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 DAEMON.
The
code name used by G.I. Joe recruit Jeff Lacefield. Growing up in Cincinnati,
Ohio, Daemon was picked on relentlessly by other kids for his small frame
and inability to take a joke. He found refuge in science fiction, comic
books and video games. From age 12, Daemon began learning all he could
about computers and was constantly upgrading his system and teaching himself
to program. By the time he graduated high school, he had become more of
a normal kid, while still mastering computers. He began a master programmer
and when he was 21, he started creating computer viruses -- one of which
made its way into the FBI's computer system. Daemon was arrested by the
Feds, but they realized they could make use of his skills and he began
working for the government. He was put on temporary assignment with the
G.I. Joe team to help put a stop to Cobra's nano-mites. He and fellow hacker,
Firewall, both stayed with the team longer, working with the Joes' resident
computer expert, Mainframe. The Joes drill sergeant, Beach Head began running
the programmers through a training program should they ever see combat.
Firewall mostly stuck to computers, but Daemon took up Beach Head's challenge
and tried to make himself a soldier, despite his inherent awkwardness.
He and Firewall used their skills to assist in several missions, including
the fight to stop terrorist Tyler Wingfield. Daemon and Firewall display
their immaturity when working together, with a relationship like two squabbling
siblings. Daemon continued to work on being a real member of the Joe team,
and on his first field assignment, he -- along with Firewall -- helped
drive the vehicle carrying a group of children who were revealed to be
the clones of Serpentor. The Joes' convoy of vehicles was unexpectedly
attacked by the forces of the revived Serpentor, known at The Coil. The
main vehicle was torn to pieces and Serpentor arrived to liberate his brothers
inside. When Daemon tried to stop him and as Firewall and Roadblock looked
on, the former Cobra Emperor grabbed Daemon by the throat and snapped his
neck, killing him. The remaining Joes were taken prisoner and held on Cobra
Island until an invasion force arrived to battle The Coil. It's still uncertain
how Firewall will deal with the death of her friend. Some time after the
battle on Cobra Island, at Arlington National Cemetery, Daemon's name was
added to a new memorial dedicated to the fallen members of the G.I. Joe
team. (GIv2 3, 4, 10, 17, 22; FL 13) |
  DAINA.
The
only female member of the October Guard, Daina L. Janack was also the
team's
only Czechoslovakian, born in the city of Ostrava. While many
considered
the unit to be the Soviet Union's equivalent of G.I. Joe, it was
actually
made up of soldiers from the nations of the Warsaw Pact, which included
Czechoslovakia. Daina served as both the team's sniper and a helicopter
pilot and was known for having a bad temper. Daina was the second most
tactically intelligent member next to Brekhov, and often took the role
of second-in-command. Over the latter years of the Cold War, the
October
Guard came up against both Cobra and the G.I. Joe team. Cobra often
played
the two teams against each other, but the Joes and the Guard
occasionally
teamed up to defeat their common enemy. After serving with the same
team
members for several years, Daina witnessed the deaths of her teammates,
Colonel Brekhov, Horrorshow, Schrage and Stormavik while rescuing a
rebel
leader El Jefe in Sierra Gordo. Only Daina and Dragonsky remained when
they and a number of Joes were double-crossed and captured. The team
soon
added new members Lt. Gorky and Sgt. Misha, and Daina acted as the
team's
new leader. The new Guard teamed up with the Joes, once again heading
to
Sierra Gordo to fight the Iron Grenadiers. Shortly after, the Soviet
Union
dissolved, and Daina's native Czechoslovakia split apart, making her a
citizen of the Czech Republic. Though the October Guard was disbanded,
its former members often worked together. Under Russian Colonel Red
Star,
the Guard headed off into space on a mission with the Joes. It was
nearly
a decade before Daina met the Joes again. She was eventually assigned
to
Czech special forces where she led a team of soldiers that assisted
both
the Joes and Destro in rescuing Flint and the Baroness. They had been
kidnapped
by the Russian mob and were being held in the Czech Republic. During
that
mission, Lt. Gorky betrayed Daina and the others after being pulled
into
the corruption of his previous Russian unit, and was killed. Shaken by
his death and tired of the difficult times her country was going
through,
Daina decided to move to the United States where she hoped to join the
G.I. Joe team. She made it onto the team, where she soon took part in
the
battle against the forces of a revived Serpentor on Cobra Island.
