![]() The first non-Caucasian figure had been produced in 1965, but used the same Caucasian-featured mold as the regular figure in darker plastic. This line also included an African-American G.I. Joe Adventurer" and included various action-themed professions (e.g., Adventurer, Aquaman, Astronaut) in place of the older armed services branches. Joe was initially successful, but quickly fell victim to the growing anti-Vietnam sentiment in the United States, making military toys less popular overall. Joe was manufactured, making the name apply to both a line of toys as well as the primary figure in that line. armed services with individual names, but in later versions a single G.I. The original series included members of the various branches of the U.S. The figures were twelve inches in height, making them smaller than traditional dolls for girls, and were capable of more fully articulated movement. In 1964, the Hasbro toy company issued its first series of G.I. ![]() ![]() The term was quickly adopted for general use, even becoming the title of a 1945 Oscar-nominated film about the military journalist Ernie Pyle, who covered World War II on the front lines. In this incarnation, it was a generic term used to indicate an average soldier, rather than a name of a specific character. The name originally referred to a comic strip created by David Breger in 1942, which was published in military newspapers. The overt masculinity of the figures, coupled with their military theme, has made them acceptable male analogs to girls' dolls, and they were the first action figure-type toy successfully marketed. Joe is a fictional military character that has become the basis for a series of comic books and action figure toys targeted at young boys, primarily in the United States.
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