkions like the Autobots better and find him annoying so they leave the area as well.
* {{Irony}}:
** Though it's not been commented on, both Seekers who destroyed Beijing, Thundercracker and Skywarp, now work with G.I. Joe in some capacity. The latter is even a field operative.
** When the Junkions arrive, he fires on the Autobots to try and force them back onto their ship and let the humans handle first contact. The Junkions like the Autobots better and find him annoying so they leave the area as well.
* SmallNameBigEgo: He's not ''quite'' as competent as he likes to think. It's best highlighted when he pushes Soundwave to his limit in ''All Hail Optimus'' and finds his mecha outmatched in melee combat in under a minute. To date, the only Cybertronian he's scored a victory against is Blitzwing and only because he caught him by surprise.
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* TheBusCameBack: He was originally in the Bumblebee Miniseries tie-in all the way back in ComicBook/TheTransformersIDW. After that story concluded he disappeared from the narrative, only to reappear in Bumblebee's spotlight tie-in to ComicBook/TheTransformersDarkCybertron and later appear as a semi-regular in RID's Earth Arc.
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* TheBusCameBack: He was originally in the Bumblebee ''Bumblebee'' Miniseries tie-in all the way back in ComicBook/TheTransformersIDW. After that story concluded he disappeared from the narrative, only to reappear in Bumblebee's spotlight tie-in to ComicBook/TheTransformersDarkCybertron and later appear as a semi-regular in RID's Earth Arc.
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* MythologyGag: The codename Mayday originated in the much-loathed ''WesternAnimation/GIJoeExtreme''.
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* VaguenessIsComing: In volume 5, warns of "[[WesternAnimation/{{Inhumanoids}} the horrors beneath the Earth]]".
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* AmbiguouslyBrown: His skin tone varies heavily DependingOnTheArtist, going from pale to tan to a dark bronze.
* ChurchOfHappyology: The Coil has heavy shades of this.
* ChurchOfHappyology: The Coil has heavy shades of this.
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* VillainWithGoodPublicity: Maintains a public identity as the self-help guru Leonard Stephen Menasian.
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* AmbiguouslyGay: Lady Jaye rather pointedly says that she's "not Gung-Ho's type"... and also, well, [[MachoCamp look at him.]]
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* WalkingSpoiler: [[spoiler:Pretty much anything you can say about him risks spoiling the fact that he's a Cobra.
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* WalkingSpoiler: [[spoiler:Pretty much anything you can say about him risks spoiling the fact that he's a Cobra.]]
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A series of past Cobra Commanders described by Siren based on Cobra's records. Tomax later implies that some of the stories may be untrue, though the 1300s Commander was confirmed to be real by the timeline in ''ComicBook/''Revolutionaries}}''.''ComicBook/{{Revolutionaries}}''.
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* FauxAffablyEvil: [[spoiler:The "gardener", despite presenting himself as affable and relaxed, murdered Charles Pyke with his bare hands for planning to betray Cobra. ([[DisproportionateRetribution And for correcting him when he called him "Charlie".]])
* LiteralGenie: After Thom Laurel sacrificed himself to save the 1915 Commander, the Commander honored his request to prevent his son from going down the same path he did. [[spoiler:[[ShootTheDog By killing him.]]
* LiteralGenie: After Thom Laurel sacrificed himself to save the 1915 Commander, the Commander honored his request to prevent his son from going down the same path he did. [[spoiler:[[ShootTheDog By killing him.]]
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* FauxAffablyEvil: [[spoiler:The "gardener", despite presenting himself as affable and relaxed, murdered Charles Pyke with his bare hands for planning to betray Cobra. ([[DisproportionateRetribution And for correcting him when he called him "Charlie".]])
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* LiteralGenie: After Thom Laurel sacrificed himself to save the 1915 Commander, the Commander honored his request to prevent his son from going down the same path he did. [[spoiler:[[ShootTheDog By killing him.]]]]]]
* LiteralGenie: After Thom Laurel sacrificed himself to save the 1915 Commander, the Commander honored his request to prevent his son from going down the same path he did. [[spoiler:[[ShootTheDog By killing him.
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!Steeler/[[spoiler:Black-Out]]
A G.I. Joe infantryman who aspires to drive a tank. [[spoiler:In actuality, he's a Cobra operative reporting to Major Bludd under the codename of Black-Out.]]
*CompositeCharacter: [[spoiler:Of the classic character Steeler and the ''G.I. Joe vs Cobra'' character Black Out.]]
*DudeWheresMyRespect: [[spoiler:Always felt like Cobra valued him more than G.I. Joe did. As Firewall points out: "All you ever wanted was to drive a tank, and they wouldn't let you."]]
*TheMole: [[spoiler:For Major Bludd.]]
*WalkingSpoiler: [[spoiler:Pretty much anything you can say about him risks spoiling the fact that he's a Cobra.
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!Steeler/[[spoiler:Black-Out]]
A G.I. Joe infantryman who aspires to drive a tank. [[spoiler:In actuality, he's a Cobra operative reporting to Major Bludd under the codename of Black-Out.]]
*CompositeCharacter: [[spoiler:Of the classic character Steeler and the ''G.I. Joe vs Cobra'' character Black Out.]]
*DudeWheresMyRespect: [[spoiler:Always felt like Cobra valued him more than G.I. Joe did. As Firewall points out: "All you ever wanted was to drive a tank, and they wouldn't let you."]]
*TheMole: [[spoiler:For Major Bludd.]]
*WalkingSpoiler: [[spoiler:Pretty much anything you can say about him risks spoiling the fact that he's a Cobra.
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*DudeWheresMyRespect: [[spoiler:Tomax manipulates him by preying on the fact that the others don't appreciate how rare his skills are.]]
*RedemptionEqualsDeath: [[spoiler:Sacrifices himself by ensuring that the civilians and other Joes can be evacuated from the casino, before detonating the explosions while the Cobra operatives are still inside.]]
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!!Past Cobra Commanders
A series of past Cobra Commanders described by Siren based on Cobra's records. Tomax later implies that some of the stories may be untrue, though the 1300s Commander was confirmed to be real by the timeline in ''ComicBook/''Revolutionaries}}''.
*DissonantSerenity: The 1915 Commander was calm and detached at all times. The Commander of the 1960s, meanwhile, was friendly, [[spoiler:even when killing a traitor with his bare hands]].
*FauxAffablyEvil: [[spoiler:The "gardener", despite presenting himself as affable and relaxed, murdered Charles Pyke with his bare hands for planning to betray Cobra. ([[DisproportionateRetribution And for correcting him when he called him "Charlie".]])
*LiteralGenie: After Thom Laurel sacrificed himself to save the 1915 Commander, the Commander honored his request to prevent his son from going down the same path he did. [[spoiler:[[ShootTheDog By killing him.]]
*ManipulativeBastard: The 18th century Commander used Captain Shelley's anger and pride to manipulate him into a suicide mission.
*MightyWhitey: The female Commander of the 19th century supposedly taught the {{Yakuza}} how to organize.
*NobleDemon: The 1915 Commander always honored any debt... [[BlueAndOrangeMorality though he refused to accept anything for nothing]] because it incurred the debt in the first place.
*TrappedInVillainy: [[spoiler:The 1300s Commander, though enchanted by [[Creator/DanteAlighieri Dante's]] vision of a redeemed, virtuous Cobra, sadly has him poisoned after concluding that Cobra will never escape "the inferno".]]
!!Past Cobra Commanders
A series of past Cobra Commanders described by Siren based on Cobra's records. Tomax later implies that some of the stories may be untrue, though the 1300s Commander was confirmed to be real by the timeline in ''ComicBook/''Revolutionaries}}''.
*DissonantSerenity: The 1915 Commander was calm and detached at all times. The Commander of the 1960s, meanwhile, was friendly, [[spoiler:even when killing a traitor with his bare hands]].
*FauxAffablyEvil: [[spoiler:The "gardener", despite presenting himself as affable and relaxed, murdered Charles Pyke with his bare hands for planning to betray Cobra. ([[DisproportionateRetribution And for correcting him when he called him "Charlie".]])
*LiteralGenie: After Thom Laurel sacrificed himself to save the 1915 Commander, the Commander honored his request to prevent his son from going down the same path he did. [[spoiler:[[ShootTheDog By killing him.]]
*ManipulativeBastard: The 18th century Commander used Captain Shelley's anger and pride to manipulate him into a suicide mission.
*MightyWhitey: The female Commander of the 19th century supposedly taught the {{Yakuza}} how to organize.
*NobleDemon: The 1915 Commander always honored any debt... [[BlueAndOrangeMorality though he refused to accept anything for nothing]] because it incurred the debt in the first place.
*TrappedInVillainy: [[spoiler:The 1300s Commander, though enchanted by [[Creator/DanteAlighieri Dante's]] vision of a redeemed, virtuous Cobra, sadly has him poisoned after concluding that Cobra will never escape "the inferno".]]
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* MightMakesRight: Her "The Might Right of Right" Might" t-shirt suggests this.
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A foreign recruit to G.I. Joe who will appear in [[ComicBook/GIJoe2016 the 2016 series]].
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A foreign Samoan recruit to G.I. Joe who will appear who's appearing in [[ComicBook/GIJoe2016 the 2016 series]].
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A clan of ninja who raised Snake Eyes and Storm Shadow, and are allied to Cobra until [[spoiler:Krake has Oda Satori assassinated]]. At some point between the events of ''Snake Eyes: Agent of Cobra'' and ''ComicBook/ActionMan'', the clan collapsed and the remainders reformed into the Red Shadows.
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* FaceHeelTurn: Joins Cobra in ''Snake Eyes: Agent of Cobra''. [[spoiler:He's faking it to infiltrate and sabotage them, [[LikeYouWouldReallyDoIt obviously.]]
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For general G.I. Joe character tropes, go [[Characters/GIJoe here]].
[[foldercontrol]]
!G.I. Joe team
[[ComicBook/GIJoeIDW A secretive U.S. military special forces team]], dedicated to operating against superterrorists like Cobra. Its members all gave up their previous lives and took on CodeNames as their only identity, and were believed dead by the rest of the world; after Cobra revealed their existence to the world, however, they brought in the original G.I. Joe to lead them as a publicly operating team. While they were mothballed after Cobra was defeated, they were eventually brought back [[ComicBook/Revolution2016 to deal with the threat of the Transformers]], and subsequently [[ComicBook/GIJoe2016 detached from the U.S. military to operate as an independent, international team]].
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[[folder:Hawk]]
!!Hawk
The hard-edged veteran leader of the Joes, General Hawk served as a tough-but-fair leader until being made to step down by the government.
* ActuallyPrettyFunny: Hawk's reaction to Chuckles' "joke" in his final letter?[[note]]"How many four-star generals does it take to screw in a lightbulb? Just one. He holds it in place and waits for the world to revolve around him."[[/note]]
-->'''Hawk''': "Heh."
* BigGood: The overall leader of the heroes for the first two volumes.
* FallGuy: Takes the punishment for the Joes' failure to stop the destruction of Nanzhao.
* FourStarBadass: Never really gets to show his skills in the field, but after his forced retirement, he manages to easily defeat a Cobra team led by Munitia that comes to try and kill him.
* GoodIsNotSoft
* PragmaticHero: As Chuckles puts it, he's constantly calculating [[TheNeedsOfTheMany how to spend 30 lives to save 40]].
* ReluctantRetiree: Is forced to retire after the "Cobra Command" storyline and the Joes' failure to stop the destruction of Nanzhao, thanks to a senator in Cobra's pocket.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Duke]]
!!Duke/Conrad Hauser
Duke was one of the first members of the G.I. Joe team, recruited after heroic actions in the Middle Eastern country of Trucial. An archetypical AllAmericanFace, he was made the leader of the Joes after Hawk was made to step down, but was eventually thrown out himself.
* BigGood: [[TakeUpMySword Takes up the sword]] after Hawk's forcible retirement.
* DarkSecret: [[spoiler:His wife, Ayisha, who lives in a nursing home after being brain-damaged in a bomb attack. This wouldn't normally be much of a dark secret, but considering that the Joes were meant to break off all connections to the outside world...]]
* DrillSergeantNasty: While training troops in [[{{Qurac}} Trucial]].
* ExpansionPackPast: Given one with Mad Monk [[spoiler:and Ayisha]] in volume 3.
* TheHero
* HiredGuns: By volume 4, he's working as one of these alongside Big Ben.
* LoveTriangle: He and Snake-Eyes both have feelings for Scarlett. (As does Mainframe, later. And that's not getting into [[spoiler:his secret wife...]])
* ReluctantRetiree: [[spoiler:Gets thrown out of the Joes after they find out about his wife.]]
* SergeantRock
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Scarlett]]
!!Scarlett/Shanna O'Hara
One of the initial members of the team alongside Snake Eyes and Duke, Scarlett is a tough ActionGirl who's shown herself to be a skilled and responsible leader time and again throughout the IDW run. In [[ComicBook/GIJoe2016 volume 5]], she is promoted to overall leader of the Joes.
* ActionGirl
* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: She's been a high-ranking Joe from the start, and she can definitely fight.
* BigGood: Takes over as the Joes' leader after ''[[ComicBook/Revolution2016 Revolution]]''.
* HeroesPreferRedheads: Duke, Snake Eyes, Mainframe, (briefly) Rock'n'Roll...
* LoveTriangle: First she's in one between Duke and Snake Eyes, then (she thinks) between her and Helix over Snake Eyes, then she's between Duke and Mainframe...
* SergeantRock: Holds the rank of Master Sergeant.
* TheStraightAndArrowPath
* TerritorialSmurfette: Gets ''very'' prickly towards Helix over her friendship with Snake Eyes.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Snake Eyes]]
!!Snake Eyes
A silent, masked ninja with a MysteriousPast and a connection to Cobra and the Arashikage ninja clan, recruiting Snake Eyes was Duke and Scarlett's first mission as part of the Joes. Though something of an enigma with a tendency towards going rogue, Snake Eyes is a {{Determinator}} who's proven himself to be a loyal soldier.
* CowboyCop: Goes off on his own way against orders way more often than he should be allowed to; though nobody entirely trusts him (apart from Scarlett and Helix), he's always allowed back into the team afterwards.
* FaceHeelTurn: Joins Cobra in ''Snake Eyes: Agent of Cobra''. [[spoiler:He's faking it to infiltrate and sabotage them, [[LikeYouWouldReallyDoIt obviously.]]
* TheFaceless
* FakeDefector: [[spoiler:In both ''Snake Eyes and Storm Shadow'' and ''Snake Eyes: Agent of Cobra''.]]
* FakingTheDead: At the end of ''Snake Eyes and Storm Shadow'' he's presumed dead, but left his mask with the Hard Master to show Storm Shadow that he had survived. He doesn't show up again until ''Snake Eyes: Agent of Cobra''.
* GoodScarsEvilScars: Has some fairly un-heroic full-head scarring; we never see it, but considering the TraumaCongaLine he went through to get it, it's definitely not pretty.
* McNinja
* MemeticBadass: Considered to be a OneManArmy who nobody wants to have to fight.
* RogueAgent: Goes rogue before the events of the main series to investigate Cobra.
* UnexplainedRecovery: It's never explained why he decided to ''stop'' FakingTheDead to join Cobra, or why Ronin isn't surprised to see him alive.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Rock 'n Roll]]
!! Rock 'n Roll
One of the first members of the team, Rock 'n Roll is an arrogant, boisterous fun-lover with a strong sense of loyalty. He's one of the core members of the team in volume 5.
