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| RAMIREZ, HECTOR.
The host of the WNN network television newsmagazine, "Twenty
Questions".
Ramirez has covered a number of political and military issues,
including
the terrorist plot by Tyler Wingfield. He recently interviewed Hawk on
his program to discuss a crisis in Sierra Gordo. Shortly after the
interview a bomb planted by Cobra leveled the television studio. Many
people survived the blast, and Ramirez escaped with minor injuries. Hector Ramirez first
appeared on the G.I. Joe cartoon series, but his first comic appearance
came almost twenty years later in Frontline #12. (GIv2 25, 26, 28, 29, 34; FL 12) |
 RAMPART.
The
code name used by U.S. Navy Petty Officer (2nd class) Dwayne A. Felix.
Growing up in New York City, Rampart spent much of his time playing
video
games in the arcade and at home. He mastered every video game he could
play, and developed amazing hand-eye coordination. He decided the
military
was the best place to put his talents to good use and joined the Navy.
Specialing in air defense artillery, Rampart attained the highest
combat
success ratio in the 7th Fleet for "splashing" enemy aircraft. Rampart
eventually joined the G.I. Joe team, where he served during the Battle
of Benzheen when the Joe team invaded the desert nation in their
biggest
operation to date. Rampart served on a number of classified missions
for
the Joes until the team was shut down in 1994. (GI
115) |
 RAPTOR.
Once a yuppie accountant, Raptor took up falconry and soon became
obsessed
with the birds of prey. He began to breed them and even train them to
be
bigger and stronger and to attack other animals. He himself claims that
he wears his falcon costume simply to make the birds more comfortable
around
him. Destro caught Raptor poaching on Cobra property and decided he
could
be of use. He helped fund Raptor's attempts to breed even deadlier
mutated
falcons. He began working with the undercover Crimson Guardsman, Fred
VII
in his secret lab in Denver, hidden behind his auto service station. In
addition to his work with his birds, he also did Fred's accounting.
When
the presumed-dead Cobra Commander arrived with his son Billy to ask for
Fred's help, he met Raptor, looked at his costume and immediately
decided
the man must be crazy. Raptor rambled on about what his birds can do
for
the history of Cobra, but the Commander wasn't impressed. Raptor then
proved
he wasn't all that crazy by hacking into the U.S. Army computer and
discovered
that there was a Joe convoy driving through Utah. The Commander, Fred
and
Raptor headed to Utah, where Raptor used his birds to track down the
Joes.
The Commander then staged a brief attack on the convoy. Later, Raptor
looked
on as the Commander decided that he would turn his back on Cobra to be
a better father to Billy. Fred, enraged because he had given his whole
life to Cobra, shot Cobra Commander in the back, presumably killing
him.
Raptor and Fred buried the Commander's body outside of Denver. Shortly
after, Raptor spotted Billy and Jinx driving away from the martial arts
academy next door. Jinx and the Blind Master had been next door for
some
time, spying on Fred. He followed them all the way to San Francisco and
kept watch on them as they headed into the Presidio Army base. He then
called Fred in Denver and got no answer. He had no idea that Fred had
left,
and headed for Cobra Island where he would pose as Cobra Commander for
some time. Raptor's activities are uncertain for the next two years,
though
he may or may have not worked for Cobra in that time. He next surfaced
in San Francisco, confronting Billy and telling him he knew that Fred
VII
had replaced his father and knew where the Commander was buried. Billy,
Raptor, Zartan and others headed to the island to reveal the truth, and
Raptor secretly told Dr. Mindbender what had happened. Raptor brought
the
Cobra scientist to the Commander's gravesite, where he hoped to use his
genetic material to create a new leader. But the grave was empty and
Cobra
Commander stepped out of the forest, along with a dozen Crimson
Guardsman,
revealing he had only been near death until the Siegies saved him. Back
on Cobra Island, the Commander threw many of those he considered
traitors
into the island's landlocked freighter. Raptor was thrown in, as well.
