What ever happened to GI Joe cartoons?
http://www.propadeutic.com/transcripts/ Marvel and Sunbow’s animation were integral to promoting the Joe line from its very beginnings. There were government restrictions on how much animation could be used to promote a toy, but comic books were protected by the Constitution. So the first Joe cartoons were thirty-second ads for the comics, and footage from these was spliced with toy play to produce commercials for the toys. Then in 1983, a five-part miniseries was produced and did a great deal to heighten the visibility of the new Joe first sergeant, Duke, who would lead the team in the cartoons. The following year’s toys were introduced in a second miniseries, with the regular half-hour cartoon series debuting in fall 1985. The 1986 toys and equipment first showed up in fall 1986, in the shorter second season. (See this page for a comparison of the two seasons.) An animated theatrical release was also in the works as