* AscendedExtra: Has a much bigger role in [[ComicBook/GIJoe2016 volume 5]] than he had previously.
* BadassBeard
* ButtMonkey: Comes off as a bit of one in the 2016 series. (He mostly brings it upon himself.)
* CasanovaWannabe: Spends a good chunk of ''Origins''[='=] first arc trying to hit on Scarlett.
* InnocentlyInsensitive: Accidentally offends the ArrogantKungFuGuy Quick Kick by implying that he was taken along for the mission because of his ability to speak Chinese, not because of his fighting skill.
* MoreDakka: Initially is a machine gunner...
** ShotgunsAreJustBetter: ...but swaps it out for a [[FrickinLaserBeams laser shotgun]].
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[[folder:Stalker]]
!!Stalker/Lorenzo R. Wilkinson
One of the earliest members of G.I. Joe, Stalker acted as Hawk's second-in-command on their first mission; he'd previously been a member of Joe Colton's Adventure Team, having earned a spot by being the youngest Army Ranger of all time.
* ArtisticLicenseMilitary: Being a senior Commissioned Officer, he would probably have made more sense to take over from Hawk than Duke.
* CompositeCharacter: Between the black Adventurer from the G.I. Joe Adventure Team and Stalker from ''A Real American Hero''.
* ImprobableAge: Being the youngest Army Ranger ever was what drew Joe Colton's attention to him.
* OutOfFocus: Despite being Hawk's second-in-command in the first arc of Origins, he doesn't really make any more significant appearances until being [[ArcWelding retconned into being part of the Adventure Team]] in ComicBook/{{Revolutionaries}}.
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[[folder:Breaker]]
!!Breaker
The Joes' communications officer, who was part of their initial mission against Chimera.
* CommunicationsOfficer
* KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler:By [[TheMole Steeler/Black-Out]].]]
* LegacyCharacter: By the time of ''[[ComicBook/Revolution2016 Revolution]]'', there's a new Breaker.
* OutOfFocus: After the initial Origins arc, he doesn't show up again until ''Cobra'' volume 3.
* TrademarkFavoriteFood: The second Breaker is heard chewing bubblegum, the character's traditional quirk.
* UnwittingPawn: [[spoiler:Manipulated by Serpentor into acting as a mole inside G.I. Joe.]]
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Heavy Duty]]
!!Heavy Duty/Lamont Morris
Heavy Duty served as TheBigGuy on their first mission against Chimera, and later recruited his cousin Roadblock into the Joes.
* BaldOfAwesome
* BalefulPolymorph: [[spoiler:Gets transmuted into a Dire Wraith by the [[BigDumbObject Talisman]].]]
* TheBigGuy
* DecompositeCharacter: An odd example. He initially seemed to be a CompositeCharacter of the classic Heavy Duty and Roadblock who was renamed back to "Roadblock" during volume 2, but a one-shot story in volume 3 revealed that Heavy Duty was Roadblock's cousin and was responsible for recruiting him into G.I. Joe.
* GenreSavvy: Comments to Mayday that "[[BlackDudeDiesFirst folks who look like us don't do well in horror movies]]".
* LethalChef: By WordOfGod, this is one of the ways he differs from Roadblock.
* RelatedInTheAdaptation: As in ''[[WesternAnimation/GIJoeRenegades Renegades]]'', he's Roadblock's cousin.
* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: To Roadblock, in volume 1.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Roadblock]]
!!Roadblock/Marvin F. Hinton
Marvin Hinton is Heavy Duty's cousin, who managed to track down the Joes through the "Sigma Six" training program. Because of the skill required to do so, he was brought into the team under the callsign of "Roadblock". He became a member of Duke's public team in volume 3, and was promoted to field leader in volume 5.
* BaldOfAwesome
* BaldBlackLeaderGuy: Acts as the Joes' field leader in [[ComicBook/GIJoe2016 the 2016 series]].
* ChefOfIron
* ICallItVera: Refers to his machine gun as "Ma Deuce".
* MoreDakka
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Shipwreck]]
!!Shipwreck
G.I. Joe's most senior naval officer, Shipwreck commands the team's fleet, including the captured submarines "Lemuria" and the "Tuna". He was also made a member of Duke's public "celebrity soldier" team during volume 3.
* AnimalCompanion: Averted until [[ComicBook/GIJoe2016 volume 5]], when he ''finally'' got his classic companion Polly.
* BadassBeard
* TheCaptain
* FormerlyFit: In volume 3, he had a triangle-shaped muscular physique, but by the time of volume 5 he's got a serious gut on him.
* LethalChef: With [[SupremeChef Roadblock]] acting as Joe field leader in volume 5, Shipwreck takes over as head of catering... but only serves deeply unpleasant seaweed-based vegitarian food.
* TheNicknamer: Tends to rename ships that are captured from the enemy; Cobra's [[CoolShip Dreadnaught]] becomes the "Tuna", and the [[ComicBook/TheTransformersRobotsInDisguise Nemesis]] becomes the "Lemuria".
* SmallNameBigEgo: Spends a good part of volume 3 complaining about his codename, and how he'd rather be called "Badass", like he was during his Navy days. [[AwesomeEgo Then he gets to show why he deserves that nickname...]]
* UnderwaterBase: Commands one in the 2016 series in the form of the Lemuria.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Cover Girl]]
!!Cover Girl/Courtney Krieger
A former model famous for her beauty, Courtney Krieger joined the army after fighting off a band of RuthlessModernPirates during a gameshow gone wrong and finding that she had a talent for it. She was brought into the Joes on the advice of Richard Ruby, aka Bulletman, and later was selected to be a member of Duke's public team.
* ActionGirl
* BoisterousBruiser: She's very... enthusiastic in a fight.
* MeaningfulName: "Krieger" is German for "warrior", [[BloodKnight which is particularly appropriate here]].
* WrenchWench: Downplayed, compared to her traditional depictions (to the extent of her specialty in volume 3 being listed as "Infiltration"), but it's definitely still there, particularly in volume 5.
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[[folder:Quick Kick]]
!!Quick Kick
G.I. Joe's "silent weapons expert", and an expert martial artist who -- unlike Snake Eyes, for instance -- [[NeverBringAGunToAKnifeFight doesn't need a gun to take down his enemies]]. Though arrogant and proud, he's also friendly and helpful to his allies. He's a member of Duke's public team in volume 3, and a main character of volume 5.
* ArrogantKungFuGuy: Considers himself to be the best martial artist in the world. [[AwesomeEgo It's possible that he's right.]]
* BareFistedMonk
* NonchalantDodge: Does this in his fight with the Dreadnoks, [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments while getting himself drunk for the hell of it]].
* WalkingShirtlessScene: Early on. He gets a more sensible martial arts outfit in [[ComicBook/GIJoe2016 volume 5]].
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Agent Helix]]
!!Agent Helix
A new recruit to the Joes with a unique mental condition, "total battlefield awareness", that allows her to perfectly track everything going on in a fight at once, giving her near-perfect fighting skills; she's commonly teamed with Snake Eyes, who can use her skills to the highest extent, and whom she has a rapport with. Despite this, her condition makes it hard for her to relate to and understand others, and she also suffers from face blindness.
* AmbiguousDisorder: Has NoSocialSkills as a side effect of her total battlefield awareness. (This isn't particularly noticeable until ''[[ComicBook/Revolution2016 Revolution]]'', though.)
* AwesomenessByAnalysis
* CanonImmigrant: Originally created for the ''Film/GIJoeTheRiseOfCobra'' toyline and video game, and brought into the comics to promote it.
* CombatClairvoyance: Has something similar thanks to her "total battlefield awareness", letting her track everything that's going on simultaneously.
* TheScrappy: Thanks to being a CanonForeigner and SpotlightStealingSquad with [[CombatClairvoyance out-of-place-seeming powers]] who adds another dimension to the much disliked LoveTriangle of Scarlett and Snake Eyes.
** RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap: Her appearances in ''Revolution'' were much better-recieved thanks to playing up her social awkwardness in place of a generic "badass" attitude (and a well-placed "[[TakeThatScrappy shut up, Wesley]]" moment).
* SpotlightStealingSquad
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[[folder:Tunnel Rat]]
!!Tunnel Rat
The Joes' tunnel operations specialist, whose expertise comes in useful whenever the Pit's tunnels and vents need to be traversed.
* StuffBlowingUp
* TunnelKing: It's in the name, of course.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Probably the most notable member of the Joes who hasn't shown up post-''Revolution'' without an explanation.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Gung-Ho]]
!!Gung-Ho
A Marine from New Orleans, who's one of the team members in volume 5.
* RaginCajun
* WalkingShirtlessScene
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[[folder:Dial Tone]]
!!Dial Tone
A mainstay of the Joes' communications officers, who often serves as MissionControl.
* CommunicationsOfficer
* GenderFlip: Traditionally, Dial-Tone is a male character, but here (as in ''WesternAnimation/GIJoeResolute'') she's female.
* MissionControl
* NonActionGuy: As one of the "Fobbits".
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Brainstorm]]
!!Brainstorm
An experimental scientist responsible for enhancing the team's arsenal, Brainstorm was the first to realise the existence -- and deadly potential -- of Destro's MASS device.
* CanonForeigner: Created for the comics.
* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:Fatally irradiates himself in the process of slowing down a reactor meltdown long enough for the Joes to escape.]]
* MissionControl
* NamesTheSame: As the ''[[ComicBook/TheTransformersMoreThanMeetsTheEye More than Meets the Eye]]'' character.
* NonActionGuy: As one of the "Fobbits".
* TheSmartGuy
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Mainframe]]
!!Mainframe/Blaine Parker
A scientist and computer specialist good at recognising patterns, Mainframe realised the existence of Cobra through the underlying patterns of the data he analysed. Unable to convince his superior of the truth, he went rogue in order to collect the information himself. He was later brought back into the fold, and helped to develop an algorithm that predicted Cobra attacks and operations. In the aftermath of ''[[ComicBook/Revolution2016 Revolution]]'', he's a member of Talon's anti-Transformer team.
* ButtMonkey: Is a bit of one in the early years of the comic.
* CassandraTruth: Realised the existence of Cobra years before anyone else did, but couldn't get anyone to believe him.
* GiveGeeksAChance: His (short-lived) romance with Scarlett.
* LoveTriangle: Gets involved in Scarlett and Duke's.
* NonActionGuy: As one of the "Fobbits". He later takes a much more active role in combat, particularly in ''Revolution''.
* OddFriendship: With [[Franchise/{{Transformers}} Soundwave]], in ''[[ComicBook/TheTransformersRobotsInDisguise Optimus Prime]]''. Made stranger because Soundwave had apparently killed one of his friends years earlier.
* RogueAgent: Went rogue after being barred from continuing his investigation into Cobra.
* TheSmartGuy
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Beach Head]]
!!Beach Head
A Ranger, and a mainstay of the team in volumes 1 and 2. In the aftermath of ''[[ComicBook/Revolution2016 Revolution]]'', he goes rogue with Grunt to keep eyes on [[ComicBook/RomIDW Rom the Space Knight]].
* RogueAgent: Goes after Rom against orders with Grunt, due to not trusting him.
* UnexplainedRecovery: After being abducted by Cobra at the climax of ''Special Missions'', he turns up alive and well in ''Revolution''.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Grunt]]
!!Grunt
An infantryman who goes rogue with Beach Head in the aftermath of ''[[ComicBook/Revolution2016 Revolution]]'' to keep eyes on [[ComicBook/RomIDW Rom the Space Knight]].
* AscendedExtra: Wasn't very prominent prior to ''Revolution''.
* RogueAgent: Goes after Rom against orders with Beach Head, due to not trusting him.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Flash]]
!!Flash
The team's laser rifle trooper, responsible for wielding Directed Energy Weapons.
* BalefulPolymorph: [[spoiler:Gets transmuted into a Dire Wraith by the [[BigDumbObject Talisman]].]]
* FrickinLaserBeams: His specialty as a laser rifle trooper; it helps him to identify that the orbital laser beams are low-power and harmless during ''[[ComicBook/Revolution2016 Revolution]]''.
* IncrediblyLamePun: Apparently a tendency of his.
* {{Retcon}}: Was first seen as a picture in Duke's wallet alongside various dead Joes, but shows up alive and well during ''Revolution''.
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[[folder:Wild Bill]]
!!Wild Bill:
The G.I. Joes' eccentric, Southern pilot.
* AcePilot: Even referred to as such by the ''G.I. Joe: Revolution'' character page.
* BodySnatcher: [[spoiler:Fell victim to this.]]
* ADeathInTheLimelight: [[spoiler:Despite being a well-known classic Joe, Wild Bill's first major role is in the ''G.I. Joe: [[ComicBook/Revolution2016 Revolution]]'' one-shot, in which he's revealed to have been possessed by a Dire Wraith.]]
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Doc I]]
!!Doc I/Carl Greer
One of the team's medical specialists, responsible for helping Duke while he was infected with a modified virus, who passes on his codename and role to his daughter Carla during volume 3.
* AscendedExtra: Ironically enough, all his major appearances were ''after'' he passed-on his codename to his daughter.
* FormerlyFit: He puts on a lot of weight between volume 3 and volume 5.
* TheMedic
* NonActionGuy: Operates out of the Joes' base, in contrast to his daughter, who acts as their field medic.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Doc II]]
!!Doc II/Carla Greer
Daughter of Doc I, who serves as the core team's field medic in volumes 3 and 5.
* BarrierWarrior: Uses a portable energy shield in combat.
* DeadpanSnarker: Makes a few jabs at her allies' less sensible decisions. [[ButtMonkey Mostly Rock'n'Roll's.]]
* LegacyCharacter: The second user of the "Doc" codename, after her father.
* TheMedic
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Hashtag]]
!!Hashtag
An embedded journalist attached to Duke's public team of Joes against his wishes.
* CanonForeigner
* DoesNotLikeGuns: Which the other team members are pretty incredulous about, given that ''she joined the Army''.
* IdiotBall: Seriously, how dense do you have to be to ''update social media with your location'' in the middle of an infiltration mission?
* TheScrappy: As an unintelligent, inexperienced [[TakeThat mockery of]] [[TheGenerationGap Millenials]].
** RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap: Gets significantly better when she reappears at the end of the run. It helps that she's nowhere near as stupid. Still, it's telling that she hasn't appeared since.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Big Ben]]
!!Big Ben/David J. Bennet
A former member of the SAS who was attached to G.I. Joe. Left the team at some point prior to volume 4 to work as a mercenary.
* BritsWithBattleships: Used to be a member of the SAS.
* IAmVeryBritish: His name isn't subtle.
* ParentalNeglect: As he's dying, he expresses regret that he wasn't a big enough part of his daughter's life.
* RememberTheNewGuy: The first time we ever see him is as an ex-Joe working with Duke as a mercenary in Eastern Europe.
* SacrificialLion: Is killed off in the start of the Revolution crossover after warning ComicBook/ActionMan about the Ore-13 crystals.
[[/folder]]
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!G.I. Joe intelligence unit
A special unit of G.I. Joe, led by Flint and dedicated to intelligence operations. They primarily appeared in Mike Costa's ''Cobra'', ''The Cobra Files'', and ''Snake Eyes: Agent of Cobra''. [[note]]Chuckles and Jinx were never part of Flint's unit, but are in this section due to being ''Cobra'' characters and taking part in intelligence operations.[[/note]]
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[[folder:Chuckles]]
!!Chuckles/Phillip M. Provost
A charming, gregarious jokester who was thrown out of G.I. Joe for being a disruptive influence... officially. In fact, Chuckles was instead tasked with infiltrating the world's criminal organisations and providing intelligence on them to the Joes... but when he comes up against Cobra, he gets in over his head.
