Doc (G.I. Joe)
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| G.I. Joe character | |
| Doc | |
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| Affiliation | G.I. Joe |
| Specialty | Medic |
| File name | Greer, Carl W. |
| Birthplace | Concord, MA |
| SN | RA367221097 |
| Rank | O-3 |
| Primary MOS | Medical Doctor |
| Secondary MOS | Chaplain's Assistant |
| Voiced by | Buster Jones |
| Year introduced | 1983 |
Doc is a character from the G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero toyline, comic books and cartoon series of the 1980s. He is the G.I. Joe team's original medic and debuted in 1983. His real name is Carl W. Greer, and his rank is that of army captain O-3. Doc was born in Concord, Massachusetts.
Doc was the first member of the Joe medical team, and possibly the only one with a terminal degree; his M.D. Doc graduated from Harvard Medical School, and completed his residency at Johns Hopkins to become a full medical doctor. He is an avowed pacifist for practical reasons, in accordance with the Geneva Convention guidelines for battlefield medics.
[edit] Comic Books
In the Marvel comics G.I. Joe series, he first appeared in issue #11. He is the one to discover that General Flagg is dead; he had died when Major Bludd escaped Joe headquarters.
He is involved with a mission to Alaska, where he is on the losing side of a fight with Destro.
Later, Doc would join in the hunt for and be impersonated by Zartan, an illusion caster who had ended up deep inside the HQ.
Doc is seen in issue #77, helping to take care of the wounded that resulted from the Cobra civil war.
Doc himself would die in issue #109. He is captured by the Crimson Twins, along with several other Joe soldiers, after a mission in Trucial Abysmia. Unarmed, they are being kept inside a wide hole in the ground. The Crimson Twins, completely misunderstanding an order from Cobra Commander, are very reluctant to carry out any murders. One S.A.W. Viper steps up and shoots Doc first, then other Joes. The survivors wound the Viper and escape.
[edit] Cartoons
He first appeared in the animated series in the A Real American Hero mini-series.
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