Doc (G.I. Joe)
| Doc | |
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| G.I. Joe character | |
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| First appearance | 1983 |
| Voiced by |
Buster Jones (Sunbow/Marvel) Steve Blum (Resolute) Phil LaMarr (Renegades) |
| Affiliation | G.I. Joe |
| Specialty | Medic |
| File name | Greer, Carl W. |
| Birth place | Concord, Massachusetts |
| SN | RA367221097 |
| Rank | O-3 (Captain) |
| Primary MOS | Medical Doctor |
| Secondary MOS | Chaplain's Assistant |
| G.I. Joe Doc | |
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| G.I. Joe character | |
| First appearance | 2004 (Comic) 2007 (Figure) |
| Affiliation | G.I. Joe |
| Specialty | Medical Doctor |
| File name | Greer, Carla P. |
| Birth place | Concord, MA |
| Rank | O-3 |
| Primary MOS | Medical Corps Officer |
| Secondary MOS | Chaplain's Assistant (56M) |
Doc (also known as G.I. Joe Doc) is the code name of two fictional characters from the G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero toyline, comic book and cartoon series by Sunbow/Marvel.
The first is Carl W. Greer, who is the G.I. Joe Team's original medic and debuted in 1983. This Doc was born in Concord, Massachusetts.
The second fictional character to use the same code name was Carla P. Greer, the niece of the original Doc. She was born in the same city as her uncle, and has the same rank and skills.
His real name was Carl W. Greer and he was ranked as an O-3 Captain. He was born in Concord, Massachusetts. His primary military specialty was medical doctor and his secondary military specialty was chaplain's assistant.
Doc was the first member of the G.I. 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 also completed Airborne School, Mountaineering School and the Desert Training Unit. He is an avowed pacifist for practical reasons, in accordance with the Geneva Convention guidelines for battlefield medics. A spiritual man, he devoted himself to alleviating suffering in the world, and admired the G.I. Joe Team's efforts to do the same, by challenging those who would bring about violence and chaos.
Doc was first released as an action figure in 1983. The same figure was included in the "Original Team" mail-away set in 1986.
A new version of Doc was released in 2008 as a mail-in exclusive, as part of "Operation: Rescue Doc".
In the Marvel Comics G.I. Joe series, he first appeared in G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero #11 (May 1983). He saves three other Joes from Destro with a well-aimed snowball, saying he was unable to carry a weapon due to the Geneva Convention. He loses to the man in a fistfight, but manages to secure the antidote needed for several ill Joes. Furthermore, he faces down an armed squad of Cobra soldiers, tricking them into believing they were also sick and trading the 'antidote' for the plutonium that Cobra had taken. What the Cobra personnel inject into themselves is really a tetanus booster shot.
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