History and Origin of GI Joe's DUKE!

[@marlonhew75]

Duke is practically Captain America

[@forickgrimaldus8301]

That but not a superhuman

[@jordanaguero2847]

I hope Chris Evans plays Duke in the G.I. Joe reboot!

[@aaronjackson1493]

​@@jordanaguero2847If he hadn't signed on to play Captain America back in 2011, he would've been perfect for Duke. Dye his hair blonde, train in firearms, boxing, BJJ, judo, Krav Maga and he's good 😎

[@AceMcSch00ly]

Duke was always my favorite Joe, I remember watching gi joe alot in the early 90s before elementary school. Yo Joe! lol 🇺🇲

[@tylerlarson7263]

I always liked Duke as the leader of the G.I.Joe team.

[@LH74]

Same. He is a hero.

[@syguy4112]

Duke is great and all, but I prefer Diduke. He was a great shoemaker. Lived with his three sons in a combat boot.

[@JLSComics]

Sy Guy lol one of my favorite Shipwreck episodes!

[@jalenikezeue4114]

Sy Guy America F yeah what un... Gonna Do when they come for You 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸👍🏿👍🏿🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🕊🕊🕊🕊🕊🕊🕊🕊🕊🍔🍟🍹🏈

[@ForJustice-bl6rs]

When I display my Classified series display I always have Conrad Hauser/Duke as the central character as he’s the leader of the team. I’ve got him, Scarlett, Snake Eyes, Roadblock, Gung-Ho, and Roadblock in my team right now and I’m trying to find Flint and Lady Jaye too. I also hope we get more characters in the line like Shipwreck, Barbecue, Cover Girl, Lifeline, Snow Job, Mutt with Junkyard, Spirit with Freedom, General Hawk, and Wild Bill as well.

[@jakeproven256]

In the animated series G.I.Joe renegades Duke has a brother named Vince. Vince is Falcons real name and in the original cartoon Falcon was Dukes brother. So Dukes brother Vince in the renegades episode homecoming might be that shows version of Falcon.

[@dirus3142]

Duke also had a scar on the right side of his face that is a direct reference to the original 12" figures. Scarlet who is changed to out rank Duke, because reasons, calls him Grunt as a dismissive insult. Both under mine the integrity of Scarlet. She has to be the bitch officer who does not respect the NCO's under her. The real characters respected each other in the original comic and cartoon.

[@LucLightWolf121]

Duke, in my opinion, is a Pulp era hero placed in charge of a special missions military force. He's essentially a Doc Savage pastiche operating as the field leader.

[@Scorch1028]

Duke’s mother could not have died when he was a kid. In “G.I. Joe: The Movie” (1987), Duke mentioned that his “dying mother” asked him to take care of Falcon (her younger son), back when Falcon joined the Army.

[@jadenandthefamily9974]

That the movie

[@screamerlover5781]

The Sunbow continuity is entirely separate from the Marvel Comics continuity

[@michaelbenjmitchell1]

@@screamerlover5781 And the Comic continuity is different than the file card on the toys.

[@dylanlewis5113]

Duke is my favorite Joe.

[@basilisgkotsis4042]

me to and is G.I.Joe Paratrooper Leader

[@ronaldhenson9170]

Duke and road block are my two favorite gi joes

[@terrencechilds8984]

Think you so very much from all of your friends in cobra for telling us who the Joe's are and were to find them

[@jodyshirley4703]

I think my top three favorites are Duke Scarlett Roadblock

[@OdariArt]

In my eyes when I watched GI Joe the movie, Duke died to save Falcon. It made me love his character more. His death in the movie made Falcon and Joe's stronger. I hate that Hasbro wanted to sincere everything after Optimus died. The Transformers: The Movie is one of my favorites. Even my kids love it.

[@ronaldhenson9170]

Duke is my favorite gi joe hero

[@lindensims4969]

Duke is the best character ever and I love him and Scarlett more

[@jamesmoss3424]

Duke is the best leader that the Joe got.😀👍

[@Sctvita]

Duke is a The Leader of G.I. Joe Team.

