Slip Stream (G.I. Joe)
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Slip Stream | |
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Pilot | |
File name | Boyajian, Gregory B. |
Birth place | Provo, Utah |
SN | 759-12-1013 |
Rank | O-2 (First Lieutenant) O-3 (Captain) (Devil's Due comics) |
Primary MOS | Fighter Pilot |
Secondary MOS | Computer Technology |
Slip Stream is a fictional character from the
Profile
His real name is Gregory B. Boyajian, and his rank is that of
Slip Stream's primary military specialty is fighter pilot, and his secondary military specialty is computer technology. Slip Stream was an expert video game player and computer hacker but that changed when he discovered the joy of flying. As a teenager he was part of the Jr. Civil Air Patrol, and then through participation in the R.O.T.C. he earned his Air Force commission, where he was top of his flight school class. Slip Stream is able to speak Armenian, Greek, and French, and specializes in aircraft that use computer assisted control surfaces, where his knowledge of computers and lightning reflexes give him a competitive edge. He is also known to be proficient at table tennis, and has a reputation as a joker and mimic.[1]
Toys
Slip Stream was first released as an action figure in 1986, packaged with the Conquest X-30.
Comics
Marvel Comics
In the
Slip Stream is one of the Joe pilots selected to make a recon raid over
Slip Stream serves as a co-pilot for
Devil's Due
He appears in the Devil's Due 'Real American Hero' series in issue 25. He is one of many Joes sent to intervene in Cobra's second Civil War. He is seen on Cobra Island, in hand-to-hand combat with an enemy soldier.[8]
Animated series
Sunbow
Slip-Stream first appeared in the Sunbow
He is featured in the episode "In the Presence of Mine Enemies", in which he intercepts and records a Cobra command code, using it to destroy a satellite. He then battles several Cobra Night Ravens led by a female Strato-Viper, who demands him to surrender. Slip-Stream and the female pilot shoot each other down over a remote part of Africa. Slip-Stream saves the Strato-Viper, whom he calls Raven, before they find themselves targeted by
G.I. Joe: The Movie
Slip Stream also appeared briefly in the 1987 animated film G.I. Joe: The Movie.[12]
References
- ISBN 0-87135-288-5.
- ^ G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero #49 (July 1986)
- ^ G.I. Joe: Special Missions #3
- ^ G.I. Joe: Special Missions #9 (February 1988)
- ^ G.I. Joe: Special Missions #16 (December 1988)
- ^ G.I. Joe: Special Missions #20 (April 1989)
- ^ G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero #115 (August 1991)
- ^ G.I. Joe A Real American Hero (vol. 2) #25 (2003)
- ^ "Roll Call". G.I. Joe Roll Call. Joe Headquarters. Retrieved 2008-06-13.
- ISBN 0-7190-4717-X.
- G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero. Season 2. Episode 29.
- ^ G.I. Joe: The Movie (Motion picture). De Laurentiis Entertainment Group. April 20, 1987.
External links
- Slip-Stream at JMM's G.I. Joe Comics Home Page