Shortly
after, Daina adopted the code name "Vorona," (Czech for "crow") and is
proud to be a part of the team she once considered the enemy. Her
teammates
have been more than happy to school her in American culture. On her
first
mission as Vorona, she took part in a fight off the coast of Cobra
Island
that served as a distraction to allow Barrel Roll to infiltrate Cobra's
headquarters. She then began working with Claymore in the Joe
team's overseas operations. After the Joes stopped a plot by Cobra to
unleash
the weapon known as the Tempest, and defeated a new threat, the Red
Shadows, the military again disbanded the team. One year later, the Joe
team was reformed with a smaller roster of active members. Vorona,
like most former Joes, is a reserve member of the new team. (GI 6, 7, 92, 100-105, 146-148; YB 2, 4; SM 1, 4, 26; GIv2 17-19,
25, 26, 28-30, 38; FL 18; Figures: 1 (Volga), 2) |
| DAN. The late brother of Cobra Commander.
Years before his brother became Cobra Commander, Dan was a soldier in the
Vietnam war. He kept signing on for new tours in Southeast Asia to be sure
his brother wasn't drafted. When Dan finally returned home, he had changed.
Years of war had warped his mind and given him a death wish. Dan began
driving fast, weaving in and out of traffic on the highway, as if daring
death to take him. Death caught up with him, when in a drunken stupor,
he caused a head-on collision with another car. Dan and the other car's
occupants were killed instantly. In that other car was Snake-Eyes' parents
and twin sister Terri, on their way to meet Snake-Eyes at the airport.
He was returning home from Vietnam. Dan's death devastated Cobra Commander.
He became obsessed with making someone pay for Dan's death. He turned it
all around in his head, blaming the family's surviving son for the accident.
His search for vengeance destroyed his family and his own sanity, eventually
leading him to form Cobra. (GI 26, 84) |
 DARKLON.
The man known as Darklon was from a long line of mercenaries and profiteers,
and he is as greedy and amoral as any of them ever were. His family's ancestral
home is an imposing castle in the tiny nation of Darklonia. Darklon is
actually a distantly related cousin of Destro. Darklon became involved
with Cobra shortly after Destro took control of the organization. Darklon
was selling surplus Cobra and G.I. Joe vehicles, and Destro wanted test
subjects for Dr. Mindbender's Pythonizing process, which rendered vehicles
invisible to radar. Darklon sold Cobra a number of vehicles, testing them
by sneaking over Darklonia's border with Wolkekuckuckland. Eventually,
Darklon joined with Destro's Cobra and took over the leadership of the
Iron Grenadiers when Destro and the Baroness took time off away from Cobra.
When Cobra began occupying parts of Sierra Gordo, Darklon led an attack
on nearby Punta Del Mucosa. Later, he led a small army of Grenadiers against
the country's native Tucaros, who were allied with a team of Joes and the
October Guard. After Destro severed his ties with Cobra, Darklon returned
to his business interests in Darklonia. Years later, when Cobra took over
neighboring Borovia, Cobra Commander brainwashed Destro into service and
commandeered his castle in nearby Trans-Carpathia. When the Commander suggested
Darklon was a threat to them, Destro casually launched a missile at Castle
Darklon. The resulting explosion killed Darklon and destroyed much of his
castle. (GI 88, 90, 101, 102, 103, 105, 146; SM 28; Figure: 1) |
| DART. The code name used by U.S. Army Staff
Sergeant Jimmy Tall Elk. Born in White Earth, Minnesota, Dart became a
hunting guide while still only in his teens. His knowledge of the natural
world and Native American lore was passed down from his father and grandfather.
By the time he joined the Army, Dart was an expert tracker, and to his
credentials added Airborne and Ranger training. He participated in dozens
of classified reconnaissance missions and is believed to have at least
two presidential awards locked away in a top secret vault in the Pentagon.