* AbusiveParents[=/=]ParentalAbandonment: His mother left him with his father, who was abusive to him.
* AllForNothing: [[spoiler:Despite having to shoot Jinx to maintain his cover, it turns out that the Paolis knew about his allegiance all along.]]
* FatalFlaw: [[spoiler:His weakness for [[TheCasanova beautiful women]] led to Erika Le Tene finding out about his membership in the Joes.]]
* HawaiianShirtedTourist: His standard outfit.
* IDidWhatIHadToDo: After he [[spoiler:destroys a country's economic supply and kills Jinx to maintain his cover.]]
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: [[spoiler:Well done, Chuckles, you shot Cobra Commander! Just a pity that it'll trigger the devastating Cobra Civil War, lead to the occupation and destruction of a third world country, and end with Hawk being fired and the Joes' operating budget being slashed.]]
* TranquilFury: [[spoiler:After finding out that Jinx died for nothing, he'll stop at nothing to take down the men responsible.]]
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Jinx]]
!!Jinx
Chuckles' handler and G.I. Joe contact on his undercover mission, as well as his lover.
* BareFistedMonk: Is a martial arts expert.
* DirtyHarriet: Poses as a stripper in a strip club in order to make contact with Chuckles.
* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:Has Chuckles kill her to ensure that his cover isn't blown.]]
* InNameOnly: All she really has in common with the classic Jinx is 1) being Japanese, 2) being a martial artist and 3) being female.
* [[MoralityChain Sanity Chain]]: She's the [[OnlySaneMan only sane person that Chuckles speaks to]] for weeks at a time. [[spoiler:He loses it a bit after she dies.]]
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Flint]]
!!Flint/Dashiell Faireborn
The head of G.I. Joe's intelligence unit, and the illegitimate father of [[Characters/TheTransformersRobotsInDisguise Marissa Faireborn]], head of the Earth Defense Command. In the aftermath of ''[[ComicBook/Revolution2016 Revolution]]'', he's a member of Talon's anti-Transformer team.
* MayDecemberRomance: Between him and Chameleon, who (as Marissa points out) is young enough to be his daughter. They've broken it off by the time of ''[[ComicBook/TheTransformersRobotsInDisguise Optimus Prime]]'', however.
* NiceHat: His trademark beret.
* OlderThanHeLooks: He doesn't particularly look older than the rest of the team, but he's old enough to be the father of Marissa Faireborn, the head of the Earth Defense Command. (Kei Zama's art in ''Optimus Prime'' makes him look a bit older and more world-weary.)
* ParentalAbandonment: Was never a part of Marissa's life until after G.I. Joe's existence was revealed to the public.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Chameleon]]
!!Chameleon/Erika le Tene
Formerly a member of Cobra, Erika defected and turned herself over to G.I. Joe. Though not trusted at first, she eventually proved herself when she risked her life to take out a Cobra mole in the team, and served as a loyal and skilled member of the team. In the aftermath of ''[[ComicBook/Revolution2016 Revolution]]'', he's a member of Talon's anti-Transformer team.
* AscendedExtra: Prior to ''Cobra'', the only use of Chameleon was a re-released action figure of the Baroness with a bio claiming her to be the Baroness's identical half-sister.
* HeelFaceTurn: Surrenders to the Joes after deciding she couldn't take Cobra any more, and eventually becomes a member of the team.
* IdenticalStranger: To the Baroness. Played more-or-less realistically; she's not close enough to fool those who know the Baroness personally, but it's an uncanny enough resemblance to let her get away with it around those who only know her indirectly.
* LegacyCharacter: To Chameleon I, aka Ronin.
* ParentalNeglect: Her parents were never a big part of her life.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Ronin]]
!!Ronin
Initially recruited by Hawk to rescue Chuckles under the codename of "Chameleon", she quit the team after her mission was completed, but eventually returned under the name of "Ronin".
* ActionGirl
* AllAsiansKnowMartialArts
* CanonForeigner
* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: [[spoiler:Stabbed through the chest by Storm Shadow while protecting Billy.]]
* TenMinuteRetirement: Quits the team after trying and failing to rescue Chuckles (who didn't want to be rescued), but later returns to the fold.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Lady Jaye]]
!!Lady Jaye
An intelligence specialist, and member of Flint's unit.
* ActionGirl
* TheLadette: Downplayed, but it's there.
* MissFanservice: [[AvertedTrope Averted]]. Compared to the classic Lady Jaye, she's less well-endowed and doesn't show cleavage often.
* OfficialCouple: Similarly averted; while she and Flint work together, there's no sign of any romance between them.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Clockspring]]
!!Clockspring
A computer specialist in Flint's unit with a crush on Chameleon.
* EntitledToHaveYou: Resents Chameleon for not returning his affections or paying much attention to him, and Flint for hooking up with her instead.
* GreenEyedMonster
* JerkAss: Quickly becomes one.
* UnwittingPawn: [[spoiler:Gets manipulated by Tomax into helping him take back control of the casino in which the intelligence unit is based.]]
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Firewall]]
!!Firewall
A computer security specialist and administrative overseer for the Joes, and later a member of Flint's team.
* ReluctantRetiree: Was transferred from the front lines to a desk job after an injury, and never allowed to return.
* TheSmartGuy
* YoungerThanSheLooks: Her hair went grey early from stress.
[[/folder]]
\\
!Post-''[[ComicBook/Revolution2016 Revolution]]'' recruits
Members of the team who debuted or were brought into the G.I. Joe team after ''Revolution''.
\\
[[folder:Skywarp]]
!![[Franchise/{{Transformers}} Skywarp]]
Yes, ''[[ComicBook/TheTransformersRobotsInDisguise that]]'' Skywarp. After being rescued from an Earth Defense Command facility under the control of Dire Wraiths, the former Decepticon Skywarp has joined the G.I. Joe team as their secret weapon... at least until they can give him back his teleportation powers.
->''For more tropes, see Skywarp's entry on [[Characters/TheTransformersRobotsInDisguise the Robots In Disguise character page]].''
* TheBrute: Big, intimidating, and brutal.
* HumongousMecha
* {{Teleportation}}: Not any more; thanks to his repairs at the hands of the EDC, his teleportation abilities have been removed, and he's hanging around the Joes until they can be restored.
* TokenEvilTeammate: He's been described by the author as "the team's [[Franchise/DragonBall Vegeta]]".
* UnexpectedCharacter: Let's be honest: even with the ComicBook/HasbroComicUniverse existing, ''nobody'' saw a Transformer (and an evil one, at that) joining the Joes until it was announced.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Grand Slam]]
!!Grand Slam
A G.I. Joe techological specialist who was responsible for guarding Skywarp on Bikini Atoll.
* CareerEndingInjury: [[spoiler:Being shot.]]
* LegacyCharacter: There was another Grand Slam who appeared early on in Origins... and died within a page.
* OnlyMostlyDead: [[spoiler:He survives Rock'n'Roll shooting him, but in a wheelchair.]]
* NonActionGuy: [[spoiler: After being shot by Rock'n'Roll under the belief that he was a Dire Wraith.]]
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Mayday]]
!!Mayday/Ayana Jones
A member of G.I. Joe who served under Duke in Nanzhao, before becoming the second-in-command of [[ComicBook/TheTransformersRobotsInDisguise the Earth Defense Command]]. After the EDC was absorbed into G.I. Joe during ''[[ComicBook/Revolution2016 Revolution]]'', she returned to her old role as a field leader for the Joes, and [[ComicBook/{{Revolutionaries}} is currently working with Action Man, Blackrock, and the Transformer Kup]].
* AscendedExtra: She was originally just a background character who John Barber took a liking to after giving her a few lines.
* BlackBossLady: Was the second in command of the EDC, and serves as a Warrant Officer for the Joes.
* {{BFG}}: Carries one in ''ComicBook/{{Revolutionaries}}''.
* DeadpanSnarker: Does a lot of commenting with wry amusement on the Transformers' antics.
* MyGreatestFailure: [[spoiler:Flash, Heavy Duty and Quarrel were mutated into Dire Wraiths on her watch.]]
* NotSoAboveItAll: Complains about surfing onto the moon's surface on Blackrock's back being ridiculous, before admitting that she'd have dreamed of it as a child.
* RememberTheNewGuy: Is retconned into having been a member of G.I. Joe during the events of volume 2 and joined the Earth Defense Command after that.
* ShoutOut: Her surname is a rather obscure reference to the birth surname of Music/DavidBowie. (Appropriate for someone who ends up working with ComicBook/ActionMan...)
* {{Transplant}}: She was created as a non-Joe-related character for ''ComicBook/TheTransformersRobotsInDisguise'', and folded into G.I. Joe.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Quarrel]]
!!Quarrel
A Swiss helicopter pilot who accompanied Mayday on her mission into Schleteva.
* BalefulPolymorph: [[spoiler:Gets transmuted into a Dire Wraith by the [[BigDumbObject Talisman]].]]
* CanonImmigrant: From ''Action Force'', the British version of G.I. Joe.
* TheStraightAndArrowPath
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Talon]]
!!Talon/Zilong Qian
A HumongousMecha pilot in the Chinese military who worked alongside the Earth Defense Command, defending Earth against the Transformers, who he neither likes or trusts. After the EDC was merged into G.I. Joe, he joined them under the codename of "Talon", but worries that his independence is being subsumed by the originally-American organisation.
* ArtisticLicenseMilitary: Zilong is listed as a "Pilot (First Class)"... but assuming the same ranking structure as the PLA Air Force, that would make him just a junior enlisted airman.
* ChineseWithChopperSupport: Served in the (fictional) sixth branch of the People's Liberation Army, the [[HumongousMecha People's Liberation Army Mecha Force]].
* FreudianExcuse: Hates Cybertronians because he was there on the day that they destroyed Beijing.
* MeaningfulName: "Zilong" was the courtesy name of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zhao_Yun Zhao Yun]]. It's an appropriate name for a great military leader.
* [[TokenMinority Token Non-American]]: Fears that he's become this after the integration of the Earth Defense Command into G.I. Joe, despite his leadership position.
* {{Transplant}}: He was created as a non-Joe-related character for ''ComicBook/TheTransformersRobotsInDisguise'', and folded into G.I. Joe.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Spike]]
!!Spike/Steven Witwicky
Son of General Daniel "Sparkplug" Witwicky, Spike is an effective soldier, but one who's notorious for [[CowboyCop acting like he's the hero of an action movie]] without considering the consequences. Formerly an ally of the Autobots and member of Skywarp, he later betrayed them and spent the next few years on the run, but was eventually brought back in so that G.I. Joe could use his anti-Transformer expertise.
->''For more tropes, see Spike's entry on [[Characters/TheTransformersRobotsInDisguise the Robots In Disguise character page]].''
* AdaptationPersonalityChange: From a WideEyedIdealist KidAppealCharacter and friend to the Autobots to a JerkAss, self-centered military brat who works against them.
* ElitesAreMoreGlamorous: His military specialty is listed as "special warfare operations".
* TheFriendNobodyLikes: Everyone he works with sees him as an unlikeable, self-centered JerkAss who [[CowboyCop thinks he's the hero of an action movie]]. Even Zilong Qian, who he considers a friend, is implied to hate him.
* HateSink: ''Nobody'' likes him.
* SmugSnake
* {{Transplant}}: As with Mayday, Talon and Hi-Tech, though in Spike's case he's based on the classic Franchise/TransformersGenerationOne character Spike Witwicky.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Hi-Tech]]
!!Hi-Tech/Dr. Sanjay Bharwaney
A scientist who initially worked for Skywatch against the Decepticons, and then the Earth Defense Command. He's friendly and kind, but can be pragmatic about dealing with the Transformers. After ''[[ComicBook/Revolution2016 Revolution]]'', he transfers to G.I. Joe under the codename of Hi-Tech.
* AntiVillain
* TheBusCameBack: He was originally in the Bumblebee Miniseries tie-in all the way back in ComicBook/TheTransformersIDW. After that story concluded he disappeared from the narrative, only to reappear in Bumblebee's spotlight tie-in to ComicBook/TheTransformersDarkCybertron and later appear as a semi-regular in RID's Earth Arc.
* LegacyCharacter: The original Hi-Tech was possessed by a Dire Wraith and killed during ''[[ComicBook/Revolution2016 Revolution]]''.
* NiceGuy: Laid back and accommodating to his staff and coworkers. Buster seems fond of him.
* OnlySaneMan: During season 2 of ''ComicBook/TheTransformersRobotsInDisguise''.
* TheSmartGuy
* {{Transplant}}: He was created as a non-Joe-related character for ''ComicBook/TheTransformersIDW, and folded into G.I. Joe.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Salvo]]
!!Salvo
A foreign recruit to G.I. Joe who will appear in [[ComicBook/GIJoe2016 the 2016 series]].
* FatGirl
* GenderFlip[=/=]RaceLift: Compared to the original Salvo, who was a bald white man, IDW's Salvo is a nonwhite (possibly South Asian) woman.
* MightMakesRight: Her "The Might of Right" t-shirt suggests this.
* StoutStrength: She's visibly overweight, and if she's anything like the original Salvo, she's strong enough to lug around heavy military equipment.
[[/folder]]
\\
!The Adventure Team
G.I. Joe's predecessors: a team of elite soldiers led by Joe Colton, who fought intruders and protected America.
\\
[[folder:G.I. Joe]]
!!"G.I. Joe" Colton
The legendary leader of the Adventure Team, a bona-fide war hero, and the man for whom the G.I. Joe team is named. He was brought out of retirement during volume 3 to run G.I. Joe's public "celebrity soldier" branch.
* BigGood: Through volume 3.
* BodySnatcher: [[spoiler:Got replaced by a Dire Wraith at some point prior to ''[[ComicBook/Revolution2016 Revolution]]''.]]
* FamedInStory: He and the Adventure Team are "celebrity soldiers", with [[MythologyGag action figures based on them]].
* RetiredBadass
** ReluctantRetiree: He didn't want to be kicked out of the field to be a "desk jockey", and his replacement team being named after him is somewhat cold comfort.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Miles Mayhem]]
!!Miles "Mayhem" Manheim
Given his nickname by Joe Colton for his disruptive talents, Miles Mayhem was a member of the Adventure Team specialising in espionage and black ops strategy. Later in life, he would go on to found Project Spectrum, which eventually resulted in the creation of [[ComicBook/{{MASK}} the Mobile Armored Strike Kommand]]
* CompositeCharacter: Between Miles Mayhem of WesternAnimation/{{MASK}} and the G.I. Joe Sea Adventurer.
* FantasticRacism: Doesn't like Cybertronians, at all.
* LargeHam: He ''really'' doesn't hold back.
* ObviouslyEvil: Even when he's nominally on the side of the "heroes" in ''[[ComicBook/Revolution2016 Revolution]]'', he acts like a supervillain in every way.
* WorthyOpponent: Came across as one to Matt Trakker in the ''[[ComicBook/Revolution2016 Revolution]]'' crossover, [[AffablyEvil genuinely caring for Matt]] as a surrogate son despite being ObviouslyEvil. [[MotiveDecay Then comes the ongoing series, where he's just tormenting Matt for the hell of it...]]
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Bulletman]]
!!Bulletman/Richard Ruby
A former member of Seal Team Six who dreamed of fame and fortune, Richard Ruby developed his unique jetpack system while working as a Hollywood stunt pilot, which earned him a spot on the Adventure Team when he used it to save his hometown. More recently, he's retired and enjoying his celebrity status.
