List of G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero characters
This is an alphabetical list of G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero characters who are members of the G.I. Joe Team. For Cobra characters, see List of Cobra characters.
Ace
Ace is the G.I. Joe Team's original fighter pilot. His real name is Brad J. Armbruster, and his rank is Air Force captain O-3. Ace was born in Providence, Rhode Island. His primary military specialty is fixed wing pilot, and his secondary military specialty is intelligence operations. He spent time flying pipelines and flying stunt planes for films before enlisting in the United States Air Force, and later transferred to the G.I. Joe team. Prior to joining the Joes, he worked as a senior instructor for the USAF Fighter Weapons Squadron "Aggressors".Ace was released in 1983 packaged with the "Sky Striker" fighter jet. A new figure was released as part of the 1992 "Battle Copters" line, with his name changed to "Wendall Armbruster". The figure was repainted and released as part of the "Battle Corps" line in 1993, packaged with the "Ghoststriker" X-16 fighter jet. In the United Kingdom Action Force toyline, Ace was first released in 1985, then rereleased in 1987 with his hometown changed to Montreal, Canada.
In the Marvel Comics G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero series, Ace debuts in issue #14. He is featured in issue #34, where he battles the Cobra pilot Wild Weasel in a dogfight over New Jersey. Both pilots run out of missiles and ammunition, and the fight ends in a stalemate. After G.I. Joe disbands following the series' end in 1994, Ace returns to stunt flying. When the team reforms in 2001 in the Devil's Due Publishing comic series, he rejoins on reserve status.
Agent Faces
Agent Faces is the G.I. Joe Team's infiltrator. His real name is Michelino J. Paolino, and he was born in Parma, Ohio. Agent Faces was first released as an action figure in 2003, in a two-pack with Zartan.His primary military specialty is fighting. His secondary military specialty is intelligence. Agent Faces was born with an uncanny talent for mimicry. After doing a brutally accurate impression of his first sergeant during basic training, he was sent to a top-secret intelligence school. There, he learned the tricks of cloak and dagger, and the use of advanced makeup and disguise techniques.
Agent Faces appeared in the direct-to-video CGI animated movie G.I. Joe: Spy Troops, voiced by Ward Perry.
Agent Helix
Agent Helix is a covert operations officer with advanced martial arts training and expert marksmanship. Her favorite weapons are dual 10mm Auto pistols. An Olympic-class gymnast, her distinctive "Whirlwind attack" is an overpowering combination of kicks and firepower.Agent Helix appears as a playable character in the G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra video game, voiced by Nancy Truman. She was designed by Mayan Escalante, a character artist at Double Helix Games, as an un-lockable character in the video game. She then became an action figure in the 2009 edition of the toyline.
Airborne
Airborne is the G.I. Joe Team's helicopter assault trooper. His real name is Franklin E. Talltree, and his rank is that of sergeant E-5. Airborne was born in a Navajo reservation in Arizona. His primary military specialty is an airborne infantryman, while his secondary military specialty is helicopter gunship gunner.Airborne was first released as an action figure in 1983. The same figure was included in a 1986 "Original Team" mail-in offer. A new figure was released based on the 2003 animated film G.I. Joe: Spy Troops in which the character did not appear.
He debuts in issue #11 of the Marvel Comics series, flying a glider against Cobra forces threatening the Alaskan Pipeline.
Airborne was voiced by Peter Cullen in the 1985 Sunbow animated series, first appearing in the miniseries "A Real American Hero". He was voiced by Phil Hayes in the 1989 DiC animated series.
Airtight
Airtight is the G.I. Joe Team's hostile environment specialist. His real name is Kurt Schnurr, and his rank is that of corporal E-4. Airtight was born in New Haven, Connecticut. He is a trained expert in chemical weaponry, and is able to detect, identify, neutralize and contain viruses and poisons. His primary military specialty is CBRN specialist, and his secondary military specialty is ordnance. He is noted for being a practical joker.Airtight was first released as an action figure in 1985. The Brazilian release of the figure, called Ar Puro, was released in 1990. A new figure was released in 2008 as a "Direct to Consumer" figure for the G.I. Joe 25th Anniversary line.
Airtight first appears in issue #44 of the Marvel Comics G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero series. He is part of a training mission in the Nevada desert for prospective Joes being conducted by Lady Jaye, and when the group is attacked by Cobra forces using new mutant plant spores, he destroys them with battery acid. He is additionally featured in the second issue of the Special Missions series as part of a unit sent to neutralize an old World War II plane partially stuck inside a glacier and threatening to release a toxic cloud that risks endangering lives. In the 2001 Devil's Due Publishing continuity, Airtight returns to duty in the US Army as a CBR Warfare Specialist following the disbandment of G.I. Joe, and was eventually promoted to Sergeant E-5. He is called back to active reserve status upon reinstatement of the team in the event his skills are needed for a future mission.