Those who served with him suggest his tracking abilities come from some
psychic abilities, though Dart credits his skill and patience. On his first
mission for the Joe team, Dart was sent into Sierra Gordo to assist Sierra
Gordo in its battle against invaders from neighboring Sierra Muerte. The
situation there become even more volatile and the team came under attack,
with some Joes seriously injured. Dart had been in few battle situations
and was shaken by the experience. He spent some time on "psych leave" to
deal with the trauma and soon returned to duty, fighting Cobra forces that
were drawn into an attack on a train guarded by the Joes, believing that
Destro was being held prisoner onboard. After the Joes stopped a plot by Cobra to
unleash
the weapon known as the Tempest, and defeated a new threat, the Red
Shadows, the military again disbanded the team. One year later, the Joe
team was reformed with a smaller roster of active members. Dart,
like most former Joes, is a reserve member of the new team. (GIv2 29, 30, 32; Figures: 1, 2, 3) |
 DAY,
SERGEANT. A soldier in Britain's elite Special Air Service (SAS).
Day was partnered with SAS officer Smythe-Barrett while helping Flint and
Lady Jaye retrieve Terror-Drome plans from Destro's castle in Scotland.
When the group discovered that the real Destro had been arrested and replaced
by an imposter, they rescued Destro from prison and helped him reclaim
his castle in exchange for the Terror-Drome plans. Day's quiet demeanor
was a sharp contrast to Smythe-Barrett's. (GI 57) |
| DECOBRAY, ANASTASIA. see BARONESS |
| DECOBRAY, BARON EUGEN. The older brother
of the Baroness. DeCobray used his wealth for humanitarian purposes and
had hoped to provide medical supplies to the native people of Vietnam during
the Vietnam War. When the Tet Offensive began, Eugen was in Vietnam with
his sister, Anastasia, and stopped at a warehouse where the medical supplies
were supposed to be stored. He found the warehouse empty, and discovered
that his contacts were selling the supplies to buy weapons. When DeCobray
confronted them, the two men shot him dead. At that moment, a young soldier
-- Snake-Eyes -- arrived and killed the two men. Anastasia rushed into
the room and saw Snake-Eyes there, believing he killed them all, including
Eugen. Taken away before Snake-Eyes was cleared of murder, Anastasia became
angry, bitter and disillusioned. She soon became a radical student activist
and eventually an international terrorist known as the Baroness. (GI 94-97) |
| DEE-JAY |
  DEEP
SIX. The code name used by U.S. Navy Chief Petty Officer Malcolm
R. Willoughby. Deep Six was born in Baltimore, Maryland, where he became
known as a solitary person, spending his free time on solitaire and crossword
puzzles. He eventually became a Navy diver so that "I could be alone."
When Deep Six first joined the G.I. Joe team, most Joes found him to be
unfriendly and gruff, but he earned their respect for his skills. Deep
Six piloted the SHARC flying submarine for the Joe team, but often he served
as part of the crew of various naval vessels, including the Joes' freighter,
the Jane, and the WHALE hovercraft. In his first mission on the
Joe team, Deep Six served as a gunner on the WHALE hovercraft in a battle
against Cobra in the Florida Everglades. He and some other Joes were injured
and the WHALE was damaged in a firelight. The Joes managed to patch up
the hovercraft and strike back at Cobra. The other Joes were impressed
by Deep Six's will to fight on after being injured. He was hospitalized
for a short time after the battle. Some time later, while serving onboard
the freighter Jane, Deep Six and a handful of Joes fought off Cobra
Rattler jets in the middle of a stormy sea. The Joes destroyed the Rattlers,
but not before the Jane had been damaged enough to sink. Deep Six and the
rest of the crew boarded a life raft and were eventually rescued. A short
time later, Deep Six attempted to destroy an underwater Cobra bunker in
the Gulf of Mexico. When the SHARC's torpedoes didn't even scratch the
concrete bunker, the Joes called in a bombing run that destroyed the bunker,
but aggravated a fault line causing land to emerge from the ocean and form
what would become Cobra Island. During a mission into the North Atlantic,
Deep Six and several undercover Joes posed as the crew of a fishing boat.
They were found out and fought Cobra and the October Guard while pretending
to rescue a sunken American sub. That mission was fake as well, hiding
their true mission to help a Soviet admiral defect to the United States.