The freighter was sealed and buried under a volcano, leaving them all
to
die. Though a few of those in the freighter managed to escape, Raptor
was
not one of them. His body was found months later when Vipers opened the
freighter. (GI 59, 61, 62, 63, 94, 95, 97, 98,
99; SM 24; Figure: 1) |
| RATNIKOV, COLONEL. A Borovian
Security
Police officer. After members of the Joe team broke into the State
Security
building in Borovian capitol of Krogdnz, Ratnikov arrived with his men
and captured Stalker, Quick Kick and Snow Job, while Outback escaped.
Ratnikov
ordered Stalker to be beaten into unconsciousness, revived and beaten
again.
When he discovered that Outback was loose somewhere in the city, he
personally
led the search for him. Outback eluded the Security Police and led them
on a chase all the way to Borovia's western border, hoping to reach the
friendly nation on the other side. When Ratnikov caught up with him,
Outback
turned the tables on his pursuers and took the Colonel hostage. With
Ratnikov
at gunpoint, Outback forced a helicopter pilot to fly him across the
border,
but never actually told him where they were headed. Outback told the
pilot
and the Colonel that if they turned around and headed for home, they
would
be all right. He then bailed out above the low cloud cover. Though they
couldn't see what was below, Ratnikov ordered the pilot to descend,
refusing
to listen to what the Joe told him. By the time Ratnikov realized that
they had crossed the border into enemy territory it was too late. Enemy
anti-aircraft guns fired on his helicopter and destroyed it. (GI
61, SM 6) |
 RECOIL.
The
code name used by U.S. Army Sergeant Joseph Felton from Fashion Island,
Washington. Recoil was a marathon runner and professional body builder
before joining the Army and eventually G.I. Joe. His physical
conditioning
qualified him for Long Range Recon Patrol, requiring stealth and speed.
One of his first missions for the Joes was as a member of a recon team
operating during the Battle of Benzheen, when the Joe team invaded the
desert nation in their biggest operation to date. Recoil served on a
number
of classified missions for the Joes until the team was shut down in
1994.
Several years later, Recoil joined the reinstated
Joe team in its battle against the forces of a revived Serpentor on
Cobra
Island. (GI 111-113; GIv2 24; Figure: 1) |
| RECONDO |
| RED NINJA WARLORD. see FIREFLY
|
 RED
STAR. The code name used by Russian Army Colonel Anatoly
Fyodorovich
Krimov. Red Star was born in Odessa, Ukraine in Russia, back in the
days
of the Soviet Union. Anatoly was an exceptional child, becoming the
youngest
chess master in Odessa at eleven years old. Later in life, he became a
published Pushkin scholar, his monograph on "Boris Godonov" being
considered
the definitive work on the subject. Red Star also coaches the pistol
team
at the Dynamo Sports Club in Moscow. After joining the Soviet Navy, Red
Star became a member of the elite Black Sea Regiment of the Soviet
Naval
infantry. Among his many campaigns was the Soviets' fight against
rebels
in Afghanistan during the 1980s. Red Star was assigned to take command
of the October Guard, but did so just as the Soviet Union collapsed in
1991. The October Guard was soon disbanded, but its former members
occasionally
worked together. Under Colonel Red Star's command, the former members
of
the Guard headed off into space on a mission with the Joes, to stop a
mad
Russian scientist's robot drones from causing an asteroid to collide
with
the Earth. On that mission, the Joes learned that Red Star -- for a
reason
that he refused to disclose and remains a mystery today -- looked
exactly
like the Guard's first commander, the late Colonel Brekhov, right down
to his habit of smoking cigars. The mission was a success, and proved
again
that the Joes and their former rivals had become allies. Red Star
continued
to serve with the Soviet Navy for many years. His current status is
unknown.
(GI 146-148; Figures: 1) |
| REGINALD. A chaplain's
assistant at the
Army Chaplains' Assistants School at Fort Wadsworth. (GI
45) |
 REPEATER.
The
code name used by U.S. Army Staff Sergeant Jeffrey R. Therien, a
veteran
soldier from Cumberland, Rhode Island with over thirty years in the
Army.
He never rose above his current rank because he was best out in the
field.
