Bill Winkie

Born into the pages of Larry Hama and Ron Wagner's G.I. Joe, a Real American Hero #70 in 1988, Bill Winkie is a Copper Age creation who has quietly persisted across an impressive 37-year span in the world of America's favorite comics-page military saga. With 25 catalogued appearances spread across multiple G.I. Joe series, he's a recurring presence in a universe populated by colorful characters like Destro, Ripper, Monkeywrench, and the enigmatic Richard Blinken-Smythe — keeping genuinely dangerous company. He may not be the first name on every fan's lips, but for the dedicated collector who loves the deep bench of the G.I. Joe mythos, Bill Winkie is exactly the kind of find that makes digging through back issues so rewarding.