Deep Six transmitted false images of a submarine on the ocean floor using
video equipment in his SHARC. The Joes managed to retrieve the Soviet admiral
without firing a single shot. Years later, Deep Six would help fight the
October Guard once again, transporting two Joes to Cobra Island to discover
the Soviets' reason for staging a secret mission onto the island. Deep
Six's subsequent missions for the Joes remain classified, but he stayed
on the team until it was shut down in 1994. He was later called back to
join the reinstated Joe team in its battle against the forces of a revived
Serpentor on Cobra Island. After the Joes stopped a plot by Cobra to
unleash
the weapon known as the Tempest, and defeated a new threat, the Red
Shadows, the military again disbanded the team. One year later, the Joe
team was reformed with a smaller roster of active members. Deep Six,
like most former Joes, is a reserve member of the new team. (GI 25, 28, 29, 30, 33, 36, 40, 49, 50; OB 1; YB 2,
4; SM 1, 28; GIv2 24; Figures: 1, 2, 3, 4) |
| DEKE. An American fighter pilot during
the Vietnam War, Deke was shot down and held as a prisoner of war for three
years. Upon his return home, no one wanted to Deke to fly again, due to
"psychological instability". Disillusioned and feeling he had nowhere else
to go outside of the military, Deke decided the only opportunity he'd have
to fly again was as a mercenary pilot. The Middle Eastern dictator Colonel
Sharif had been hiring experienced pilots with no background checks and
Deke signed on. Deke was later contacted by a group of Joes asking for
information about Sharif's air defenses. Deke didn't hesitate to help,
assisting Stalker, Leatherneck, Slip-Stream and Crankcase by detailing
the locations of the surface-to-air missile (SAM) sites that protected
Sharif's airfield. One of Sharif's spies had overheard Deke and the Joes'
meeting at a sidewalk cafe and an officer named Captain Habib arrested
the pilot and interrogated him. Deke was tied to a chair and beaten while
Habib asked where the Americans were hiding. He refused to sell out the
Joes until Habib threatened to blind him with a screw-driver so that he
could never fly again. Habib untied Deke's arms so that he could sign his
typed-up "confession". Habib taunted him, explaining there was another
hidden SAM site and mocked him for being cowardly enough to sell out his
friends. Fed up, Deke jammed his pen into the desk and through Habib's
hand. He managed to escape and headed for the airfield, where the Joes
were all ready headed. They planned to steal a Russian jet while a squadron
of American fighters attacked. Knowing that the American pilots were dead
without knocking out the hidden SAM site, he climbed into his fighter and
took off. As the Joes escaped with the Russian jet inside a transport plane,
Deke crashed his fighter into the SAM site before it could fire, sacrificing
his life to save his fellow American pilots. (SM 3) |
| DELACRUZ, JESUS. The current
president
of the nation of Sierra Gordo, Delcruz was elected in 1998 after the
end
of the country's years of civil war. He made a deal with Joe team
member Duke to help arrest Destro when he tried to set up arms
manufacturing bases in Sierra Gordo. (GIv2 28, 29, 30) |
 DEPTH
CHARGE. The code name used by U.S. Navy Petty Officer Nick H.
Langdon, from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Depth Charge was one of the reinstated
G.I. Joe team's "greenshirt" recruits. He eventually worked his way to
a regular spot on the team, becoming a full-fledged Joe shortly after the
team's battle against the forces of a revived Sepentor on Cobra Island.
As part of the Navy UDT (underwater demoltions team), Depth Charge has
a working knowledge of various explosives and is SCUBA and Airborne qualified.
He has some of the highest ratings in all these skills that the program
has ever recorded. While Depth Charge loves his demoltions work, he hates
being in the water, but does so to do everything else about UDT he loves.