[@FnRenner]

Great video! Appreciate the good work.

[@kaldausorakle]

Really great video, have enjoyed both the videos I have seen and look forward to watching more, Great job!!!! Thanks for all the hard work put into these! As well as the obvious enthusiasm you have for the material!! :)

[@jasonsmith4330]

Sgt. Rock for a new generation.

[@knicks3308]

Thank you for doing the video of Duke

[@BigGuyLittleToys]

Excellent!!! This series is great!!!

[@thedarkknight803able]

Awesome! YO JOE!💥😯👏🏿👏🏿😎👍🏿

[@theronmitchell3073]

My favorite Joe

[@bradyblu4794]

Theron Mitchell I like Duke a lot but my favorite is Scarlet. ☺️

[@theronmitchell3073]

@@bradyblu4794 I like her too

[@iceman7763]

Duke is pretty cool

[@JLSComics]

iceman 77 I agree!

[@energicko]

9:25 to 9:35 the toy was a tongue-in-cheek reference to _Duke Cannon_ products.

[@tonyfelder1206]

Next to Snake Eyes as my most favorite Joe. I hated when started getting sidelined, mainly by Flint in the 80's cartoon. I would've been piss if he was killed of in the animated movie. As for the live-action film.

[@MiKeMiDNiTe-77]

I liked Duke better than Hawk...just thought I'd share that with you...Yes you reading this comment right now .Hey 🙃

[@EonSlumber]

It goes Flint, Duke, then Hawk.

[@AceMcSch00ly]

@@EonSlumber nah Duke is cooler then Flint.

[@nabueso81]

Duke it's my favorite Joe, Yoooooo Joe!!!

[@kirbymarchbarcena]

I like Duke more than Snake Eyes because of his personality

[@PozerAdultRacingTeam]

Duke was always in the middle of it,getting it done.

[@collinsdarkwa281]

Very Interesting

[@kratoscraken5614]

Falcon was written as GH's son...that would have made more sense seeing how he looks more like him then Duke but I still love the story line 💪

[@michaelbenjmitchell1]

Weird thing is Falcons file card states his father was Vincent Falcone Sr. so wouldn't that would mean that Duke would be a Falcone then?

[@SkotNealey]

well, now we know. And knowing is half the battle!

[@JLSComics]

Skot Nealey that’s right!

[@kellyweingart3692]

Yoooooooo Jooooeeee!

[@OmegaRanger1986]

You should review gi joe stoylines

[@TheWhoEditor]

I've never watched GI Joe but if they ever make a remake of GI Joe, i'd like to see John Cena play Duke.

[@RDSArcade]

Ugh. No thanks.

[@lvalledor3440]

If John Cena portrayed Duke. He'd look alot like Duke Nukem

[@tylerbertram7065]

Is it a bad thing that I want Chris Evans to play Duke.

[@LucLightWolf121]

I would rather Alexander Skarsgard get that role. Watch Generation Kill or Battleship to see why.

[@jalenikezeue4114]

No no Thank you man for the video another great Job 👍🏿👍🏿⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

[@quincyjoseph1229]

Duke was my favorite G.I joe . I just glad that they made him a commission officer on the movie. That what should happened the old school cartoon back in the day. I just wish that could have made there ranks . If I had made there ranks this is how it would have been. 1.Hawk General (0-7) 2. Duke (Major 0-4) 3. Flint Captain (0-3) 4. Beach Head 1Lt. (O-2) 5. Scarlet 1lt.

[@JGreen-le8xx]

"Didn't you read me file card? I'm a man of action!"

[@Futurevoiceactor]

Michael Bell is the best.

[@christopherwashington2417]

Flint is my Fav G.i Joe

[@jasontheredhare]

I didn't realize that storm shadow and duke were born in the same place, I'm surprised they never had that conversation

[@GigaChadh976]

I now can’t help but imagine storm with a thick southie accent

[@ryansamuel2287]

Someone needs to comics about the Joe's like Comicstorian or Comics Explained

[@collinsdarkwa281]

Very interesting

[@MLCOOK51]

Can you do Mercer next

[@madhavmandava]

i noticed Duke's profile came later than flint yet no mention of G.I joe renegade was mentioned not the G.I. joe Movie retaliation.. why is that?