After making it through the G.I. Joe team's grueling training program,
Repeater's first mission was a "final exam" when he and a group of Joes
stopped an Iron Grenadier raid on the Picatinny Weapons Arsenal. He was
later one of a group of Joe that met the original G.I. Joe while
defending
a government laser facility in Manhattan. He served on many more
missions
for the team including a rescue mission to retrieve a group of Joes
stranded
in Southeast Asia, and the defense of the Pit when Cobra invaded the
Joe
headquarters. Repeater continued to serve on the team until it was shut
down in 1994. Several years later, Pathfinder joined the
reinstated
Joe team in its battle against the forces of a revived Serpentor on
Cobra
Island. (GI 82, 86, 89, 93, 100, 131; SM 18, 19; GIv2 25; Figures: 1, 2) |
| RIPCORD
|
  RIPPER.
Born in Grim Cape, Tasmania, Henry Nod was a delinquent from the time
he
stole candy from his fellow nursery schoolers. He took up a life of
crime
and spent most of his life in and out of correctional institutions.
Some
sources say that he spent time in the Australian military, where he
gained
an affinity for motorcycles. Afterwards, he returned to a life of crime
as a safe cracker. Under the name "Ripper", he fell in with biker gangs
and eventually joined the Dreadnoks after being thrown out of several
other
gangs. His weapons of choice are various edged weapons and cutting
tools,
especially a huge bayonet-like blade he uses like a cross between a
fireman's
axe and a can opener. Like most other Dreadnoks he simply loves
violence
and simply tearing things apart. He has been overheard while ripping
Air
Force fighter jet to shreds, shouting, "There's nothing like it in the
whole world! Destruction and wreckage!" One of the most simple-minded
Dreadnoks,
Ripper was also superstitious and very much afraid of Zartan. He was
one
of the three Dreadnoks -- with Buzzer and Torch -- who traveled to the
United States with Zartan, who had begun working for Cobra. Ripper and
the Dreadnoks came up against the Joes again and again, serving as
Zartan's
destructive henchman. After working with Cobra for years, the Dreadnoks
were reorganized into a national biker gang led by Zartan. In 2001,
they
began working again with Cobra and renewed their fight against the G.I.
Joe team. After a battle in the streets of Washington against the Joes
and a new, advanced BAT, Ripper and many of the original Dreadnoks were
arrested and held in Blackwater Prison. They were eventually freed due
to the legal mechanations of Tomax and Xamot and went on to join in the
battle against the forces of a
revived Serpentor on Cobra Island. They later freed Zartan from a
military facility where he was being held prisoner. Over a year later,
he and others fought Duke and General Rey when they came looking for
information about Rey's past from Zandar. (for more information
about Ripper, see Dreadnoks) (GI
25, 28, 30, 32, 33, 35, 38, 47-52, 55, 64, 74-77, 79, 81, 90, 91, 93,
98; YB 3; OB 3; BF 2; GIv2 2, 6, 10-14, 27, 31, 38; FL 1, 2, 10; AE 5, 6, 19, 20; DDH; Figures: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5) |
| ROADBLOCK
|
 ROAD
PIG. The nickname used by Dreadnok Donald DeLuca. When Road
Pig was born in Goblu, Michigan, the doctor held him up and called him
the ugliest baby he had ever seen. He grew up like most Dreadnoks,
starting
his antisocial behavior at an early age. He was expelled from
kindergarten
for milk money extortion and dishonorably discharged by the boy scouts.
Also like most Dreadnoks, he enjoyed performing senseless acts of
violence.
His favorite weapon is nothing more than a cinder block on the end of a
lead pipe. He accumulated an impressive arrest record over the years
and
was a member of a low-life outlaw biker gang until he was kicked out
for
smelling worse than was acceptable by even their standards. He
eventually
joined up with the Dreadnoks on a probationary period, since even they
weren't comfortable around him. What makes Road Pig unique is a rare
split-personality
disorder which he exhibits through two identities: Road Pig and Donald.
Road Pig is his stupid and violent side, while Donald is intelligent
and
speaks in a poetic and proper manner, using a very large vocabulary. He
seems to switch between these personalities on a moments notice,
sometimes
in mid-sentence. When Donald's patience wears thin, Road Pig comes to
the
surface, usually when he's at his most angry and destructive. Though,
both
identities remain extremely dangerous. One thing that both
personalities
share is a fondness for Zarana, who Donald calls his "lady love".