* HumbleBeginnings: Hails from the small town of [[ComicBook/TheTransformersRobotsInDisguise Poverty Flat]].
* GlorySeeker: He's always been after fame.
* TheMentor: To Cover Girl.
* RetiredBadass: He's not a hero any more, but he can still kick ass.
* SelfMadeMan: Created the helmet and jetpack that effectively gave him superpowers himself.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Atomic Man]]
!!Atomic Man/Mike Power
A sufferer of amniotic band syndrome that caused him to be born with a missing arm and leg, Mike Power was an amateur sleuth in his youth until he found an alien machine that helped him to build his atomic prosthetic limbs. He went on to join the Adventure Team, using his limbs to save the world.
* DisabilitySuperpower: Born with a missing arm and leg, which enabled him to build his atomic-powered prosthetics.
* KidDetective: Was one of these in his youth.
* SelfMadeMan: Built his atomic limbs himself (albeit with the help of an alien artifact).
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Stalker]]
!!Lorenzo R. "Stalker" Wilkinson
->''See "Stalker" under G.I. Joe team.''
[[/folder]]
\\
!Cobra
A secretive, underground international conspiracy and criminal organisation with its fingers in criminal activity across the planet; it eventually comes to G.I. Joe's attention, and becomes their main nemesis. Eventually, the second Cobra Commander would bring the organisation out of the shadows to devastate the country of Nanzhao and show the world that they were to be feared. Years later, however, Tomax reformed the group into a "legitimate" peacekeeping organisation, until the interference of the Baroness caused them to collapse.
\\
[[folder:Cobra Commander]]
!!Cobra Commander
The enigmatic, manipulative leader of Cobra, who kept the organisation in the shadows and manipulated the world from behind the scenes.
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: His son, William Kessler, who he tried to keep away from his criminal life.
* TheFaceless/TheBlank: As he points out to Zartan, his VoluntaryShapeshifting can't threaten Cobra Commander, as he doesn't know what the Commander looks like to imitate him.
* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: [[spoiler:His trust that Chuckles has been completely won over by Cobra ends up leading to his death when he takes no precautions to defend himself, while Chuckles is in the room, with a gun.]]
* IfYoureSoEvilEatThisKitten: Pulls this on Chuckles, ordering him to destroy a dam holding water back from destroying a native village. [[spoiler:He passes.]]
* LegacyCharacter: There have been hundreds of Cobra Commanders, stretching back through history.
* ManOfWealthAndTaste: If there's one thing that G.I. Joe fans can agree on, it's that IDW's Cobra Commander is ''incredibly'' stylish.
* NonActionBigBad: Never directly engages the heroes or displays any combat skill, but still manages to be threatening.
* NoNameGiven: We never learn his name other than "Cobra Commander".
* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: Pulls this on Xamot, and has Chuckles kill him. [[spoiler:Chuckles shoots Cobra Commander instead.]]
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Baroness]]
!!The Baroness
An Eastern European aristocrat turned anarchist turned Cobra operative and assassin. Though never given as much clout as the rest of the organisation's higher-ups, she was still one of the candidates for the new Cobra Commander after the death of her predecessor.
* AristocratsAreEvil: Though she rejected her family.
* TheBaroness: [[CaptainObvious Obviously]].
* DudeWheresMyRespect: Believes that she's not respected by the rest of Cobra because she's a woman, and it's evident that she's a lot more effective than anyone gives her credit for.
* [[{{Sadist}} TheSadist]]
* SpannerInTheWorks: [[spoiler:Responsible for sabotaging Tomax's attempts to make Cobra into a legitimate organisation... [[BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor which resulted in the group collapsing entirely]].]]
* TheStarscream: [[spoiler:Assassinated the entirety of the Cobra Council.]]
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Destro]]
!!Destro/Laird James [=McCullen=]
A Scottish aristocrat and arms dealer contracted by Cobra, who was kidnapped by them and brought into the organisation when he exceeded his deadlines and budget for creating the M.A.S.S. teleporter device. With cunning, he managed to worm his way into the upper echelons of Cobra.
* AristocratsAreEvil
* ArmsDealer
* DarkLordOnLifeSupport: After a failed test of the M.A.S.S. teleporter, he has to be sealed into a metal suit in order to stop his molecules from falling apart.
* ExpressiveMask: [[spoiler:After being fused with his suit.]]
* GoneHorriblyRight: [[spoiler:He goes through a test to try and restore his molecular cohesion so he doesn't have to wear the suit... and it works, by fusing the metal into his skin.]]
* ProfessorGuineaPig: [[JustifiedTrope Justified]]: he needs to convince Cobra that it works or they'll kill him, and testing it on himself was the only way to do that.
* TheStarscream: As are most of Cobra, but he's by far the most open about it.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Krake]]
!!Krake/Cobra Commander II
An ambitious, brutal Cobra member recruited from the third world nation of Nanzhao, who would eventually win the Cobra Civil War and become the second Cobra Commander.
* [[ContrastingSequelMainCharacter Contrasting Sequel]] BigBad: Compared to the original Cobra Commander, he's ''far'' more militaristic and aggressive.
* TheDreaded
* MagnificentBastard: [[spoiler:Managed to win the Cobra Civil War by having Oda Satori assassinated and replaced with Zartan, thus adding all the Arashikage's kills to his total.]]
* FromNobodyToNightmare: Started out born to an impoverished family on a battlefield in Nanzhao, and worked his way up to the top through sheer brutality.
* NoNameGiven: Because, apparently, he doesn't have one; he starts off going by "Tiger Eyes", becomes "Krake" when he joins Cobra, and then becomes Cobra Commander.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Vanishes in the TimeSkip between volumes 3 and 4; all we see of him is a poster on a wall.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Doctor Mindbender]]
!!Doctor Mindbender/Armand Singh
Cobra's chief MadScientist, and a man obsessed with TimeTravel, who has no particular loyalties apart from whatever allows him to accomplish his work. He has a grudge against Destro after being made to work on his M.A.S.S. project.
* ArbitrarySkepticism: Despite being fixated on the idea of the possibility of time travel, [[HypocriticalHumor he scorns the idea of Destro's teleportation machine]].
* BaldOfEvil
* TheBusCameBack: During ''[[ComicBook/Revolution2016 Revolution]]'', he's seen working with [[ComicBook/MASK Miles Mayhem]].
* ButNotTooForeign: His real name, "Armand Singh", suggest Sikh heritage, but he's not drawn darker than any of the other characters (and with his [[BadassMustache immaculately trimmed facial hair]], he's unlikely to be a practicing Sikh).
* EmbarrassingNickname: He ''really'' hates being called "Mindbender".
* MadScientist
* SeriesContinuityError: Dialogue and character pages in ComicBook/MASK give him the name of "Verstal Bender", though the narration still uses "Armand Singh".
* TheyCalledMeMad: Hasn't got much traction with his belief in time travel being feasible.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Tomax Paoli]]
!!Tomax Paoli
A Corsican businessman, former soldier and twin brother of Xamot, who believes wholeheartedly in Cobra and its goals.
* ChronicBackstabbingDisorder: [[spoiler:His GambitSpeedChess involves turning himself over to the Joes manipulating Clockspring into betraying them.]]
* CreepyTwins
* DragonAscendant: In volume 4, he's become the leader of Cobra after the TimeSkip.
* GambitSpeedChess: Very good at adapting his plans on the fly.
* HappinessInSlavery: Believes in this thoroughly, and thinks it's why he and his brother are so happy; they have to answer to each other. ([[RageAgainstTheMachine His brother disagrees.]])
* ManipulativeBastard: [[spoiler:Manipulates Clockspring into indebting himself to him, and then continues to prey on his jealousy of Flint and attraction to Chameleon.]]
* SmugSnake: Despite [[spoiler:being successful at manipulating the Joes]], he's often outfoxed by those supposedly on his own side.
* VillainWithGoodPublicity: Reforms Cobra into this in volume 4.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Xamot Paoli]]
!!Xamot Paoli
Twin brother of Tomax, he comes to reject everything about Cobra and his sibling after being wounded in a fight with Chuckles, eventually [[spoiler:attempting to kill Cobra Commander himself]].
* CreepyTwins
* HappinessInSlavery: Initially believed in this, like his brother, until [[VillainousBreakdown his fateful encounter with Chuckles]].
* KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler:When Chuckles detonates the nuclear bomb and destroys Section Twenty.]]
* [[SlowlySlippingIntoEvil Slowly Slipping Into]] ChaoticEvil: Though evil from the start, he steadily becomes more chaotic and unstable as time goes on.
* VillainousBreakdown
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Crystal Ball]]
!!Crystal Ball
A creepy, mystic advisor to the leaders of Cobra who claims to have magical powers.
* EnigmaticMinion
* HypnoticEyes: Has hypnotic powers.
* MadOracle: Claims to see the future, and the rest of Cobra aren't too sure about his sanity.
* ManipulativeBastard: Is content with manipulating Cobra from behind the scenes... until he finds out that the new Commander doesn't particularly care to listen to his advice.
* VaguenessIsComing: In volume 5, warns of "[[WesternAnimation/Inhumanoids the horrors beneath the Earth]]".
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Copperback]]
!!Copperback/Glynis MacDougall
A Scottish scientist working for Destro alongside her father Rory, who later joins Cobra proper.
* CanonForeigner
* RewardedAsATraitorDeserves: Turns Destro over to Cobra after he has her father killed to save both their lives.
* ViolentGlaswegian: Scottish, and a lot more hot-tempered than Destro is.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Croc Master]]
!!Croc Master
The redneck son of an alligator salesman, who grew up with his father's reptiles as his only friends. After killing his father and using his alligators to kill various Cobra operatives in his local area, he was recruited into Cobra by Serpentor.
* AbusiveParents: His father didn't like him much.
* AxCrazy
* TheBeastmaster
* HillbillyHorrors
* NonindicativeName: [[AvertedTrope Averted]], for once. Croc Master's father thought that "Croc Master" sounded better than "Gator Master", and kept a couple of crocodiles to justify it.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Mad Monk]]
!!Mad Monk/Michael Monk
A soldier working for Cobra, discovered to have the incredibly rare quality of ranking a 1 on the Lome scale, and thus having [[CreativeSterility no imagination]]. He has a history with and vendetta against Duke.
* AbortedArc: His initial story had him placed under Krake by a Cobra psychologist to sabotage him, but when he reappears in volume 3, he's a loyal follower.
* CanonForeigner
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: The only thing he truly cares for is his wife and daughter... [[WouldHurtAChild so Krake sends them to an internment camp to ensure his cooperation]].
* ExpansionPackPast: Given one with Duke in volume 3.
* WildCard: Due to his [[CreativeSterility complete lack of imagination]] and incapability of self-deception, his actions can't be predicted.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Zartan]]
!!Zartan
A clone of the original Zartan, Cobra's infiltration specialist, with the ability to morph his features and the color of his skin, as well as imitating the mannerisms and voice of whoever he targets.
* CloningBlues: His shapeshifting abilities are a side effect of being a clone of the orignal Zartan.
* MasterActor
* SmugSnake: He's ''very'' unpleasant.
* VoluntaryShapeshifting
[[/folder]]
[[folder:The Dreadnoks]]
!!The Dreadnoks
An Australian gang of bikers and ruffians, who came under the control of Zartan when his plane crash-landed in the Australian outback. After Zartan abandoned them, they took up with Crystal Ball.
* AwesomeAussie: Most of them, though Zandar and Zarana are British.
* [[BadassBiker Badass Bikers]]
* ChainsawGood: Buzzer.
* DumbMuscle: Most of them, but especially Roadpig.
* KillItWithFire: Torch and Burn Out.
* ItsPersonal: After their first meeting, Roadpig has it out for Roadblock.
* MasterOfDisguise: [[spoiler:Zandar and Zarana.]]
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Major Bludd]]
!!Major Bludd
A mercenary leader working for Cobra, driven primarily by profit and efficiency.
* AwesomeAussie
* BatmanGambit: Managed to pull off one of these to win the loyalty of the Oktober Guard.
* TheBusCameBack: Returns with the Oktober Guard after being thought dead for more than 5 years in-universe.
* ButtMonkey: If he's in conflict with anyone else in Cobra, he's ''definitely'' coming out worse. (Though he still did manage to almost win the Cobra Civil War, so he's definitely not incompetent.)
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Mostly motivated by a desire to care for his family.
* OnlyInItForTheMoney: His main motivation as part of Cobra.
* PunchClockVillain
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Serpentor]]
!!Serpentor/Leonard Menasian
The sinister, manipulative leader of the Coil, a cult that worships the snake-deity Golobulus and acts as a public recruiting arm and army for Cobra.
* AllYourPowersCombined: The Coil holds that he's [[MythologyGag a combination of the best aspects of]] [[BeethovenWasAnAlienSpy Golobulus's past champions]].
* [[TheFundamentalist Fire and Brimstone Preacher]]: When it comes to motivating the Coil into serving as an army.
* ManipulativeBastard: Acted as a behind-the-scenes manipulator within Cobra, until Cobra Commander was replaced.
* MoreThanMindControl: Uses this on his underlings and victims.
* SinisterMinister
* VillainWithGoodPublicity: Maintains a public identity as the self-help guru Leonard Menasian.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Big Boa]]
!!Big Boa
A Cobra trainer and former soldier who befriends Chuckles when he's brought into Cobra.
* AffablyEvil: Genuinely considers Chuckles a friend, and is heartbroken after [[spoiler:he assassinates Cobra Commander]].
* NotInThisForYourRevolution: He doesn't care about Cobra's ideology; he's "just here to box", and appreciates the kindness that Cobra Commander showed him.
* TheJuggernaut: None of the other Cobra members can beat him in a fight. [[spoiler:Chuckles only breaks his hands trying to fight him, and only wins by unexpectedly catching him in the throat with the slide of his pistol.]]
* UndyingLoyalty: To Cobra Commander.
!!Big Boa II
A second Big Boa, who trained the Cobra youth.
* DrillSergeantNasty
* GenderFlip
* TruerToTheText: A lot closer in design to the classic Big Boa, complete with the same helmet.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Kallikhan]]
!!Kallikhan
A high-ranking middle-Eastern Cobra member and candidate for the new Cobra Commander, who has a history with Snake Eyes.
* CanonForeigner
* ItsPersonal: With Snake Eyes.
* [[{{Sadist}} TheSadist]]
* WeHardlyKnewYe: Existed just to be a Cobra Civil War candidate killed off by Snake Eyes.
* WickedCultured
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Vargas]]
!!Vargas
A high-ranking Cobra member and doctor of medicine who was one of the candidates for the new Cobra Commander.
* CanonForeigner
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Gets infected by the bioengineered plague he had made to kill Duke with, and then ends up ''[[LudicrousGibs bursting]]'' when a cure is being tested on him.
* MadDoctor
* ManOfWealthAndTaste: Is always impeccably dressed. (Not that it helps him in the end.)
* WeHardlyKnewYe: Pretty much just existed to be one of the Cobra Civil War candidates killed off by the Joes.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Skull Buster]]
!!Skull Buster
A sadistic Cobra instructor who takes pride in the fact that most of his recruits don't survive their training.
* CompleteMonster: We don't see much of him, but he is ''terrifying''.
* DrillSergeantNasty
* [[{{Sadist}} TheSadist]]
* WouldHurtAChild
[[/folder]]
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!The Arashikage clan
A clan of ninja who raised Snake Eyes and Storm Shadow, and are allied to Cobra until [[spoiler:Krake has Oda Satori assassinated]]. At some point between the events of ''Snake Eyes: Agent of Cobra'' and ''ComicBook/ActionMan'', the clan collapsed and the remainders reformed into the Red Shadows.