In addition to his military skills, Depth Charge is a musician who plays
the glockenspiel. After the Joes stopped a plot by Cobra to
unleash
the weapon known as the Tempest, and defeated a new threat, the Red
Shadows, the military again disbanded the team. One year later, the Joe
team was reformed with a smaller roster of active members. Depth Charge,
like most former Joes, is a reserve member of the new team. (GIv2 28; Figure: 1, 2) |
| DERENKO, MIKHAIL. see Overlord |
| DeSADE. One of the group of torturers known
as the Paine Brothers. DeSade and his brothers Crispo and Torquemada were
hired by Cobra and were assigned by the Baroness to torture Snake-Eyes
while he was imprisoned in the Cobra Consulate. Before the brothers could
torture him, Snake-Eyes used an old ninja trick, making them think his
heart had stopped. Once their guard was down, the commando attacked them
and Crispo threw a potful of hot coals at him, scarring his recently reconstructed
face, but nowhere near as bad as his original disfigurement. Snake-Eyes
attacked the brothers, though it is uncertain if they survived. Snake-Eyes
stole DeSade's uniform -- along with Crispo's mask and Torquemada's blades
-- as he made his escape, and would keep wearing the clothes for the next
year or so. DeSade's status was unknown until the reinstated Joe team raided what turned
out to be a Cobra medical facility. One of the bedridden patients under
medical care was DeSade, along with his brothers.
The military is investigating each patient's status and why they were
placed in that facility. (GI 95) |
| DESTRO |
 DIAL-TONE.
The
code name used by U.S. Army Sergeant Jack S. Morelli. As a ten-year-old
boy growing up in Eugene, Oregon, Dial-Tone built his first crystal
set.
At 14 he was part of a CB net and had his own ham radio station by 16.
Dial-tone taught himself how to build all sorts of radios and
communications
equipment as he grew up and eventually saw the Army as a way of
furthering
his education and turning his hobby into a job with a purpose. He
eventually
joined the G.I. Joe team as a communications specialist. Dial-Tone
first
joined the G.I. Joe team shortly after the destruction of the team's
headquarters,
when the team was temporarily working out of the Fort Wadsworth
gymnasium.
He was soon sent on a mission to track down a Nazi war criminal hiding
in Argentina. Next, Dial-tone was sent into Sierra Gordo along with
several
other Joes on a mission to assist that country's
counter-revolutionaries
in their fight against Cobra and their local allies. Some time later,
Dial-tone
used his expertise to covertly plant a listening device at the Cobra
Consulate
in New York City, allowing the Joes to spy on their enemy for nearly
two
years before the bug was discovered. In another covert operation,
Dial-tone
assisted in hostage situation at the American PX in Germany. Months
later,
he joined nearly the entire G.I. Joe team when they entered the Cobra
Island
civil war on the side of Serpentor. He was a part of an even bigger
operation
years later when the Joes fought in the Battle of Benzheen when Cobra
tried
to take over a small but wealthy nation in the Middle East. When Cobra
Commander led an assault in the Pit III in Utah, Dial-tone was one of
the
many defenders of the Joes' HQ. He spent time testing new weapons
systems
before being sent to Millville to help free the small town from control
of Cobra. Dial-tone remained on the team for another year before the
team
was shut down in 1994. For the next several years, Dial-tone continued
to study and develop new telecommunications technology. He eventually
sold
many patents and put that money into various computer companies,
including
Mainframe's, and became a very rich man in a small amount of time.
Since
the Joe team's reinstatement in 2001, Dial-tone has been working behind
the scenes, and worked with Mainframe to develop the team's new,
standard
issue wrist communicators. He eventually returned to the field, joining
in the battle against the forces of a revived Serpentor on Cobra Island. After the Joes stopped a plot by Cobra to
unleash
the weapon known as the Tempest, and defeated a new threat, the Red
Shadows, the military again disbanded the team. One year later, the Joe
team was reformed with a smaller roster of active members. Dial-tone,
like most former Joes, is a reserve member of the new team. (GI 54, 56, 57, 67, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77,
79, 93, 109, 110, 113, 130, 131,
137, 140, 141; OB 1; SM 2, 7, 11, 28; 25, 29, 32, 33;GIv2 FL 13, 18; BFTPB; Figures: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7) |
 DICE.
