The animated series came from Sunbow Productions and Marvel Studios, and was created by Ron Friedman, a real American hero in his own right, having also penned Transformers: The Movie. Joe: A Real American Hero, while offering up a quick intro to the uber popular series, and the three bonkers 5-part story arcs that kicked it all off. Here, we dive into the wild nostalgia of G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero toy line, which launched in conjunction with the Marvel Comics series from the great Larry Hama.
The life-changing show (at least this life) actually came about due to the popularity of Marvel Productions' animated 30-second commercials for Hasbro's 1982 G.I. Cobra (take that, HYDRA) - then we welcome you to head on over to Hasbro YT to check out the first 15 episodes of the series. If you're similarly lured to the glowing nostalgia of such simpler, jingoistic times - when right and wrong were as obvious as Joe vs. Joe action figures (you know, the ones with the Kung Fu Grip) and their increasingly sophisticated weapons of war until dinner, and then read the G.I. (Or at least every kid in my Cold War-era elementary school.) And then after the show (and the one after it, Transformers), we'd all go play with our G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero, the cartoon that every pre-adolescent boy in America set their afternoon snack by.
GI JOE MOVIE VILLAINS FULL
Knowing full well that this is the time to catch up on many hours of quality television, Hasbro's YouTube channel just dropped a treasure trove of classic episodes of G.I.