Barbecue

A firefighter by trade, Barbecue joined the G.I. Joe team as the unit's specialist in fire control and flame-based combat equipment, bringing his professional expertise in fighting fires to bear against Cobra's threats.

Bursting onto the scene in 1985's G.I. Joe, a Real American Hero #40 — a Larry Hama and Rod Whigham creation — Barbecue is a Bronze Age warrior who has kept remarkable company across four decades of comics. Sharing pages with heavy hitters like Flint, Hawk, and the rest of the Real American Hero roster, this character has carved out a place in both the flagship Marvel series and international titles like Action Force Monthly and G.I. Joe European Missions, giving them a genuinely global footprint. With two key collector issues among their appearances and a publishing run stretching all the way to 2025, Barbecue is a testament to the enduring appeal of the G.I. Joe universe — a Bronze Age original still standing tall forty years on.