The
ninja known as Dice is known for his imposing size and skilled use of pressure
points and choke holds against his enemies. He also uses snares and traps,
as well as his favorite weapon, the bo staff. Rumor has it that Dice was
once one of the group of mercenary ninjas, the Night Creepers. He eventually
partnered with the ninja Slice. The duo first cmae into contact with Cobra
and G.I. Joe when a man calling himself the Red Ninja Master contacted
them and called them and a number of Red Ninjas -- renegade members of
the Arashikage clan that sired Storm Shadow -- to Cobra's Silent Castle
in Trans-Carpathia. The Master displayed an in-depth knowledge of many
of the Arashikage fighting techniques and convinced the other ninjas of
his identity. Since Cobra Commander hadn't used the castle for years and
Slice, Dice and the Red Ninjas easily ventured to the castle. Slice and
Dice were surprised when Destro and the Baroness arrived at the castle
after Destro was given the castle by Cobra Commander. When Dice and the
other ninjas attacked Destro, they discovered the Joes had been watching,
including Ninja Force. After a long battle, the ninjas escaped the castle
into the wilderness with the Ninja Force close behind. After Snake-Eyes
defeated Slice in a duel to settle their dispute, the Red Ninja Master
arrived and revealed himself to be Firefly. The mercenary had fooled the
ninjas and after a brief fight, ambushed both groups of ninjas with his
Cobra BATs and knocked them out with gas. He used Cobra's Brain-wave Scanner
to turn Dice and the others into his brainwashed slaves and headed to Cobra
Island, long since unoccupied by Cobra. The Ninja Force eventually broke
free, but Slice, Dice and the Red Ninjas remained under his control for
a time. After a small team of Joes landed on the island and fought BATs
and ninjas, Firefly's hold was broken. Slice and Dice escaped, but eventually
joined Cobra. Since most of Cobra's high command had turned their backs
on the Commander, Slice and Dice worked closely with the Commander for
a time, joining in the fight against Joes in the Cobra-controlled town
of Millville, among other operations. Slice and Dice eventually left Cobra
some time before the organization was scattered by an attack from regular
military forces in 1995. Their current status is unknown. (GI 120-124, 126,
128-142, 146, 150; Figure: 1) |
| DIMITRI. A guard at a rebel stronghold
in the nation of Sierra Gordo. Dimitri was one of two snipers stationed
in the stronghold's guard tower when the G.I. Joe team attempted to rescue
Dr. Adele Burkhart from the rebels. During a brief firelight, Dimitri and
another sniper named Gregor shot and killed two Tucaro tribesman who helped
the Joes. The rescue was successful and the Joes fled into the jungle.
Dimitri and Gregor followed the Joes into the jungle. They were apparently
killed by Recondo when the Joe backtracked to see if they were followed.
Recondo may have been seeking revenge for the Tucaros, whom he had lived
among for months. He threw the guards' rifles in the river as a sacrifice
to the river spirits the Tucaros believed in. (GI 39) |
| DOC |
| DOCTOR BRAIN-WAVE. A nickname for Dr. Mindbender,
used only by Destro. This was one of Destro's subtle ways of mocking Mindbender.
(GI 44) |
| DOCTOR
MINDBENDER |
| DOCTOR SID. A nickname for Dr. Sidney Biggles-Jones
used by guards in her laboratory. (GI 135) |
 DOCTOR
VENOM. Little is known about Dr. Venom. He is rumored to have
once been a brilliant scientist before turning to fields of study no reputable
scientist would have anything to do with. As his experiment moved into
the fields of biological manipulation and mind control, Venom lost his
backers, one by one. The only group willing to fund his work was Cobra.
Venom's immense ego told him it made no difference who he worked for, as
long as his genius was not stifled. Venom's greatest creation was the Brain-wave
Scanner, that allowed Venom to peer into the mind of his subjects and pull
out images and information. The process was very painful.
