Red Star (G.I. Joe)
Red Star (; ) is a fictional character from the G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero toyline, comic books and animated series. He is the leader of the Oktober Guard, the Soviet equivalent of the G.I. Joe Team, and successor to Col. Brekhov, the previous leader who died in action. Biography Red Star is the code name of Russian Naval Infantry Captain Anatoly Fyodorovich Krimov. He was born in Odesa, Ukraine when the country was still part of the Soviet Union. He was exceptionally bright and became the youngest chess master in Odesa at age seven. He even became a published Pushkin scholar and coach of the pistol team at the Dynamo Sports Club in Moscow. Toys Red Star was first released as an action figure in 1991. He was re-released in 2008 in a two-pack with another character, Duke. Comics When Red Star is introduced in the G.I. Joe comics series (the Marvel Comics run), he resembled his predecessor, Col. Brekhov, down to the appreciation for cigars. Red Star appears years after Brekhov died in the comics. He travels into space with other Guard members in #145-149; they assist the Joe team in destroying an asteroid threatening Earth. Animated