Overview - G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero

Overview

G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero is a half-hour American animated television series based on the successful toyline from Hasbro and the comic book series from Marvel Comics. The cartoon had its beginnings with two five-part mini-series in 1983 and 1984, then became a regular series that ran in syndication from 1985 to 1986. Ron Friedman created the G.I. Joe animated series for television, and wrote all four miniseries. The fourth mini-series was intended to be a feature film, but due to production difficulties was released as a television mini-series.

Seasons

• Name: Specials

  Episode: 47

  Date first aired: 1987-04-20

• Name: Season 1

  Episode: 65

  Date first aired: 1983-09-12

• Name: Season 2

  Episode: 30

  Date first aired: 1986-09-15

• Name: Season 3

  Episode: 24

  The DIC G.I. Joe cartoon series began with a five-parter called "Operation: Dragonfire," where G.I. Joe and Cobra battled around the world for sources of a mysterious energy called Dragonfire to power a new weapon.

  Date first aired: 1989-09-02

• Name: Season 4

  Episode: 20

  Date first aired: 1991-09-23