Dr. Venom first encountered the G.I. Joe team when Snake-Eyes, Scarlett and Zap were captured and taken to Springfield, the hidden Cobra town. If anyone in Springfield decided he or she wanted to leave Cobra, Venom's Scanner would ensure that they changed their minds. Venom first used the machine on Snake-Eyes, trying to learn the secrets of the G.I. Joe team. Snake-Eyes fought the machine and then fooled Venom into believing he was dead, using a ninja technique that slowed his heart rate and simulated death. He then escaped the Brain-wave Scanner and the other Joes escaped Springfield. Shortly afterward, Snake-Eyes, Stalker, Breaker and Gung-Ho travelled to Sierra Gordo where they were captured by Cobra agents led by the Baroness and Dr. Venom. The scientist left Snake-Eyes in a burning warehouse, believing the commando was dead. By the time Venom realized Snake-Eyes had tricked him again, it was too late. Snake-Eyes escaped and rescued his teammates. Snake-Eyes confronted the Eskimo mercenary, Kwinn and Venom at a Cobra bunker in the middle of a small island in Sierra Gordo. Before they could fight, the Baroness bombed the island, trying to kill Kwinn and Venom because they knew too much. The three men survived and escaped the bunker, but soon Venom betrayed Kwinn and Snake-Eyes, saving himself, not caring that the others had helped save his life. Kwinn knew Venom was nothing but a dishonorable coward and vowed to exact his revenge on the Cobra scientist. Venom returned to Cobra and helped plan a scheme to poison the people of the United States with his deadly virus. When the first plan failed, Venom infected Scar-Face, hoping to infect the Joes and discover their secret base. Kwinn and Snake-Eyes tracked down Venom just before a major Cobra attack on G.I. Joe headquarters. When Cobra arrived, using Venom's private lab on Brooklyn's waterfront as a staging area for the assault, Snake-Eyes and Kwinn where captured and placed them in mind-controlling SNAKE battle armor. During the assault on Joe headquarters, Snake-Eyes and Kwinn broke free of the armor's control, surprising Venom who arrogantly believed his devices where unbeatable. Venom was horrified when Kwinn came after him and planned to kill him with a hand grenade. The Eskimo was about to kill the scientist when he realized that he had been fooling himself as he sought his revenge. His life as a mercenary had been just as dishonorable as Venom's life. He let the scientist live, but the cowardly Venom shot Kwinn in the back, taunting him as he died. But Venom had once again underestimated him opponent and overestimated himself. As Kwinn's lifeless body fell to the ground, the grenade he had intended to kill Venom with fell from his hand. It exploded and killed the scientist. A short time later, Dr. Venom was buried in a potter's field, his body claimed by no one. Years later, Venom's evil lived on when Cobra
began to once again used the Brain-wave Scanner. The scanner played an
important role in Dr. Mindbender's creation of the Cobra emperor, Serpentor.
Mindbender later improved upon Venom's original design and used the new
scanner to subjugate the town of Millville. Dr. Venom's name still lives
on today, a legend in the realm of crime and terrorism. (GI 10, 12, 14-19) |
| DODGER |
 DOGFIGHT.
The
code name used by U.S. Army Lieutenant James R. King, from Providence,
Rhode Island. Dogfight piloted the Mudfighter attack plane. The plane was
slower than most fighter jets, but was still a threat with Dogfight in
the cockpit. In his first mission for the G.I. Joe team, he fought Cobra
fighters over the tiny Central American nation of Punta del Mucosa. He
later participated the the Joes' largest operation yet, the Battle of Benzheen
in the Middle East. Dogfight was serving as co-pilot when Ace's Skystriker
was badly damaged during a night raid into Benzheen. Dogfight's ejection
seat was damaged, and though he told Ace to eject and save himself, Ace
refused. He managed to crash land the plane on the deck of the U.S.S. Flagg
aircraft carrier. Both pilots came through the landing with only minor
injuries. Dogfight,
like most former Joes, is currently a reserve member of the team. (GI 111, 113, 115; SM 28; Figure: 1) |
 DOJO.
The
code name used by U.S. Army Master Sergeant Michael P. Russo. Dojo was
born in San Francisco, but he was trained as a ninja by the Arashikage
ninja, the Soft Master, in the basement of the old man's Chinese restaurant
in New York City's Spanish Harlem (where the Soft Master had gone after
the dissolution of his clan). Many years after the Soft Master's death,
his nephew Storm Shadow recruited Dojo for his G.I. Joe Ninja Force. Among
the members of the team, Dojo was known as "the talkative one", believing
that speaking in the heat of battle disrupts an opponent's concentration.
