Wild Weasel (G.I. Joe)

G.I. Joe character
Wild Weasel as seen in the Sunbow G.I. Joe cartoon.
Wild Weasel
Affiliation	Cobra
Specialty	Rattler Pilot
File name	CLASSIFIED
Birthplace	CLASSIFIED
Primary MOS	Ground Support Pilot
Voiced by	Pat Fraley (Sunbow) Trevor Devall (Valor vs. Venom)
Year introduced	1984

Wild Weasel is a fictional character from the G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero toyline, comic books and cartoon series. He is a member of Cobra and pilot of the Cobra Rattler. He wears a red flight suit with a helmet that hides his face.

Profile

Wild Weasel is an ace pilot, who served in the bush wars of South America and Africa. He has extensive knowledge of close support aircraft, ranging from jury-rigged civilian conversions, to state-of-the-art flying machines armed with laser-guided missiles and ECM pods. His speech pattern contains a characteristic sibilance caused by a mouth injury, which is rumored to have been inflicted by ground fire during a strafing run.

He is arrogant to a fault, favoring the Rattler ground support jet. The pilots of G.I. Joe hate him as a person, but respect him as a pilot. Wild Weasel does not have friends, even among the ranks of Cobra, due to the fact that he only talks about jets and motor parts, something that the other Cobra members find boring. Wild Weasel doesn't realize this and thinks that everyone avoids him because they fear him.^{[citation needed]}

Toys

Wild Weasel was first released as an action figure in 1984, packaged with the Rattler tank smasher plane.

Comics

Marvel Comics

Wild Weasel first appeared in G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero #24 (June 1984). In the comics, Wild Weasel first encounters the Joe team when he is ordered by the Baroness to track down Cobra Commander. His partner is Firefly. Together they confront several Joes in in the Florida swamps and deal with Zartan, a Cobra mercenary.

Wild Weasel is called up to sit upon the mock trial of Billy. The boy, the son of Cobra Commander, had tried to kill his own father.

Wild Weasel's comics series rivalry with Ace began with one of the Rattler's earliest appearances in the comic book, issue #34 ("Shake Down!"), when Wild Weasel ambushes Ace (and co-pilot Lady Jaye), initiating a dog fight over suburban New Jersey. Both pilots fight to a standstill and fly away, giving each other a respectful salute.

Later, Wild Weasel leads a group of Python Patrol Conquest Fighters against a team of Joe members in the skies over the fictional Central American country of Punta del Mucosa. He is shot down by the Joe pilot Dogfight.

Wild Weasel and a Techno-Viper fly patrol in a Rattler during the conflict surrounding the fictional country of Benzheen. They attempt to shoot down the Joe pilot Ghostrider but are themselves shot down by Rampart and Backblast. Both pilots survive.

He survives and continues to work for Cobra until they seemingly disband.

Devil's Due Comics

For a period of about seven years, both Cobra and G.I. Joe are inoperative. G.I. Joe reforms in response to signs of Cobra activity.

In G.I. Joe: America's Elite #17 it is revealed that Phoenix Guard member Halo is really Wild Weasel; the Guard manage to kill dozens of Joe support team officers. Wild Weasel is wounded by Duke and taken into custody in #18. In #31, it is revealed that he has been held in the maximum security prison called "The Coffin", located in Greenland, and is one of several operatives who escaped during a raid in #30. He takes part in the final battle between Joe and Cobra.

Cartoons

Sunbow

In the Sunbow G.I. Joe cartoon, Wild Weasel had a rivalry with the Skystriker pilot "Ace" (both characters were voiced by Pat Fraley).

Valor vs. Venom

Wild Weasel appeared in the direct-to-video CGI animated movie G.I. Joe: Valor vs. Venom, voiced by Trevor Devall.

External links

• Wild Weasel on Joepedia, an external wiki
• Wild Weasel at JMM's G.I. Joe Comics Home Page