Zarana
never returned his love, but knew it was best to play along with him to
keep him under control, and saw the obvious advantage to have him
around
at least as a bodyguard. Years after the Dreadnoks came to America with
Zartan, Road Pig was in the middle of a barroom brawl he started when
he
noticed a news report showing the arrest of Zarana and Zanzibar in New
Jersey. Road Pig hopped on his motorcycle and single-handedly attacked
the State Police station where the Dreadnoks were being held. The
police
were unable to stop Road Pig as he knocked down the bars of the jail
and
rescued the two Dreadnoks. Over the next few years, Road Pig (and
Donald)
remained by Zarana's side, joining the Dreadnoks as they ran Cobra's
community
on the Jersey Shore, Broca Beach. As most of the Dreadnoks left Cobra's
employ, Zarana -- and Road Pig -- continued working for the Commander,
helping to fill the void left by the departure of most of his high
command.
In the years after the Joe team was disbanded, Road Pig joined the
newly
expanded Dreadnok organization once again led by Zartan. The group once
again began working for a renewed Cobra years later, Road Pig included.
He later joined Cobra in the fight against the forces of a revived
Serpentor
on Cobra Island. (GI 83, 89, 90, 91, 93, 98, 99, 128,
129, 135, 136, 137,
138, 140; SM 21; GIv2 2, 6, 11, 12, 24, 36, 38; BF 2; AE 5, 19, 20; DDH; Figures: 1, 2, 3) |
| ROCK
& ROLL |
| RUDI. One of a group of
terrorists who
robbed the main American P.X. in Frankfurt, West Germany. Rudi was the
leader of the group. They took several hostages, who were later
exchanged
for Lady Jaye, Scarlett and Jinx, all posing as local hospital nurses.
The terrorists tried to escape in an armored car. They were stopped
after
the Joe team commandeered a streetcar and the hostages fought back.
Rudi
was stopped by Lady Jaye and Jinx. (SM
11) |
| RUGRAT.
A recent member of the new, organized national Dreadnok group that was
founded after Cobra was disbanded in 1995. After the entire Dreadnok
organization had begun working for Cobra, Rugrat and other
Dreadnoks attacked Roadblock while the Joe was taping his television
cooking show in Los Angeles, on orders from Tomax and Xamot. (FL
18) |
 RUMBLER.
The
code name used by U.S. Army Sergeant First Class Philo R. Makepeace.
Born
in Fort Huachuca, Arizona, Rumbler spent time as a tractor-trailer
truck
driver before joining the Army, where he became experienced in driving
various armored vehicles. He was eventually recruited by the G.I. Joe
team
to drive their huge, heavily-armed assault vehicle, the Rolling
Thunder.
After his first mission for the team during the Cobra civil war, he
drove
the Rolling Thunder when he and several other Joes fought to keep Cobra
from claiming a newly-formed island not far from the original Cobra
Island.
They barely stopped Cobra before the entire land mass sunk back beneath
the ocean. He later helped a team of Joes on a secret mission to rescue
Joes and members of the Octover Guard being held in Sierra Gordo. He
was
also one of the many Joes serving in the Battle of Benzheen, the Joe
team's
biggest operation to date. Though
this character
was called "Rumbler" in the comic series, he is obviously meant to be
based
on the action figure named Armadillo, driver of the Rolling Thunder.
Confusingly,
there is another figure named Rumbler that came with the Crossfire
remote
control vehicle.
(GI 80, 81, 92, 99, 111, 112; Figure: Armadillo) |
| RUSS. A military veteran living
in Millville
at the time of Cobra's invasion of the small town. Russ resisted the
brainwashing
of the Brain-wave Scanner and helped Mutt and Spirit rally a local
street
gang to rebel against Cobra's take-over. Russ and the others discovered
that Cobra could turn off the brainwashing to make Millville seem like
a normal town to any unwelcome visitors. Hawk and Law arrived to find
Mutt,
Spirit, Russ and the gang attacking a seemingly normal town. They were
all taken into custody. Months later, a Joe invasion of the town
cleared
their names. Russ' current status is unknown. (SM
100-103) |
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