[@ronaldhenson9170]

I remember Duke road block and blow torch

[@Shootingstarcomics]

The one action figure I couldn’t find. I saw one Duke action figure when I was a kid, it was in a drug store and I didn’t have any money so I hid him under the gondola thinking I’d come back and get him after I got my allowance. He was gone when I came back.

[@nightcrawler-ck3ko]

Hahahaha!!! That's classic! I remember hiding gi joes & transformers in stores, hoping to come back later & buy them. Sometimes it worked & sometimes it didn't!

[@Shootingstarcomics]

nightcrawler1276 lol I did it quite a bit too, especially with comic books at the grocery store, I’d hide them in the magazines. Duke was hard to find around here and back then you could find Joes in all kinds of stores, even Western Auto which sells tools and lawnmower parts.

[@nightcrawler-ck3ko]

Yep! I did the comics as well! I would even go as far as hiding them in different departments! I was determined to get my action figures! Haha!!

[@jakeproven256]

I classify Dukes toy as 1984 due to retail.

[@DavidLLambertmobile]

If you were a child in the era, 1982 1984 time period, Duke used a simple OD green M32 9mm SMG like Stalkers black gun. This was the real HK MP5 9mm. Duke was a E8 First Sgt. In most Army units the "top" was a E-8 but a few had MSGs or master sgts to do office stuff. Rarely were E-7s in charge of entire companies, units.

[@jakeproven256]

@@DavidLLambertmobile I’m a 2000’s kid who just so happens to know and like G.I.Joe.

[@ronaldhenson9170]

Duke rules he's the leader of gi Joe

[@princeleo8803]

@ronald henson What if the Joes ever did a Civil War type story like the Avengers? Duke and Flint would be the team leaders. Scarlett and Snake Eyes would be Team Duke. Lady Jaye would be Team Flint. But where would Roadblock be? How about Gung-Ho and the rest?

[@jakeproven256]

6:38 that was falcon in that issue not flint.

[@GigaChadh976]

What comic series is that at 1:55

[@GigaChadh976]

1:39 which comic is this?

[@Zamarae]

I think it’s GI Joe: A Real American Hero (#253)

[@derekbates4316]

Wasn't there a comic series where Duke was revealed to be a Cobra agent?

[@marshallwood2968]

In the cartoon he had to be more higher than a first seargent otherwise how can he be second in command to a General

[@DavidLLambertmobile]

Rank was meaningless in GI Joe. The Marvel chain was: Gen Austin, Gen Flagg, Col Hawk, 1SG Duke.

[@christophermartin141]

I didn't know that Duke was married

[@mohdimansaifullizan6193]

Transformers vs Gi Joe movie soon 2025 Excited!!

[@dmurphy1578]

Nice

[@josephskiles]

Um I think the better question would be why would he not want to ride a cannon?

[@Kelvin-sf6xe]

Yeah the movies really messed messed up big-time I wanted him the way it was in coma and not die cartoon animation always tells so when they do the next future films I know that I can make a mistake.

[@tonyhamilton6948]

I have a question, the character that Bruce Willis plays in The second film, is his character in the JOE'S?

[@DavidLLambertmobile]

Yes, Joe from the 1960s. This was the first toy line.

[@tonyhamilton6948]

@@DavidLLambertmobile Will there be a video on him

[@kfalco]

Bruce Willis played the OG and creator of the Joes. General Colton.

[@RecoilCDS]

The armor that Duke and Lady Jaye wore was laughable. Only covered their front, with no armor on their backs. Looks like they were wearing a baseball catchers chest protector.

