G.I.Joe Commander

Code Name:

Hawk

version two

Desimone Guide: #91

Tomart's Guide: #GI5557

Carded Figure

Hawk's Filecard

Biography from the G.I.Joe Comics Homepage

Figure Description:

Hawk (v2) was released carded as part of the fifth series (1986). He was also available in 1987 and was discontinued in 1988.

In 1991, Hawk was available via mail-order from Hasbro Direct.

Versions of Hawk:

• Hawk (1982)
• Hawk v1.5 (1983) (Swivel Arm)
• Hawk v2 (1986)
• General Hawk (1991)
• General Hawk v2 (1991)
• General Hawk v3 (1993)
• General Hawk v4 (1993)
• General Hawk v5 (1997)
• General Tomahawk (2000)
• General Tomahawk v2 (2002)
• General Abernathy (2004)
• General Abernathy v2 (2004)
• General Abernathy v3 (2005)
• G.I Joe Hawk (2008)
• G.I Joe Hawk v2 (2008)

In 1991 Hawk was renamed "General Hawk", in 2000 renamed "General Tomahawk", in 2004 renamed "General Abernathy", and in 2008 renamed "G.I. Joe Hawk". So while there are several names, there are a total of fifteen figures based on the character "Hawk".

Accessories:

Hawk came with a black handgun, green helmet, and a green backpack. The mail-in version of Hawk came with other accessories [See Variations below].

Variations:

The 1991 mail-in version of came with only one accessory - a gold submachine gun. The mail-in Hawk did not come with a backpack nor a helmet.

In addition, the 1991 mail-in version came with a new filecard. The information remained the same, but the shape of the filecard was updated to the newer rectangular-shaped cards as opposed to the older filecard-shaped cards.

No variations of the Hawk action figure itself are known to exist.

Body Construction:

Hawk's body is completely original - all new body parts.

Hawk's entire mold was re-used in 1997 to create General Hawk (v5). Hawk's head was re-painted and re-used in 1997 to create Breaker (v2) and Rock n Roll (v5).

International Variants:

In India in 1993, Hawk was released in slightly different colors.