G.I.Joe 

From Peg Warmer to Nightmare King: How Crystal Ball Conquered G.I. Joe

In 1987, Crystal Ball looked like the kind of Cobra operative who should have been unforgettable. He had hypnotic eyes, a bizarre open-chested uniform, a lenticular shield, and a backstory steeped in mind-reading and the occult. Stephen King and his young son Owen helped devise the character, with Hasbro turning the idea into a figure whose file card described him as the seventh son of a seventh son, born to a Romanian father with “second sight” and an American mother from Bangor, Maine. And yet, for many kids, Crystal Ball…

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G.I. Joe Classified G.I.Joe 

Classified Intel: Energon Universe Explodes with Joe vs Cobra Chaos!

In the latest Hasbro Pulse video, we get an insider’s intel briefing straight from the minds behind the battlefield. Lenny, principal designer of the G.I. Joe Classified Line, teams up with comic writer Josh Williamson to pull back the curtain on the first six issues of the G.I. Joe Energon Universe—and let’s just say, this is not your childhood comic. From high-stakes battles to political intrigue and emotional character arcs, the Energon Universe is reinventing G.I. Joe for a new era while keeping the heart-pounding tension and classic tech that…

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