[@dragonweyr44]

0:05 what kind of parachute wings are these? they look like Rigger wings, the guys who actually pack parachutes for airborne troops but they look too big for that and are on the wrong side of the chest. Are they foreign service wings issued by another country that he trained at?? It seems funny to me somehow that not only if an island was JUST raised out of the sea, that it could immediately not only become inhabitable but also, could be claimed as a sovereign nationby a terrorist organization no less 4:31 why is it so hard to believe that they'd use amphibious fighting vehicles in combat? Marines do that all the time Yes, they have tanks like the M! Abrams but they're main operations, as far as I know, are amphibious landings It's strange how many of the Joe and Cobra vehicles look exactly like real world vehicles of different names such as Sky Stryker is the F 14 Tomcat Rattler is the A 10 Warthog and the Mauler tank looks a lot like the M1 Abrams just to name a few I don't know if you've done this yet but please do a video for the Crimson Guard twins Tomax and Xamot

[@lexi3574]

They already did a video on the twins. It's in the playlist he has

[@gishmoe3088]

It is USMC Parachutist wings.

[@dragonweyr44]

@@gishmoe3088 They're ,ore likely rigger wings since he's Army But they're on the wrong side of his chest

[@gishmoe3088]

@@dragonweyr44 Well...GI Joe is not known for following SOP. 😂 Funny thing about Duke. His figures usually have Marine details but he's clearly Army. I looked up the rigger pin. It looks more roundish to me.

[@gishmoe3088]

Also...Army Ranger wings from the seventies look a bit like this. From what I understand, Hasbro just used references from books to have realistic looking insignia on the figures but didn't put too much care about accuracy.

[@princeleo8803]

If G.I. Joe ever did a Civil War like the Avengers did, who would be the teams? I know the two leaders would be Duke and Flint. Scarlett and Snake Eyes would be on Team Duke. Lady Jaye would be on Team Flint. How about the rest?

[@erikseidler793]

Roadblock and Lifeline I imagine would join Duke, Shipwreck with Flint. Other than that, no clue.

[@barimaadusei-poku3940]

Could Hawk maybe lead a 3rd faction? Maybe Slaughter a 4th?

[@maximusprime3459]

Hawk is the actual leader, Duke and Flint are field leaders. I think Duke has a higher rank than Flint tho. I only really went by the cartoon continuity tho.

[@AceMcSch00ly]

Dukes side would mop the floor with them lol.

[@larry0483]

Command structure was Gen. Flagg till his death Gen. Hawk Sgt. Duke Sgt. Flint Sgt. Slaughter Beachhead who I believe was a Sgt.

[@ronaldhenson9170]

I think Duke and Scarlett should get married

[@jalenikezeue4114]

ronald henson Wait I thought Scarlett had the Hot's for snake eyes

[@jocelynthom2904]

Nah, I like her with Snake Eyes better

[@dinomonzon7493]

Larry Hama NEVER encouraged that nonsense from the cartoon.

[@richardlegrand4697]

Isn't he Steve Rogers?

[@MLCOOK51]

Richard Legrand Steve Rogers is Captain AMERICAN

[@lennyalcina4340]

That was great, thanks for the info about the First Sargent in the comics and Captain in the movies, Conrad Hauser, in renegades they made Falcon and Duke brothers, i wish the live action would had been better, someone like Mike Vogel was born to play Duke, watch the short serie The Brave, that's the way Duke was suppose to be

[@DavidLLambertmobile]

Actor Don Johnson VO 🎤 Lt Falcon.

[@troyt6864]

Duke dies than Flcon take his post. Nope, just a coma.

[@Rajalord27]

I think somehow duke will be fine hes the toughest guy on the planet and hes honourable that's why he only wants lady jayne cause shes as good and decent as him , sure when he sees peeps play him cause there just focused on there mission from cobra hes focused on his from the real heros so he plays them back and hes only after cobra commander and by the way he goes where he wants he does what he wants and watches what he wants and nobody is gonna tell him anything different

[@cjalxndr]

Wow

[@dirus3142]

Duke's wife Clair just does not work. It's a big retcon, oh by the way this was true all along story line. It would have been better if Duke and Clair met and developed a relationship naturally in the IDW series. Then of course Clair had to be some spy or what ever instead of a good hearted Red Cross doctor or what ever.