In Ninja Force's first mission, Dojo and his teammates Nunchuk and Tj'bang
fought Cobra Night Creepers in Beirut while helping Destro to avoid assassins
hired by Cobra Commander. Continuing their protection of Destro, the Ninja
Force and other Joes traveled to the Silent Castle in Trans-Carpathia,
where they fought Cobra Vipers and a group of Red Ninjas. It was the Ninja
Force who discovered Firefly's connection to the Arashikage ninjas when
the mercenary appeared in command of the Red Ninjas. The team later helped
liberate the Cobra-controlled town of Millville from Cobra, fighting a
band of Night Creepers. Shortly before the G.I. Joe team was shut down,
Dojo and the Ninja Force opened up a martial arts training school on the
site of the Soft Master's restaurant where Dojo had been trained many years
before. The school was free to the underpriviledged young people living
in the neighborhood. Dojo continues to run the school today. (GI 117, 118, 120, 121, 122, 123, 124, 126, 128, 129,
130, 131, 135, 136, 137, 140, 141, 144, 145; SM:T; Figure: 1) |
| DONALD. see ROAD
PIG |
| DOWNTOWN. The code name used by U.S. Army
Sergeant Thomas P. Riley. While playing high school basketball in Cleveland,
Ohio, Riley picked up the nickname "Downtown" for never missing a foul-shot.
Once in the Army, he became skilled enough with firing mortars that he
can judge range and trajectory just by eyesight. Downtown served with the
G.I. Joe team on a number of missions before the team was shut down in
1994. He was later called back to join the reinstated Joe team in its battle
against the forces of a revived Serpentor on Cobra Island. After the Joes stopped a plot by Cobra to
unleash
the weapon known as the Tempest, and defeated a new threat, the Red
Shadows, the military again disbanded the team. One year later, the Joe
team was reformed with a smaller roster of active members. Downtown,
like most former Joes, is a reserve member of the new team. (GIv2 24; Figure: 1) |
  DRAGONSKY.
Later in life, Dragonsky became a member of the Soviet Army, but his service
to his country goes back further than almost any of his comrades. Rumor
has it that during the Nazis' invasion of Russia, Dragonsky -- at only
five years old -- tossed Molotov cocktails at German tanks as they passed.
At age six, he was present for the Battle of Stalingrad. After serving
for years in the Army, Dragonsky was a late addition to the original October
Guard, and by then he was an old veteran. He served as the team's mechanic
and was skilled at driving almost any vehicle, including a train traveling
through Afghanistan, carrying a stolen laser weapon and his teammates while
fending off Cobra attacks. He also served as the team's flamethrower, using
the Soviets' latest flame-retardant suit and flamegun, which he called
his "Zhukov zippo". After serving with the same team members for several
years, Dragonsky witnessed the deaths of his teammates, Colonel Brekhov,
Horrorshow, Schrage and Stormavik while rescuing a rebel leader El Jefe
in Sierra Gordo. Only Dragonsky and Daina remained when they and a number
of Joes were double-crossed and captured. The team soon added new members
and teamed up with the G.I. Joe team on occasion. After the Soviet Union
was dissolved, the October Guard was disbanded, but its former members
often worked together. Under Russian Colonel Red Star, the Guard -- including
Dragonsky -- headed off into space on a mission with the Joes. Though
other members of the Guard went on to meet the Joes once again, Dragonsky's
current status is unknown. (GI 92, 100-105; 146-148; YB 2; SM 26; Figures: 1, 2) |
| DUEY. A police officer in the Springfield
Police Department who -- along with fellow officers Huey and Louie -- was
beaten up by the Soft Master when the old ninja master tried to access
the police station's computer records in the Cobra-controlled town. (GI 42) |
| DUKE |
| DUSTY |
 DYSON,
ADMIRAL. A veteran Navy officer, Dyson was one of the small
group of officers sent to the Pit to investigate the Joe team's failure
during the Battle of Springfield, along with Army General Hollingsworth
and Marine General Ryan. Dyson was a thoughtful, cautious man who was willing
to give Hawk the benefit of the doubt. He was known for passing on a number
of old Navy sayings in situations that called for them. Ryan disagreed
with the Admiral often, believing him to be an indecisive "old fool" and
even cowardly at times. When Cobra forces invaded the Pit, Ryan was proved
wrong when Dyson attacked a Battle Android Trooper wired with explosives.
He deliberately set off the explosives, sacrificing his lives to save the
other officers. (GI 53) |
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