In the UK Action Force continuity, Kurt Schnurr hails from Munich, West Germany.
Pat Fraley voiced Airtight in the 1985 Sunbow animated series. Troy Baker voiced him in one episode of the 2010 animated series G.I. Joe: Renegades, in which Airtight is repackaged as a Cobra scientist who becomes infected with a virus he has partially created.
Airwave
Airwave is the G.I. Joe Team's audible frequency specialist. His real name is Cliff V. Mewett, and he was born in Louisville, Kentucky. The same name Cliff V. Mewett was also used a few years later for Colonel Courage, even though the character is African-American and born in a different city. Airwave was first released as an action figure in 1990, as part of the "Sky Patrol" line. He is the Sky Patrol communications specialist, and is also the Signal Corps Adjutant to the Joint Chiefs of Staff. He is noted for being able to gain a signal where few others can.Airwave appears in the DiC G.I. Joe cartoon voiced by Michael Benyaer.
Alpine
Alpine is the G.I. Joe Team's mountain trooper and debuted in 1985. His real name is Albert M. Pine, and his rank is that of corporal E-4. Alpine was born in Minidoka, Idaho. All subsequent releases of Alpine list his rank as that of Sergeant E-5 only the 1985 release listed his Rank as Corporal E-4.He grew up in the "Snake River Plain", where mountains surrounded on all four sides. This affected his childhood, and he took up mountain climbing as a symbolic representation of overcoming his life. He continued this while working as an accountant for a large publishing firm. Alpine graduated from Ranger School at Fort Benning, and is a qualified expert with M-16, M-14, M-60 and M-1911A1 auto pistol.
Alpine is an expert climber, having mastered the challenge of climbing encumbered with weapons, armor, ammunition, communications equipment and other military gear. He has also made good use of his secondary military specialty, applying his refined approach to bookkeeping as a finance clerk. Alpine likes to remind his teammates that the FBI has apprehended more bad guys through accounting, than by kicking down doors. During his time with G.I. Joe, Alpine has also forged a strong friendship with Bazooka.
Altitude
Altitude is the G.I. Joe Team's recon scout. His real name is John Edwards Jones, and he was born in Cambria, California. Altitude was first released as an action figure in 1990, as part of the "Sky Patrol" line. He is a full-blooded Apache. He joined the military after his budding artistic career was cut short by the collapse of the syndicated cartoon industry. Altitude uses his photographic memory and drawing skills to bring back intelligence as a recon scout.Altitude appeared in the Devil's Due G.I. Joe series. He is part of the assault team sent to Cobra Island to destroy the forces of the revived Serpentor.
Altitude appears in the DiC G.I. Joe cartoon voiced by Terry Klassen.
Ambush
Ambush is the G.I. Joe Team's concealment specialist. His real name is Aaron McMahon, and he was born in Walnut, California. Ambush was first released as an action figure in 1990. There was a "Dinosaur Hunter" release in 1993. A new version of "Aaron 'Ambush' McMahon" was released in 2004 as part of a Toys "R" Us-exclusive "Desert Patrol Squad" set.In the Marvel Comics G.I. Joe series, Ambush debuted in issue #111 as part of an advance recon team that was sent to the fictional Middle Eastern country of Benzheen. In the Devil's Due series, Ambush is seen as one of the many Joes interfering in the second Cobra civil war. His infiltration skills are put to use when a Joe team investigates hostile corporate instances in the fictional Eastern European country of Darklonia.
Ambush was voiced by Andrew Koenig and Ian James Corlett in the DiC G.I. Joe animated series.
Armadillo
Armadillo is the G.I. Joe Team's driver of the Rolling Thunder vehicle. His real name is Philo R. Makepeace, and his rank is E-7. Armadillo was born in Fort Huachuca, Arizona, and was first released as an action figure in 1988 with the "Rolling Thunder" missile launcher.His primary military specialty is that of armored assault vehicle driver. His secondary military specialty is advanced reconnaissance. Prior to his military career, he used to drive semi trucks, before his aggressive driving style got him into trouble.
In the Marvel Comics G.I. Joe series, the character Armadillo was called Rumbler. His first appearance was in issue #80, when he helped the G.I. Joe team to keep Cobra Command from claiming a newly formed island near the original Cobra Island. However, just as the battle was over, the island sank back beneath the waves. He later participated in a secret mission to rescue captured Joes and members of the Oktober Guard from Sierra Gordo. He participates in the Battle of Benzheen.
In Marvel UK's Action Force comic, Armadillo appeared in G.I. Joe Annual 1992, as part of a team sent the fictional country of Sao Cristobel. The mission is to keep Cobra from acquiring a nuclear warhead.