U.S. Patent 3,277,602 for a “toy figure having movable joints” aka the original G.I. Joe. Issued on October 11, 1966 (image: Google Patents) In the G.I. Joe sequel opening this weekend, the original ...
Jo Craig (they/them) is a Feature Writer from Scotland and has been in the industry for nearly a decade and finds dissecting Marvel trailers for hours standard practice and still finds time to review, ...
SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. — G.I. Joe is turning 50. The birthday of what’s called the world’s first action figure is being celebrated this month by collectors and the toy maker that introduced it just ...
After a couple of largely forgettable (and unsuccessful) G.I. Joe live-action movies, 2021's Snake Eyes was meant to relaunch the franchise. Instead, it too was a critical and commercial flop. However ...
If you’re under 30, your most prominent associations with G.I. Joe might be Channing Tatum or the Rock. Joe, though, has been around since 1964. At the time of his debut, Joe mirrored the culture of ...
Image Credit: ‘G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero,’ Hasbro On this day 40 years ago—September 12, 1983—the animated series G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero premiered. Much like the toys it was based on, the ...
Hasbro’s G.I. Joe and Transformers franchises will be connecting closer together over the next few years, both on the big screen and in a new line of comics spearheaded by Robert Kirkman. For some ...
The cast looks back at the series that changed the toy business forever and left a complicated political legacy: "I'm a liberal and always have been," says creator Ron Friedman. "I felt that the Joes ...
Shane Romanchick is a TV and Movie News author for Collider. He also runs his own blog Entershanement Reviews where he writes about and reviews the latest movies. He graduated from Regis College in ...
Skybound launched its Energon Universe with a bang last June with the publication of Void Rivals – Robert Kirkman and Lorenzo De Felici's sci-fi adventure series which also marked the surprise start ...
G.I. Joe #4 comes out swinging with a high-velocity issue that pits the Joes against insurmountable odds while making you believe they’ve got just the tiniest sliver of a chance to succeed. That’s ...