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[[folder:Storm Shadow]]
!!Storm Shadow
* HighlyVisibleNinja: Par the course, in his white outfit.
* NobleDemon
* KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler:By Snake Eyes, at the climax of ''Snake Eyes: Agent of Cobra''.]]
* RivalTurnedEvil: Well, more like "Rival ''Not'' Turned Good".
* UndyingLoyalty: To Oda Satori.
* WeUsedToBeFriends: Part of why he takes Snake Eyes' betrayal so hard.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Oda Satori]]
!!Oda Satori
A high-ranking member of Cobra who holds the loyalty of Storm Shadow and the Arashikage.
* DeadPersonImpersonation: [[spoiler:Gets killed and replaced by Zartan on Krake's orders.]]
* SharpDressedMan
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Soft Master]]
!!Soft Master
A member of the Arashikage who was assigned to teach Snake Eyes the arts of manipulation and subtlety when he was younger. In the present day, he's nursing a grudge against Snake Eyes and wants him dead.
* AdaptationalVillainy: The Marvel Comics Soft Master was a kindly and helpful mentor to Snake Eyes.
* EvilMentor: To Snake Eyes.
* GoodScarsEvilScars: Is heavily injured thanks to Snake Eyes [[TakeAThirdOption throwing the acid and neutralising agent that he was meant to drink into the Soft Master's face]].
* [[GuileHero Guile Villain]]: What the "soft" in his name refers to.
* HumansAreBastards: Believes in this.
* ItsPersonal: Between him and Snake Eyes.
* UnderestimatingBadassery: Thanks to [[NonindicativeName his name]], Serpentor doesn't believe him to be a threat.
[[/folder]]
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!Other
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[[folder:Chimera]]
!!Chimera
The first enemy that G.I. Joe ever faced: a sadistic former Green Beret and stockbroker who murders his family before setting up plans to both release deadly neurotoxin in crowded cities and [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Financial_crisis_of_2007%E2%80%932008 cause a global financial meltdown]].
* CompleteMonster
* {{Expy}}: Of the Marvel Comics version of Cobra Commander.
* ForTheEvulz: As it turns out, his motivation is this: he just wants to cause as much destruction as possible.
* NeverFoundTheBody: Something that was ''presumably'' meant to lead-in to him founding Cobra, but [[AbortedArc later reveals make this impossible]].
* PaterFamilicide
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Hard Master]]
!!Hard Master
Snake Eyes' mentor, and a former member of the Arashikage clan, who now lives in America as a grocery store owner.
* AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther: Despite his GrumpyOldMan attitude, it becomes plain that he really does care about Snake Eyes and Alondra.
* CynicalMentor: Doesn't approve of Snake Eyes giving out training to a schoolgirl.
* DefectorFromDecadence: Though it's never explained why he left the Arashikage.
* IntergenerationalFriendship: With Alondra.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold
* SinkOrSwimMentor: In his early days.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Alondra]]
!!Alondra
A teenage girl who Snake Eyes takes under his wing after he sees her being bullied.
* TheApprentice: To Snake Eyes, and later the Hard Master.
* IntergenerationalFriendship: With the Hard Master.
* LittleMissBadass: Gives her bullies a beatdown after martial arts training from Snake Eyes.
* ParentalNeglect: Says outright that her parents don't care where she is, and we only ever see her with the Hard Master afterwards.
* WaxOnWaxOff: Some of her training takes this form. That, or [[FencePainting she's just doing chores for him]]; it's not entirely clear.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Scoop]]
!!Scoop/Leonard Michaels
An IntrepidReporter who Hawk used as an informant and invesigator, who was responsible for investigating Serpentor's cult, the Coil. [[spoiler:It doesn't go well.]]
* CassandraTruth: Even after escaping from the Coil, nobody believes him about it...
* DespairEventHorizon: [[spoiler:...which leads to him willingly returning to the Coil.]]
* HumanSacrifice: [[spoiler:Willingly becomes one in the end.]]
* IntrepidReporter
* MoreThanMindControl: [[spoiler:Is subjected to this.]]
[[/folder]]
[[folder:William Kessler-Latta]]
!!William Kessler-Latta
The adult son of Cobra Commander, who was kept far away from his criminal activities, but eventually became a target for Cobra and G.I. Joe's intelligence unit.
* ActionSurvivor
* AdaptationNameChange: From "Kessler" to "Kessler-Latta", after Chris Latta, Cobra Commander's voice actor from [[WesternAnimation/GIJoeARealAmericanHero the animated series]].
* ChronicHeroSyndrome: His location gets found out after he saves a group of tourists from drowning, getting his face onto the internet.
* LivingMacGuffin: [[spoiler:A pin in his leg contains a memory stick with huge amounts of data on Cobra's operations.]]
* NonActionGuy: Until Cobra and the Joes went after him, he was a civilian.
[[/folder]]
For general G.I. Joe character tropes, go [[Characters/GIJoe here]].
[[foldercontrol]]
!G.I. Joe team
[[ComicBook/GIJoeIDW A secretive U.S. military special forces team]], dedicated to operating against superterrorists like Cobra. Its members all gave up their previous lives and took on CodeNames as their only identity, and were believed dead by the rest of the world; after Cobra revealed their existence to the world, however, they brought in the original G.I. Joe to lead them as a publicly operating team. While they were mothballed after Cobra was defeated, they were eventually brought back [[ComicBook/Revolution2016 to deal with the threat of the Transformers]], and subsequently [[ComicBook/GIJoe2016 detached from the U.S. military to operate as an independent, international team]].
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[[folder:Hawk]]
!!Hawk
The hard-edged veteran leader of the Joes, General Hawk served as a tough-but-fair leader until being made to step down by the government.
* ActuallyPrettyFunny: Hawk's reaction to Chuckles' "joke" in his final letter?[[note]]"How many four-star generals does it take to screw in a lightbulb? Just one. He holds it in place and waits for the world to revolve around him."[[/note]]
-->'''Hawk''': "Heh."
* BigGood: The overall leader of the heroes for the first two volumes.
* FallGuy: Takes the punishment for the Joes' failure to stop the destruction of Nanzhao.
* FourStarBadass: Never really gets to show his skills in the field, but after his forced retirement, he manages to easily defeat a Cobra team led by Munitia that comes to try and kill him.
* GoodIsNotSoft
* PragmaticHero: As Chuckles puts it, he's constantly calculating [[TheNeedsOfTheMany how to spend 30 lives to save 40]].
* ReluctantRetiree: Is forced to retire after the "Cobra Command" storyline and the Joes' failure to stop the destruction of Nanzhao, thanks to a senator in Cobra's pocket.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Duke]]
!!Duke/Conrad Hauser
Duke was one of the first members of the G.I. Joe team, recruited after heroic actions in the Middle Eastern country of Trucial. An archetypical AllAmericanFace, he was made the leader of the Joes after Hawk was made to step down, but was eventually thrown out himself.
* BigGood: [[TakeUpMySword Takes up the sword]] after Hawk's forcible retirement.
* DarkSecret: [[spoiler:His wife, Ayisha, who lives in a nursing home after being brain-damaged in a bomb attack. This wouldn't normally be much of a dark secret, but considering that the Joes were meant to break off all connections to the outside world...]]
* DrillSergeantNasty: While training troops in [[{{Qurac}} Trucial]].
* ExpansionPackPast: Given one with Mad Monk [[spoiler:and Ayisha]] in volume 3.
* TheHero
* HiredGuns: By volume 4, he's working as one of these alongside Big Ben.
* LoveTriangle: He and Snake-Eyes both have feelings for Scarlett. (As does Mainframe, later. And that's not getting into [[spoiler:his secret wife...]])
* ReluctantRetiree: [[spoiler:Gets thrown out of the Joes after they find out about his wife.]]
* SergeantRock
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Scarlett]]
!!Scarlett/Shanna O'Hara
One of the initial members of the team alongside Snake Eyes and Duke, Scarlett is a tough ActionGirl who's shown herself to be a skilled and responsible leader time and again throughout the IDW run. In [[ComicBook/GIJoe2016 volume 5]], she is promoted to overall leader of the Joes.
* ActionGirl
* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: She's been a high-ranking Joe from the start, and she can definitely fight.
* BigGood: Takes over as the Joes' leader after ''[[ComicBook/Revolution2016 Revolution]]''.
* HeroesPreferRedheads: Duke, Snake Eyes, Mainframe, (briefly) Rock'n'Roll...
* LoveTriangle: First she's in one between Duke and Snake Eyes, then (she thinks) between her and Helix over Snake Eyes, then she's between Duke and Mainframe...
* SergeantRock: Holds the rank of Master Sergeant.
* TheStraightAndArrowPath
* TerritorialSmurfette: Gets ''very'' prickly towards Helix over her friendship with Snake Eyes.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Snake Eyes]]
!!Snake Eyes
A silent, masked ninja with a MysteriousPast and a connection to Cobra and the Arashikage ninja clan, recruiting Snake Eyes was Duke and Scarlett's first mission as part of the Joes. Though something of an enigma with a tendency towards going rogue, Snake Eyes is a {{Determinator}} who's proven himself to be a loyal soldier.
* CowboyCop: Goes off on his own way against orders way more often than he should be allowed to; though nobody entirely trusts him (apart from Scarlett and Helix), he's always allowed back into the team afterwards.
* FaceHeelTurn: Joins Cobra in ''Snake Eyes: Agent of Cobra''. [[spoiler:He's faking it to infiltrate and sabotage them, [[LikeYouWouldReallyDoIt obviously.]]
* TheFaceless
* FakeDefector: [[spoiler:In both ''Snake Eyes and Storm Shadow'' and ''Snake Eyes: Agent of Cobra''.]]
* FakingTheDead: At the end of ''Snake Eyes and Storm Shadow'' he's presumed dead, but left his mask with the Hard Master to show Storm Shadow that he had survived. He doesn't show up again until ''Snake Eyes: Agent of Cobra''.
* GoodScarsEvilScars: Has some fairly un-heroic full-head scarring; we never see it, but considering the TraumaCongaLine he went through to get it, it's definitely not pretty.
* McNinja
* MemeticBadass: Considered to be a OneManArmy who nobody wants to have to fight.
* RogueAgent: Goes rogue before the events of the main series to investigate Cobra.
* UnexplainedRecovery: It's never explained why he decided to ''stop'' FakingTheDead to join Cobra, or why Ronin isn't surprised to see him alive.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Rock 'n Roll]]
!! Rock 'n Roll
One of the first members of the team, Rock 'n Roll is an arrogant, boisterous fun-lover with a strong sense of loyalty. He's one of the core members of the team in volume 5.
* AscendedExtra: Has a much bigger role in [[ComicBook/GIJoe2016 volume 5]] than he had previously.
* BadassBeard
* ButtMonkey: Comes off as a bit of one in the 2016 series. (He mostly brings it upon himself.)
* CasanovaWannabe: Spends a good chunk of ''Origins''[='=] first arc trying to hit on Scarlett.
* InnocentlyInsensitive: Accidentally offends the ArrogantKungFuGuy Quick Kick by implying that he was taken along for the mission because of his ability to speak Chinese, not because of his fighting skill.
* MoreDakka: Initially is a machine gunner...
** ShotgunsAreJustBetter: ...but swaps it out for a [[FrickinLaserBeams laser shotgun]].
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Stalker]]
!!Stalker/Lorenzo R. Wilkinson
One of the earliest members of G.I. Joe, Stalker acted as Hawk's second-in-command on their first mission; he'd previously been a member of Joe Colton's Adventure Team, having earned a spot by being the youngest Army Ranger of all time.
* ArtisticLicenseMilitary: Being a senior Commissioned Officer, he would probably have made more sense to take over from Hawk than Duke.
* CompositeCharacter: Between the black Adventurer from the G.I. Joe Adventure Team and Stalker from ''A Real American Hero''.
* ImprobableAge: Being the youngest Army Ranger ever was what drew Joe Colton's attention to him.
* OutOfFocus: Despite being Hawk's second-in-command in the first arc of Origins, he doesn't really make any more significant appearances until being [[ArcWelding retconned into being part of the Adventure Team]] in ComicBook/{{Revolutionaries}}.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Breaker]]
!!Breaker
The Joes' communications officer, who was part of their initial mission against Chimera.
* CommunicationsOfficer
* KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler:By [[TheMole Steeler/Black-Out]].]]
* LegacyCharacter: By the time of ''[[ComicBook/Revolution2016 Revolution]]'', there's a new Breaker.
* OutOfFocus: After the initial Origins arc, he doesn't show up again until ''Cobra'' volume 3.
* TrademarkFavoriteFood: The second Breaker is heard chewing bubblegum, the character's traditional quirk.
* UnwittingPawn: [[spoiler:Manipulated by Serpentor into acting as a mole inside G.I. Joe.]]
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Heavy Duty]]
!!Heavy Duty/Lamont Morris
Heavy Duty served as TheBigGuy on their first mission against Chimera, and later recruited his cousin Roadblock into the Joes.
* BaldOfAwesome
* BalefulPolymorph: [[spoiler:Gets transmuted into a Dire Wraith by the [[BigDumbObject Talisman]].]]
* TheBigGuy
* DecompositeCharacter: An odd example. He initially seemed to be a CompositeCharacter of the classic Heavy Duty and Roadblock who was renamed back to "Roadblock" during volume 2, but a one-shot story in volume 3 revealed that Heavy Duty was Roadblock's cousin and was responsible for recruiting him into G.I. Joe.
* GenreSavvy: Comments to Mayday that "[[BlackDudeDiesFirst folks who look like us don't do well in horror movies]]".
* LethalChef: By WordOfGod, this is one of the ways he differs from Roadblock.
* RelatedInTheAdaptation: As in ''[[WesternAnimation/GIJoeRenegades Renegades]]'', he's Roadblock's cousin.
* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: To Roadblock, in volume 1.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Roadblock]]
!!Roadblock/Marvin F. Hinton
Marvin Hinton is Heavy Duty's cousin, who managed to track down the Joes through the "Sigma Six" training program. Because of the skill required to do so, he was brought into the team under the callsign of "Roadblock". He became a member of Duke's public team in volume 3, and was promoted to field leader in volume 5.
* BaldOfAwesome
* BaldBlackLeaderGuy: Acts as the Joes' field leader in [[ComicBook/GIJoe2016 the 2016 series]].
* ChefOfIron
* ICallItVera: Refers to his machine gun as "Ma Deuce".
* MoreDakka
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Shipwreck]]
!!Shipwreck
G.I. Joe's most senior naval officer, Shipwreck commands the team's fleet, including the captured submarines "Lemuria" and the "Tuna". He was also made a member of Duke's public "celebrity soldier" team during volume 3.
* AnimalCompanion: Averted until [[ComicBook/GIJoe2016 volume 5]], when he ''finally'' got his classic companion Polly.
* BadassBeard
* TheCaptain
* FormerlyFit: In volume 3, he had a triangle-shaped muscular physique, but by the time of volume 5 he's got a serious gut on him.
* LethalChef: With [[SupremeChef Roadblock]] acting as Joe field leader in volume 5, Shipwreck takes over as head of catering... but only serves deeply unpleasant seaweed-based vegitarian food.
* TheNicknamer: Tends to rename ships that are captured from the enemy; Cobra's [[CoolShip Dreadnaught]] becomes the "Tuna", and the [[ComicBook/TheTransformersRobotsInDisguise Nemesis]] becomes the "Lemuria".