[@gonzalosirera7103]

👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@dinomonzon7493]

Duke’s not my fave. The cartoon way overpresented his importance. As Larry Hama explained in Marvel Age #20 (look it up for yourselves), “In the normal scheme of things, you have the Commanding Officer. For the Joes this is Hawk. Under him is an Executive Officer (never specified, though the letter column of G. I. Joe #54 says that XO status rotates between Wild Bill, Cutter, & Ace; personally, either Wild Bill, Stalker or Claymore should’ve been given that role), and then the First Sergeant.” Duke’s 3rd in line command, Never the “Team Leader.” Even Larry had to clarify that often in Postbox: The Pit for the Joe fans too much taken in by the cartoons (as with the False notion that Duke and Scarlett are romantically involved). Duke’s certainly a more likable character than say, Quick Kick, Big Lob, Lady Jaye or Shipwreck, but if one read the comics, every time a mission has strategic importance, he invariably Fails: - Cobra Commander escaped in #24; Storm-Shadow in #25 (despite being locked up in a windowless, dark cell on Alcatraz Island). - He failed to secure Cobra Island II in time (G. I. Joe #41) - His team was outright massacred in G. I. Joe #109. Larry Hama once noted he planned for Hawk and Duke to be more a ‘good cop’/‘bad cop’ of sorts. As for the argument that Hawk & Duke look so similar, he could’ve presented Duke with Nick Fury’s personality when he led the Howling Commandos in World War II. Besides, Larry presented Hawk more like James T. Kirk- a CO who would and does do the Right thing; Not what the ‘book’ or ‘rules and regs’ say.

[@kevinbergonia5806]

He’s gone into a coma

[@Zeoinx69]

DUUUUKKEEEEEEEEE!!!!!

[@ronaldhenson9170]

It would have been nice if dukes dad Flint was more nicer to his son duke

[@basilisgkotsis4042]

DUKE the human Prowl and secreate G.I.JOE angent by autobots and G.I.JOE authorities .MMM I suppose some secreate allies with Autobot and G.I.JOE i new it

[@bradyblu4794]

Duke is married?

[@jalenikezeue4114]

If all us fail we Don't

[@rogeroxford3554]

Duke x Scarlet

[@kwstastt]

you are talking way to fast and weard to make sense for not americans...

[@Nostroman_Praetor]

I have a hard time keeping up as well

[@michaelmetler6315]

I hate lDW's GI Joe title It's sjw💩 I much prefer a real American Hero. I'm really loving DC's Black label and would love to see a new darker gritter Joe title Written by Mr.Hama and other combat vet's Telling real battle stories Or maybe retiring some older joes and bring in new joes and Cobras that get killed.or something like that

[@dirus3142]

Chuck Dixon's stories are not that bad. Even if they do have similar faults as a lot of comic book writing does. For the most part I think his writing puts the Joes a little closer to realism than Hama. He also uses little known characters and makes them interesting. I have not seen SJW BS in his stories. The only thing that comes close is how slender female characters slug it out with muscle bound males. But that is a problem with the artist, editor, and the tropes of how comics portray fights in general. That said, the story line were Cobra takes over Myanmar (Burma) and defeats the U.S. Army, a U.N. division, and the Joes in two days with buzz boars is just fucking stupid.

[@josephskiles]

Agreed, not sure why the feel they have to infect everything all to appease the great God " woke", it's bullshit and companies should realize the huge backlash IP's like Star wars got for needless virtue signaling just drives people away instead of making great entertainment that both original and new fans will enjoy.

[@AceMcSch00ly]

@@josephskiles Agreed Real American Hero all day. Sick of the woke garbage.

[@josephskiles]

@@AceMcSch00ly I think most people are, its just they are scared to be labeled as a bigot, racist, or vast variety of phobe. Eventually people will just get so sick of it and say screw it I'm done playing your stupid games call me what you want I don't care anymore. Sadly that day can't come soon enough for our country and it's probably going to get worse before it gets any better. People are only going to get to the point where enough is enough when they either lose everything that could be possibly taken from them or we get a strong leader who won't cowtail to the nonsense.

[@Midiatize]

is he Duke Nukem ?

[@priceofpiestudios9378]

No