* SmallNameBigEgo: Spends a good part of volume 3 complaining about his codename, and how he'd rather be called "Badass", like he was during his Navy days. [[AwesomeEgo Then he gets to show why he deserves that nickname...]]
* UnderwaterBase: Commands one in the 2016 series in the form of the Lemuria.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Cover Girl]]
!!Cover Girl/Courtney Krieger
A former model famous for her beauty, Courtney Krieger joined the army after fighting off a band of RuthlessModernPirates during a gameshow gone wrong and finding that she had a talent for it. She was brought into the Joes on the advice of Richard Ruby, aka Bulletman, and later was selected to be a member of Duke's public team.
* ActionGirl
* BoisterousBruiser: She's very... enthusiastic in a fight.
* MeaningfulName: "Krieger" is German for "warrior", [[BloodKnight which is particularly appropriate here]].
* WrenchWench: Downplayed, compared to her traditional depictions (to the extent of her specialty in volume 3 being listed as "Infiltration"), but it's definitely still there, particularly in volume 5.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Quick Kick]]
!!Quick Kick
G.I. Joe's "silent weapons expert", and an expert martial artist who -- unlike Snake Eyes, for instance -- [[NeverBringAGunToAKnifeFight doesn't need a gun to take down his enemies]]. Though arrogant and proud, he's also friendly and helpful to his allies. He's a member of Duke's public team in volume 3, and a main character of volume 5.
* ArrogantKungFuGuy: Considers himself to be the best martial artist in the world. [[AwesomeEgo It's possible that he's right.]]
* BareFistedMonk
* NonchalantDodge: Does this in his fight with the Dreadnoks, [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments while getting himself drunk for the hell of it]].
* WalkingShirtlessScene: Early on. He gets a more sensible martial arts outfit in [[ComicBook/GIJoe2016 volume 5]].
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Agent Helix]]
!!Agent Helix
A new recruit to the Joes with a unique mental condition, "total battlefield awareness", that allows her to perfectly track everything going on in a fight at once, giving her near-perfect fighting skills; she's commonly teamed with Snake Eyes, who can use her skills to the highest extent, and whom she has a rapport with. Despite this, her condition makes it hard for her to relate to and understand others, and she also suffers from face blindness.
* AmbiguousDisorder: Has NoSocialSkills as a side effect of her total battlefield awareness. (This isn't particularly noticeable until ''[[ComicBook/Revolution2016 Revolution]]'', though.)
* AwesomenessByAnalysis
* CanonImmigrant: Originally created for the ''Film/GIJoeTheRiseOfCobra'' toyline and video game, and brought into the comics to promote it.
* CombatClairvoyance: Has something similar thanks to her "total battlefield awareness", letting her track everything that's going on simultaneously.
* TheScrappy: Thanks to being a CanonForeigner and SpotlightStealingSquad with [[CombatClairvoyance out-of-place-seeming powers]] who adds another dimension to the much disliked LoveTriangle of Scarlett and Snake Eyes.
** RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap: Her appearances in ''Revolution'' were much better-recieved thanks to playing up her social awkwardness in place of a generic "badass" attitude (and a well-placed "[[TakeThatScrappy shut up, Wesley]]" moment).
* SpotlightStealingSquad
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Tunnel Rat]]
!!Tunnel Rat
The Joes' tunnel operations specialist, whose expertise comes in useful whenever the Pit's tunnels and vents need to be traversed.
* StuffBlowingUp
* TunnelKing: It's in the name, of course.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Probably the most notable member of the Joes who hasn't shown up post-''Revolution'' without an explanation.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Gung-Ho]]
!!Gung-Ho
A Marine from New Orleans, who's one of the team members in volume 5.
* RaginCajun
* WalkingShirtlessScene
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Dial Tone]]
!!Dial Tone
A mainstay of the Joes' communications officers, who often serves as MissionControl.
* CommunicationsOfficer
* GenderFlip: Traditionally, Dial-Tone is a male character, but here (as in ''WesternAnimation/GIJoeResolute'') she's female.
* MissionControl
* NonActionGuy: As one of the "Fobbits".
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Brainstorm]]
!!Brainstorm
An experimental scientist responsible for enhancing the team's arsenal, Brainstorm was the first to realise the existence -- and deadly potential -- of Destro's MASS device.
* CanonForeigner: Created for the comics.
* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:Fatally irradiates himself in the process of slowing down a reactor meltdown long enough for the Joes to escape.]]
* MissionControl
* NamesTheSame: As the ''[[ComicBook/TheTransformersMoreThanMeetsTheEye More than Meets the Eye]]'' character.
* NonActionGuy: As one of the "Fobbits".
* TheSmartGuy
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Mainframe]]
!!Mainframe/Blaine Parker
A scientist and computer specialist good at recognising patterns, Mainframe realised the existence of Cobra through the underlying patterns of the data he analysed. Unable to convince his superior of the truth, he went rogue in order to collect the information himself. He was later brought back into the fold, and helped to develop an algorithm that predicted Cobra attacks and operations. In the aftermath of ''[[ComicBook/Revolution2016 Revolution]]'', he's a member of Talon's anti-Transformer team.
* ButtMonkey: Is a bit of one in the early years of the comic.
* CassandraTruth: Realised the existence of Cobra years before anyone else did, but couldn't get anyone to believe him.
* GiveGeeksAChance: His (short-lived) romance with Scarlett.
* LoveTriangle: Gets involved in Scarlett and Duke's.
* NonActionGuy: As one of the "Fobbits". He later takes a much more active role in combat, particularly in ''Revolution''.
* OddFriendship: With [[Franchise/{{Transformers}} Soundwave]], in ''[[ComicBook/TheTransformersRobotsInDisguise Optimus Prime]]''. Made stranger because Soundwave had apparently killed one of his friends years earlier.
* RogueAgent: Went rogue after being barred from continuing his investigation into Cobra.
* TheSmartGuy
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Beach Head]]
!!Beach Head
A Ranger, and a mainstay of the team in volumes 1 and 2. In the aftermath of ''[[ComicBook/Revolution2016 Revolution]]'', he goes rogue with Grunt to keep eyes on [[ComicBook/RomIDW Rom the Space Knight]].
* RogueAgent: Goes after Rom against orders with Grunt, due to not trusting him.
* UnexplainedRecovery: After being abducted by Cobra at the climax of ''Special Missions'', he turns up alive and well in ''Revolution''.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Grunt]]
!!Grunt
An infantryman who goes rogue with Beach Head in the aftermath of ''[[ComicBook/Revolution2016 Revolution]]'' to keep eyes on [[ComicBook/RomIDW Rom the Space Knight]].
* AscendedExtra: Wasn't very prominent prior to ''Revolution''.
* RogueAgent: Goes after Rom against orders with Beach Head, due to not trusting him.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Flash]]
!!Flash
The team's laser rifle trooper, responsible for wielding Directed Energy Weapons.
* BalefulPolymorph: [[spoiler:Gets transmuted into a Dire Wraith by the [[BigDumbObject Talisman]].]]
* FrickinLaserBeams: His specialty as a laser rifle trooper; it helps him to identify that the orbital laser beams are low-power and harmless during ''[[ComicBook/Revolution2016 Revolution]]''.
* IncrediblyLamePun: Apparently a tendency of his.
* {{Retcon}}: Was first seen as a picture in Duke's wallet alongside various dead Joes, but shows up alive and well during ''Revolution''.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Wild Bill]]
!!Wild Bill:
The G.I. Joes' eccentric, Southern pilot.
* AcePilot: Even referred to as such by the ''G.I. Joe: Revolution'' character page.
* BodySnatcher: [[spoiler:Fell victim to this.]]
* ADeathInTheLimelight: [[spoiler:Despite being a well-known classic Joe, Wild Bill's first major role is in the ''G.I. Joe: [[ComicBook/Revolution2016 Revolution]]'' one-shot, in which he's revealed to have been possessed by a Dire Wraith.]]
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Doc I]]
!!Doc I/Carl Greer
One of the team's medical specialists, responsible for helping Duke while he was infected with a modified virus, who passes on his codename and role to his daughter Carla during volume 3.
* AscendedExtra: Ironically enough, all his major appearances were ''after'' he passed-on his codename to his daughter.
* FormerlyFit: He puts on a lot of weight between volume 3 and volume 5.
* TheMedic
* NonActionGuy: Operates out of the Joes' base, in contrast to his daughter, who acts as their field medic.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Doc II]]
!!Doc II/Carla Greer
Daughter of Doc I, who serves as the core team's field medic in volumes 3 and 5.
* BarrierWarrior: Uses a portable energy shield in combat.
* DeadpanSnarker: Makes a few jabs at her allies' less sensible decisions. [[ButtMonkey Mostly Rock'n'Roll's.]]
* LegacyCharacter: The second user of the "Doc" codename, after her father.
* TheMedic
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Hashtag]]
!!Hashtag
An embedded journalist attached to Duke's public team of Joes against his wishes.
* CanonForeigner
* DoesNotLikeGuns: Which the other team members are pretty incredulous about, given that ''she joined the Army''.
* IdiotBall: Seriously, how dense do you have to be to ''update social media with your location'' in the middle of an infiltration mission?
* TheScrappy: As an unintelligent, inexperienced [[TakeThat mockery of]] [[TheGenerationGap Millenials]].
** RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap: Gets significantly better when she reappears at the end of the run. It helps that she's nowhere near as stupid. Still, it's telling that she hasn't appeared since.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Big Ben]]
!!Big Ben/David J. Bennet
A former member of the SAS who was attached to G.I. Joe. Left the team at some point prior to volume 4 to work as a mercenary.
* BritsWithBattleships: Used to be a member of the SAS.
* IAmVeryBritish: His name isn't subtle.
* ParentalNeglect: As he's dying, he expresses regret that he wasn't a big enough part of his daughter's life.
* RememberTheNewGuy: The first time we ever see him is as an ex-Joe working with Duke as a mercenary in Eastern Europe.
* SacrificialLion: Is killed off in the start of the Revolution crossover after warning ComicBook/ActionMan about the Ore-13 crystals.
[[/folder]]
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!G.I. Joe intelligence unit
A special unit of G.I. Joe, led by Flint and dedicated to intelligence operations. They primarily appeared in Mike Costa's ''Cobra'', ''The Cobra Files'', and ''Snake Eyes: Agent of Cobra''. [[note]]Chuckles and Jinx were never part of Flint's unit, but are in this section due to being ''Cobra'' characters and taking part in intelligence operations.[[/note]]
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[[folder:Chuckles]]
!!Chuckles/Phillip M. Provost
A charming, gregarious jokester who was thrown out of G.I. Joe for being a disruptive influence... officially. In fact, Chuckles was instead tasked with infiltrating the world's criminal organisations and providing intelligence on them to the Joes... but when he comes up against Cobra, he gets in over his head.
* AbusiveParents[=/=]ParentalAbandonment: His mother left him with his father, who was abusive to him.
* AllForNothing: [[spoiler:Despite having to shoot Jinx to maintain his cover, it turns out that the Paolis knew about his allegiance all along.]]
* FatalFlaw: [[spoiler:His weakness for [[TheCasanova beautiful women]] led to Erika Le Tene finding out about his membership in the Joes.]]
* HawaiianShirtedTourist: His standard outfit.
* IDidWhatIHadToDo: After he [[spoiler:destroys a country's economic supply and kills Jinx to maintain his cover.]]
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: [[spoiler:Well done, Chuckles, you shot Cobra Commander! Just a pity that it'll trigger the devastating Cobra Civil War, lead to the occupation and destruction of a third world country, and end with Hawk being fired and the Joes' operating budget being slashed.]]
* TranquilFury: [[spoiler:After finding out that Jinx died for nothing, he'll stop at nothing to take down the men responsible.]]
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Jinx]]
!!Jinx
Chuckles' handler and G.I. Joe contact on his undercover mission, as well as his lover.
* BareFistedMonk: Is a martial arts expert.
* DirtyHarriet: Poses as a stripper in a strip club in order to make contact with Chuckles.
* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:Has Chuckles kill her to ensure that his cover isn't blown.]]
* InNameOnly: All she really has in common with the classic Jinx is 1) being Japanese, 2) being a martial artist and 3) being female.
* [[MoralityChain Sanity Chain]]: She's the [[OnlySaneMan only sane person that Chuckles speaks to]] for weeks at a time. [[spoiler:He loses it a bit after she dies.]]
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Flint]]
!!Flint/Dashiell Faireborn
The head of G.I. Joe's intelligence unit, and the illegitimate father of [[Characters/TheTransformersRobotsInDisguise Marissa Faireborn]], head of the Earth Defense Command. In the aftermath of ''[[ComicBook/Revolution2016 Revolution]]'', he's a member of Talon's anti-Transformer team.
* MayDecemberRomance: Between him and Chameleon, who (as Marissa points out) is young enough to be his daughter. They've broken it off by the time of ''[[ComicBook/TheTransformersRobotsInDisguise Optimus Prime]]'', however.
* NiceHat: His trademark beret.
* OlderThanHeLooks: He doesn't particularly look older than the rest of the team, but he's old enough to be the father of Marissa Faireborn, the head of the Earth Defense Command. (Kei Zama's art in ''Optimus Prime'' makes him look a bit older and more world-weary.)
* ParentalAbandonment: Was never a part of Marissa's life until after G.I. Joe's existence was revealed to the public.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Chameleon]]
!!Chameleon/Erika le Tene
Formerly a member of Cobra, Erika defected and turned herself over to G.I. Joe. Though not trusted at first, she eventually proved herself when she risked her life to take out a Cobra mole in the team, and served as a loyal and skilled member of the team. In the aftermath of ''[[ComicBook/Revolution2016 Revolution]]'', he's a member of Talon's anti-Transformer team.
* AscendedExtra: Prior to ''Cobra'', the only use of Chameleon was a re-released action figure of the Baroness with a bio claiming her to be the Baroness's identical half-sister.
* HeelFaceTurn: Surrenders to the Joes after deciding she couldn't take Cobra any more, and eventually becomes a member of the team.
* IdenticalStranger: To the Baroness. Played more-or-less realistically; she's not close enough to fool those who know the Baroness personally, but it's an uncanny enough resemblance to let her get away with it around those who only know her indirectly.
* LegacyCharacter: To Chameleon I, aka Ronin.
* ParentalNeglect: Her parents were never a big part of her life.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Ronin]]
!!Ronin
Initially recruited by Hawk to rescue Chuckles under the codename of "Chameleon", she quit the team after her mission was completed, but eventually returned under the name of "Ronin".
* ActionGirl
* AllAsiansKnowMartialArts
* CanonForeigner
* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: [[spoiler:Stabbed through the chest by Storm Shadow while protecting Billy.]]
* TenMinuteRetirement: Quits the team after trying and failing to rescue Chuckles (who didn't want to be rescued), but later returns to the fold.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Lady Jaye]]
!!Lady Jaye
An intelligence specialist, and member of Flint's unit.
* ActionGirl
* TheLadette: Downplayed, but it's there.
* MissFanservice: [[AvertedTrope Averted]]. Compared to the classic Lady Jaye, she's less well-endowed and doesn't show cleavage often.
* OfficialCouple: Similarly averted; while she and Flint work together, there's no sign of any romance between them.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Clockspring]]
!!Clockspring
A computer specialist in Flint's unit with a crush on Chameleon.
* EntitledToHaveYou: Resents Chameleon for not returning his affections or paying much attention to him, and Flint for hooking up with her instead.
* GreenEyedMonster
* JerkAss: Quickly becomes one.
* UnwittingPawn: [[spoiler:Gets manipulated by Tomax into helping him take back control of the casino in which the intelligence unit is based.]]
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Firewall]]
!!Firewall
A computer security specialist and administrative overseer for the Joes, and later a member of Flint's team.
* ReluctantRetiree: Was transferred from the front lines to a desk job after an injury, and never allowed to return.
* TheSmartGuy
* YoungerThanSheLooks: Her hair went grey early from stress.
[[/folder]]
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!Post-''[[ComicBook/Revolution2016 Revolution]]'' recruits
Members of the team who debuted or were brought into the G.I. Joe team after ''Revolution''.
\\
[[folder:Skywarp]]
!![[Franchise/{{Transformers}} Skywarp]]
Yes, ''[[ComicBook/TheTransformersRobotsInDisguise that]]'' Skywarp. After being rescued from an Earth Defense Command facility under the control of Dire Wraiths, the former Decepticon Skywarp has joined the G.I. Joe team as their secret weapon... at least until they can give him back his teleportation powers.
->''For more tropes, see Skywarp's entry on [[Characters/TheTransformersRobotsInDisguise the Robots In Disguise character page]].''
* TheBrute: Big, intimidating, and brutal.
* HumongousMecha
* {{Teleportation}}: Not any more; thanks to his repairs at the hands of the EDC, his teleportation abilities have been removed, and he's hanging around the Joes until they can be restored.
* TokenEvilTeammate: He's been described by the author as "the team's [[Franchise/DragonBall Vegeta]]".
* UnexpectedCharacter: Let's be honest: even with the ComicBook/HasbroComicUniverse existing, ''nobody'' saw a Transformer (and an evil one, at that) joining the Joes until it was announced.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Grand Slam]]
!!Grand Slam
A G.I. Joe techological specialist who was responsible for guarding Skywarp on Bikini Atoll.
* CareerEndingInjury: [[spoiler:Being shot.]]
* LegacyCharacter: There was another Grand Slam who appeared early on in Origins... and died within a page.
* OnlyMostlyDead: [[spoiler:He survives Rock'n'Roll shooting him, but in a wheelchair.]]
* NonActionGuy: [[spoiler: After being shot by Rock'n'Roll under the belief that he was a Dire Wraith.]]
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Mayday]]
!!Mayday/Ayana Jones
A member of G.I. Joe who served under Duke in Nanzhao, before becoming the second-in-command of [[ComicBook/TheTransformersRobotsInDisguise the Earth Defense Command]]. After the EDC was absorbed into G.I. Joe during ''[[ComicBook/Revolution2016 Revolution]]'', she returned to her old role as a field leader for the Joes, and [[ComicBook/{{Revolutionaries}} is currently working with Action Man, Blackrock, and the Transformer Kup]].
* AscendedExtra: She was originally just a background character who John Barber took a liking to after giving her a few lines.
* BlackBossLady: Was the second in command of the EDC, and serves as a Warrant Officer for the Joes.
* {{BFG}}: Carries one in ''ComicBook/{{Revolutionaries}}''.
* DeadpanSnarker: Does a lot of commenting with wry amusement on the Transformers' antics.
* MyGreatestFailure: [[spoiler:Flash, Heavy Duty and Quarrel were mutated into Dire Wraiths on her watch.]]
* NotSoAboveItAll: Complains about surfing onto the moon's surface on Blackrock's back being ridiculous, before admitting that she'd have dreamed of it as a child.
* RememberTheNewGuy: Is retconned into having been a member of G.I. Joe during the events of volume 2 and joined the Earth Defense Command after that.
* ShoutOut: Her surname is a rather obscure reference to the birth surname of Music/DavidBowie. (Appropriate for someone who ends up working with ComicBook/ActionMan...)
* {{Transplant}}: She was created as a non-Joe-related character for ''ComicBook/TheTransformersRobotsInDisguise'', and folded into G.I. Joe.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Quarrel]]
!!Quarrel
A Swiss helicopter pilot who accompanied Mayday on her mission into Schleteva.
* BalefulPolymorph: [[spoiler:Gets transmuted into a Dire Wraith by the [[BigDumbObject Talisman]].]]
* CanonImmigrant: From ''Action Force'', the British version of G.I. Joe.
* TheStraightAndArrowPath
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Talon]]
!!Talon/Zilong Qian
A HumongousMecha pilot in the Chinese military who worked alongside the Earth Defense Command, defending Earth against the Transformers, who he neither likes or trusts. After the EDC was merged into G.I. Joe, he joined them under the codename of "Talon", but worries that his independence is being subsumed by the originally-American organisation.
* ArtisticLicenseMilitary: Zilong is listed as a "Pilot (First Class)"... but assuming the same ranking structure as the PLA Air Force, that would make him just a junior enlisted airman.
* ChineseWithChopperSupport: Served in the (fictional) sixth branch of the People's Liberation Army, the [[HumongousMecha People's Liberation Army Mecha Force]].
* FreudianExcuse: Hates Cybertronians because he was there on the day that they destroyed Beijing.
* MeaningfulName: "Zilong" was the courtesy name of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zhao_Yun Zhao Yun]]. It's an appropriate name for a great military leader.
* [[TokenMinority Token Non-American]]: Fears that he's become this after the integration of the Earth Defense Command into G.I. Joe, despite his leadership position.
* {{Transplant}}: He was created as a non-Joe-related character for ''ComicBook/TheTransformersRobotsInDisguise'', and folded into G.I. Joe.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Spike]]
!!Spike/Steven Witwicky
Son of General Daniel "Sparkplug" Witwicky, Spike is an effective soldier, but one who's notorious for [[CowboyCop acting like he's the hero of an action movie]] without considering the consequences. Formerly an ally of the Autobots and member of Skywarp, he later betrayed them and spent the next few years on the run, but was eventually brought back in so that G.I. Joe could use his anti-Transformer expertise.
->''For more tropes, see Spike's entry on [[Characters/TheTransformersRobotsInDisguise the Robots In Disguise character page]].''
* AdaptationPersonalityChange: From a WideEyedIdealist KidAppealCharacter and friend to the Autobots to a JerkAss, self-centered military brat who works against them.
* ElitesAreMoreGlamorous: His military specialty is listed as "special warfare operations".
* TheFriendNobodyLikes: Everyone he works with sees him as an unlikeable, self-centered JerkAss who [[CowboyCop thinks he's the hero of an action movie]]. Even Zilong Qian, who he considers a friend, is implied to hate him.
* HateSink: ''Nobody'' likes him.
* SmugSnake
* {{Transplant}}: As with Mayday, Talon and Hi-Tech, though in Spike's case he's based on the classic Franchise/TransformersGenerationOne character Spike Witwicky.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Hi-Tech]]
!!Hi-Tech/Dr. Sanjay Bharwaney
A scientist who initially worked for Skywatch against the Decepticons, and then the Earth Defense Command. He's friendly and kind, but can be pragmatic about dealing with the Transformers. After ''[[ComicBook/Revolution2016 Revolution]]'', he transfers to G.I. Joe under the codename of Hi-Tech.
* AntiVillain
* TheBusCameBack: He was originally in the Bumblebee Miniseries tie-in all the way back in ComicBook/TheTransformersIDW. After that story concluded he disappeared from the narrative, only to reappear in Bumblebee's spotlight tie-in to ComicBook/TheTransformersDarkCybertron and later appear as a semi-regular in RID's Earth Arc.
* LegacyCharacter: The original Hi-Tech was possessed by a Dire Wraith and killed during ''[[ComicBook/Revolution2016 Revolution]]''.
* NiceGuy: Laid back and accommodating to his staff and coworkers. Buster seems fond of him.
* OnlySaneMan: During season 2 of ''ComicBook/TheTransformersRobotsInDisguise''.
* TheSmartGuy
* {{Transplant}}: He was created as a non-Joe-related character for ''ComicBook/TheTransformersIDW, and folded into G.I. Joe.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Salvo]]
!!Salvo
A foreign recruit to G.I. Joe who will appear in [[ComicBook/GIJoe2016 the 2016 series]].
* FatGirl
* GenderFlip[=/=]RaceLift: Compared to the original Salvo, who was a bald white man, IDW's Salvo is a nonwhite (possibly South Asian) woman.
* MightMakesRight: Her "The Might of Right" t-shirt suggests this.
* StoutStrength: She's visibly overweight, and if she's anything like the original Salvo, she's strong enough to lug around heavy military equipment.
[[/folder]]
\\
!The Adventure Team
G.I. Joe's predecessors: a team of elite soldiers led by Joe Colton, who fought intruders and protected America.
\\
[[folder:G.I. Joe]]
!!"G.I. Joe" Colton
The legendary leader of the Adventure Team, a bona-fide war hero, and the man for whom the G.I. Joe team is named. He was brought out of retirement during volume 3 to run G.I. Joe's public "celebrity soldier" branch.
* BigGood: Through volume 3.
* BodySnatcher: [[spoiler:Got replaced by a Dire Wraith at some point prior to ''[[ComicBook/Revolution2016 Revolution]]''.]]
* FamedInStory: He and the Adventure Team are "celebrity soldiers", with [[MythologyGag action figures based on them]].
* RetiredBadass
** ReluctantRetiree: He didn't want to be kicked out of the field to be a "desk jockey", and his replacement team being named after him is somewhat cold comfort.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Miles Mayhem]]
!!Miles "Mayhem" Manheim
Given his nickname by Joe Colton for his disruptive talents, Miles Mayhem was a member of the Adventure Team specialising in espionage and black ops strategy. Later in life, he would go on to found Project Spectrum, which eventually resulted in the creation of [[ComicBook/{{MASK}} the Mobile Armored Strike Kommand]]
* CompositeCharacter: Between Miles Mayhem of WesternAnimation/{{MASK}} and the G.I. Joe Sea Adventurer.
* FantasticRacism: Doesn't like Cybertronians, at all.
* LargeHam: He ''really'' doesn't hold back.
* ObviouslyEvil: Even when he's nominally on the side of the "heroes" in ''[[ComicBook/Revolution2016 Revolution]]'', he acts like a supervillain in every way.
* WorthyOpponent: Came across as one to Matt Trakker in the ''[[ComicBook/Revolution2016 Revolution]]'' crossover, [[AffablyEvil genuinely caring for Matt]] as a surrogate son despite being ObviouslyEvil. [[MotiveDecay Then comes the ongoing series, where he's just tormenting Matt for the hell of it...]]
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Bulletman]]
!!Bulletman/Richard Ruby
A former member of Seal Team Six who dreamed of fame and fortune, Richard Ruby developed his unique jetpack system while working as a Hollywood stunt pilot, which earned him a spot on the Adventure Team when he used it to save his hometown. More recently, he's retired and enjoying his celebrity status.
* HumbleBeginnings: Hails from the small town of [[ComicBook/TheTransformersRobotsInDisguise Poverty Flat]].
* GlorySeeker: He's always been after fame.
* TheMentor: To Cover Girl.
* RetiredBadass: He's not a hero any more, but he can still kick ass.
* SelfMadeMan: Created the helmet and jetpack that effectively gave him superpowers himself.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Atomic Man]]
!!Atomic Man/Mike Power
A sufferer of amniotic band syndrome that caused him to be born with a missing arm and leg, Mike Power was an amateur sleuth in his youth until he found an alien machine that helped him to build his atomic prosthetic limbs. He went on to join the Adventure Team, using his limbs to save the world.
* DisabilitySuperpower: Born with a missing arm and leg, which enabled him to build his atomic-powered prosthetics.
* KidDetective: Was one of these in his youth.
* SelfMadeMan: Built his atomic limbs himself (albeit with the help of an alien artifact).
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Stalker]]
!!Lorenzo R. "Stalker" Wilkinson
->''See "Stalker" under G.I. Joe team.''
[[/folder]]
\\
!Cobra
A secretive, underground international conspiracy and criminal organisation with its fingers in criminal activity across the planet; it eventually comes to G.I. Joe's attention, and becomes their main nemesis. Eventually, the second Cobra Commander would bring the organisation out of the shadows to devastate the country of Nanzhao and show the world that they were to be feared. Years later, however, Tomax reformed the group into a "legitimate" peacekeeping organisation, until the interference of the Baroness caused them to collapse.
\\
[[folder:Cobra Commander]]
!!Cobra Commander
The enigmatic, manipulative leader of Cobra, who kept the organisation in the shadows and manipulated the world from behind the scenes.
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: His son, William Kessler, who he tried to keep away from his criminal life.
* TheFaceless/TheBlank: As he points out to Zartan, his VoluntaryShapeshifting can't threaten Cobra Commander, as he doesn't know what the Commander looks like to imitate him.
* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: [[spoiler:His trust that Chuckles has been completely won over by Cobra ends up leading to his death when he takes no precautions to defend himself, while Chuckles is in the room, with a gun.]]
* IfYoureSoEvilEatThisKitten: Pulls this on Chuckles, ordering him to destroy a dam holding water back from destroying a native village. [[spoiler:He passes.]]
* LegacyCharacter: There have been hundreds of Cobra Commanders, stretching back through history.
* ManOfWealthAndTaste: If there's one thing that G.I. Joe fans can agree on, it's that IDW's Cobra Commander is ''incredibly'' stylish.
* NonActionBigBad: Never directly engages the heroes or displays any combat skill, but still manages to be threatening.
* NoNameGiven: We never learn his name other than "Cobra Commander".
* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: Pulls this on Xamot, and has Chuckles kill him. [[spoiler:Chuckles shoots Cobra Commander instead.]]
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Baroness]]
!!The Baroness
An Eastern European aristocrat turned anarchist turned Cobra operative and assassin. Though never given as much clout as the rest of the organisation's higher-ups, she was still one of the candidates for the new Cobra Commander after the death of her predecessor.
* AristocratsAreEvil: Though she rejected her family.
* TheBaroness: [[CaptainObvious Obviously]].
* DudeWheresMyRespect: Believes that she's not respected by the rest of Cobra because she's a woman, and it's evident that she's a lot more effective than anyone gives her credit for.
* [[{{Sadist}} TheSadist]]
* SpannerInTheWorks: [[spoiler:Responsible for sabotaging Tomax's attempts to make Cobra into a legitimate organisation... [[BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor which resulted in the group collapsing entirely]].]]
* TheStarscream: [[spoiler:Assassinated the entirety of the Cobra Council.]]
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Destro]]
!!Destro/Laird James [=McCullen=]
A Scottish aristocrat and arms dealer contracted by Cobra, who was kidnapped by them and brought into the organisation when he exceeded his deadlines and budget for creating the M.A.S.S. teleporter device. With cunning, he managed to worm his way into the upper echelons of Cobra.
* AristocratsAreEvil
* ArmsDealer
* DarkLordOnLifeSupport: After a failed test of the M.A.S.S. teleporter, he has to be sealed into a metal suit in order to stop his molecules from falling apart.
* ExpressiveMask: [[spoiler:After being fused with his suit.]]
* GoneHorriblyRight: [[spoiler:He goes through a test to try and restore his molecular cohesion so he doesn't have to wear the suit... and it works, by fusing the metal into his skin.]]
* ProfessorGuineaPig: [[JustifiedTrope Justified]]: he needs to convince Cobra that it works or they'll kill him, and testing it on himself was the only way to do that.
* TheStarscream: As are most of Cobra, but he's by far the most open about it.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Krake]]
!!Krake/Cobra Commander II
An ambitious, brutal Cobra member recruited from the third world nation of Nanzhao, who would eventually win the Cobra Civil War and become the second Cobra Commander.
* [[ContrastingSequelMainCharacter Contrasting Sequel]] BigBad: Compared to the original Cobra Commander, he's ''far'' more militaristic and aggressive.
* TheDreaded
* MagnificentBastard: [[spoiler:Managed to win the Cobra Civil War by having Oda Satori assassinated and replaced with Zartan, thus adding all the Arashikage's kills to his total.]]
* FromNobodyToNightmare: Started out born to an impoverished family on a battlefield in Nanzhao, and worked his way up to the top through sheer brutality.
* NoNameGiven: Because, apparently, he doesn't have one; he starts off going by "Tiger Eyes", becomes "Krake" when he joins Cobra, and then becomes Cobra Commander.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Vanishes in the TimeSkip between volumes 3 and 4; all we see of him is a poster on a wall.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Doctor Mindbender]]
!!Doctor Mindbender/Armand Singh
Cobra's chief MadScientist, and a man obsessed with TimeTravel, who has no particular loyalties apart from whatever allows him to accomplish his work. He has a grudge against Destro after being made to work on his M.A.S.S. project.
* ArbitrarySkepticism: Despite being fixated on the idea of the possibility of time travel, [[HypocriticalHumor he scorns the idea of Destro's teleportation machine]].
* BaldOfEvil
* TheBusCameBack: During ''[[ComicBook/Revolution2016 Revolution]]'', he's seen working with [[ComicBook/MASK Miles Mayhem]].
* ButNotTooForeign: His real name, "Armand Singh", suggest Sikh heritage, but he's not drawn darker than any of the other characters (and with his [[BadassMustache immaculately trimmed facial hair]], he's unlikely to be a practicing Sikh).
* EmbarrassingNickname: He ''really'' hates being called "Mindbender".
* MadScientist
* SeriesContinuityError: Dialogue and character pages in ComicBook/MASK give him the name of "Verstal Bender", though the narration still uses "Armand Singh".
* TheyCalledMeMad: Hasn't got much traction with his belief in time travel being feasible.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Tomax Paoli]]
!!Tomax Paoli
A Corsican businessman, former soldier and twin brother of Xamot, who believes wholeheartedly in Cobra and its goals.
* ChronicBackstabbingDisorder: [[spoiler:His GambitSpeedChess involves turning himself over to the Joes manipulating Clockspring into betraying them.]]
* CreepyTwins
* DragonAscendant: In volume 4, he's become the leader of Cobra after the TimeSkip.
* GambitSpeedChess: Very good at adapting his plans on the fly.
* HappinessInSlavery: Believes in this thoroughly, and thinks it's why he and his brother are so happy; they have to answer to each other. ([[RageAgainstTheMachine His brother disagrees.]])
* ManipulativeBastard: [[spoiler:Manipulates Clockspring into indebting himself to him, and then continues to prey on his jealousy of Flint and attraction to Chameleon.]]
* SmugSnake: Despite [[spoiler:being successful at manipulating the Joes]], he's often outfoxed by those supposedly on his own side.
* VillainWithGoodPublicity: Reforms Cobra into this in volume 4.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Xamot Paoli]]
!!Xamot Paoli
Twin brother of Tomax, he comes to reject everything about Cobra and his sibling after being wounded in a fight with Chuckles, eventually [[spoiler:attempting to kill Cobra Commander himself]].
* CreepyTwins
* HappinessInSlavery: Initially believed in this, like his brother, until [[VillainousBreakdown his fateful encounter with Chuckles]].
* KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler:When Chuckles detonates the nuclear bomb and destroys Section Twenty.]]
* [[SlowlySlippingIntoEvil Slowly Slipping Into]] ChaoticEvil: Though evil from the start, he steadily becomes more chaotic and unstable as time goes on.
* VillainousBreakdown
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Crystal Ball]]
!!Crystal Ball
A creepy, mystic advisor to the leaders of Cobra who claims to have magical powers.
* EnigmaticMinion
* HypnoticEyes: Has hypnotic powers.
* MadOracle: Claims to see the future, and the rest of Cobra aren't too sure about his sanity.
* ManipulativeBastard: Is content with manipulating Cobra from behind the scenes... until he finds out that the new Commander doesn't particularly care to listen to his advice.
* VaguenessIsComing: In volume 5, warns of "[[WesternAnimation/Inhumanoids the horrors beneath the Earth]]".
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Copperback]]
!!Copperback/Glynis MacDougall
A Scottish scientist working for Destro alongside her father Rory, who later joins Cobra proper.
* CanonForeigner
* RewardedAsATraitorDeserves: Turns Destro over to Cobra after he has her father killed to save both their lives.
* ViolentGlaswegian: Scottish, and a lot more hot-tempered than Destro is.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Croc Master]]
!!Croc Master
The redneck son of an alligator salesman, who grew up with his father's reptiles as his only friends. After killing his father and using his alligators to kill various Cobra operatives in his local area, he was recruited into Cobra by Serpentor.
* AbusiveParents: His father didn't like him much.
* AxCrazy
* TheBeastmaster
* HillbillyHorrors
* NonindicativeName: [[AvertedTrope Averted]], for once. Croc Master's father thought that "Croc Master" sounded better than "Gator Master", and kept a couple of crocodiles to justify it.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Mad Monk]]
!!Mad Monk/Michael Monk
A soldier working for Cobra, discovered to have the incredibly rare quality of ranking a 1 on the Lome scale, and thus having [[CreativeSterility no imagination]]. He has a history with and vendetta against Duke.
* AbortedArc: His initial story had him placed under Krake by a Cobra psychologist to sabotage him, but when he reappears in volume 3, he's a loyal follower.
* CanonForeigner
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: The only thing he truly cares for is his wife and daughter... [[WouldHurtAChild so Krake sends them to an internment camp to ensure his cooperation]].
* ExpansionPackPast: Given one with Duke in volume 3.
* WildCard: Due to his [[CreativeSterility complete lack of imagination]] and incapability of self-deception, his actions can't be predicted.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Zartan]]
!!Zartan
A clone of the original Zartan, Cobra's infiltration specialist, with the ability to morph his features and the color of his skin, as well as imitating the mannerisms and voice of whoever he targets.
* CloningBlues: His shapeshifting abilities are a side effect of being a clone of the orignal Zartan.
* MasterActor
* SmugSnake: He's ''very'' unpleasant.
* VoluntaryShapeshifting
[[/folder]]
[[folder:The Dreadnoks]]
!!The Dreadnoks
An Australian gang of bikers and ruffians, who came under the control of Zartan when his plane crash-landed in the Australian outback. After Zartan abandoned them, they took up with Crystal Ball.
* AwesomeAussie: Most of them, though Zandar and Zarana are British.
* [[BadassBiker Badass Bikers]]
* ChainsawGood: Buzzer.
* DumbMuscle: Most of them, but especially Roadpig.
* KillItWithFire: Torch and Burn Out.
* ItsPersonal: After their first meeting, Roadpig has it out for Roadblock.
* MasterOfDisguise: [[spoiler:Zandar and Zarana.]]
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Major Bludd]]
!!Major Bludd
A mercenary leader working for Cobra, driven primarily by profit and efficiency.
* AwesomeAussie
* BatmanGambit: Managed to pull off one of these to win the loyalty of the Oktober Guard.
* TheBusCameBack: Returns with the Oktober Guard after being thought dead for more than 5 years in-universe.
* ButtMonkey: If he's in conflict with anyone else in Cobra, he's ''definitely'' coming out worse. (Though he still did manage to almost win the Cobra Civil War, so he's definitely not incompetent.)
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Mostly motivated by a desire to care for his family.
* OnlyInItForTheMoney: His main motivation as part of Cobra.
* PunchClockVillain
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[[folder:Serpentor]]
!!Serpentor/Leonard Menasian
The sinister, manipulative leader of the Coil, a cult that worships the snake-deity Golobulus and acts as a public recruiting arm and army for Cobra.
* AllYourPowersCombined: The Coil holds that he's [[MythologyGag a combination of the best aspects of]] [[BeethovenWasAnAlienSpy Golobulus's past champions]].
* [[TheFundamentalist Fire and Brimstone Preacher]]: When it comes to motivating the Coil into serving as an army.
* ManipulativeBastard: Acted as a behind-the-scenes manipulator within Cobra, until Cobra Commander was replaced.
* MoreThanMindControl: Uses this on his underlings and victims.
* SinisterMinister
* VillainWithGoodPublicity: Maintains a public identity as the self-help guru Leonard Menasian.
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[[folder:Big Boa]]
!!Big Boa
A Cobra trainer and former soldier who befriends Chuckles when he's brought into Cobra.
* AffablyEvil: Genuinely considers Chuckles a friend, and is heartbroken after [[spoiler:he assassinates Cobra Commander]].
* NotInThisForYourRevolution: He doesn't care about Cobra's ideology; he's "just here to box", and appreciates the kindness that Cobra Commander showed him.
* TheJuggernaut: None of the other Cobra members can beat him in a fight. [[spoiler:Chuckles only breaks his hands trying to fight him, and only wins by unexpectedly catching him in the throat with the slide of his pistol.]]
* UndyingLoyalty: To Cobra Commander.
!!Big Boa II
A second Big Boa, who trained the Cobra youth.
* DrillSergeantNasty
* GenderFlip
* TruerToTheText: A lot closer in design to the classic Big Boa, complete with the same helmet.
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[[folder:Kallikhan]]
!!Kallikhan
A high-ranking middle-Eastern Cobra member and candidate for the new Cobra Commander, who has a history with Snake Eyes.
* CanonForeigner
* ItsPersonal: With Snake Eyes.
* [[{{Sadist}} TheSadist]]
* WeHardlyKnewYe: Existed just to be a Cobra Civil War candidate killed off by Snake Eyes.
* WickedCultured
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[[folder:Vargas]]
!!Vargas
A high-ranking Cobra member and doctor of medicine who was one of the candidates for the new Cobra Commander.
* CanonForeigner
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Gets infected by the bioengineered plague he had made to kill Duke with, and then ends up ''[[LudicrousGibs bursting]]'' when a cure is being tested on him.
* MadDoctor
* ManOfWealthAndTaste: Is always impeccably dressed. (Not that it helps him in the end.)
* WeHardlyKnewYe: Pretty much just existed to be one of the Cobra Civil War candidates killed off by the Joes.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Skull Buster]]
!!Skull Buster
A sadistic Cobra instructor who takes pride in the fact that most of his recruits don't survive their training.
* CompleteMonster: We don't see much of him, but he is ''terrifying''.
* DrillSergeantNasty
* [[{{Sadist}} TheSadist]]
* WouldHurtAChild
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!The Arashikage clan
A clan of ninja who raised Snake Eyes and Storm Shadow, and are allied to Cobra until [[spoiler:Krake has Oda Satori assassinated]]. At some point between the events of ''Snake Eyes: Agent of Cobra'' and ''ComicBook/ActionMan'', the clan collapsed and the remainders reformed into the Red Shadows.
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[[folder:Storm Shadow]]
!!Storm Shadow
* HighlyVisibleNinja: Par the course, in his white outfit.
* NobleDemon
* KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler:By Snake Eyes, at the climax of ''Snake Eyes: Agent of Cobra''.]]
* RivalTurnedEvil: Well, more like "Rival ''Not'' Turned Good".
* UndyingLoyalty: To Oda Satori.
* WeUsedToBeFriends: Part of why he takes Snake Eyes' betrayal so hard.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Oda Satori]]
!!Oda Satori
A high-ranking member of Cobra who holds the loyalty of Storm Shadow and the Arashikage.
* DeadPersonImpersonation: [[spoiler:Gets killed and replaced by Zartan on Krake's orders.]]
* SharpDressedMan
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[[folder:Soft Master]]
!!Soft Master
A member of the Arashikage who was assigned to teach Snake Eyes the arts of manipulation and subtlety when he was younger. In the present day, he's nursing a grudge against Snake Eyes and wants him dead.
* AdaptationalVillainy: The Marvel Comics Soft Master was a kindly and helpful mentor to Snake Eyes.
* EvilMentor: To Snake Eyes.
* GoodScarsEvilScars: Is heavily injured thanks to Snake Eyes [[TakeAThirdOption throwing the acid and neutralising agent that he was meant to drink into the Soft Master's face]].
* [[GuileHero Guile Villain]]: What the "soft" in his name refers to.
* HumansAreBastards: Believes in this.
* ItsPersonal: Between him and Snake Eyes.
* UnderestimatingBadassery: Thanks to [[NonindicativeName his name]], Serpentor doesn't believe him to be a threat.
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!Other
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[[folder:Chimera]]
!!Chimera
The first enemy that G.I. Joe ever faced: a sadistic former Green Beret and stockbroker who murders his family before setting up plans to both release deadly neurotoxin in crowded cities and [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Financial_crisis_of_2007%E2%80%932008 cause a global financial meltdown]].
* CompleteMonster
* {{Expy}}: Of the Marvel Comics version of Cobra Commander.
* ForTheEvulz: As it turns out, his motivation is this: he just wants to cause as much destruction as possible.
* NeverFoundTheBody: Something that was ''presumably'' meant to lead-in to him founding Cobra, but [[AbortedArc later reveals make this impossible]].
* PaterFamilicide
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Hard Master]]
!!Hard Master
Snake Eyes' mentor, and a former member of the Arashikage clan, who now lives in America as a grocery store owner.
* AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther: Despite his GrumpyOldMan attitude, it becomes plain that he really does care about Snake Eyes and Alondra.
* CynicalMentor: Doesn't approve of Snake Eyes giving out training to a schoolgirl.
* DefectorFromDecadence: Though it's never explained why he left the Arashikage.
* IntergenerationalFriendship: With Alondra.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold
* SinkOrSwimMentor: In his early days.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Alondra]]
!!Alondra
A teenage girl who Snake Eyes takes under his wing after he sees her being bullied.
* TheApprentice: To Snake Eyes, and later the Hard Master.
* IntergenerationalFriendship: With the Hard Master.
* LittleMissBadass: Gives her bullies a beatdown after martial arts training from Snake Eyes.
* ParentalNeglect: Says outright that her parents don't care where she is, and we only ever see her with the Hard Master afterwards.
* WaxOnWaxOff: Some of her training takes this form. That, or [[FencePainting she's just doing chores for him]]; it's not entirely clear.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Scoop]]
!!Scoop/Leonard Michaels
An IntrepidReporter who Hawk used as an informant and invesigator, who was responsible for investigating Serpentor's cult, the Coil. [[spoiler:It doesn't go well.]]
* CassandraTruth: Even after escaping from the Coil, nobody believes him about it...
* DespairEventHorizon: [[spoiler:...which leads to him willingly returning to the Coil.]]
* HumanSacrifice: [[spoiler:Willingly becomes one in the end.]]
* IntrepidReporter
* MoreThanMindControl: [[spoiler:Is subjected to this.]]
[[/folder]]
[[folder:William Kessler-Latta]]
!!William Kessler-Latta
The adult son of Cobra Commander, who was kept far away from his criminal activities, but eventually became a target for Cobra and G.I. Joe's intelligence unit.
* ActionSurvivor
* AdaptationNameChange: From "Kessler" to "Kessler-Latta", after Chris Latta, Cobra Commander's voice actor from [[WesternAnimation/GIJoeARealAmericanHero the animated series]].
* ChronicHeroSyndrome: His location gets found out after he saves a group of tourists from drowning, getting his face onto the internet.
* LivingMacGuffin: [[spoiler:A pin in his leg contains a memory stick with huge amounts of data on Cobra's operations.]]
* NonActionGuy: Until Cobra and the Joes went after him, he was a civilian.
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