Back-Stop File Name: Robert A. Levin of Montreal, Quebec. (Grade and SN not listed on filecard) Notes: Montreal is Quebec's largest city and was the largest city in Canada until overtaken by Toronto in the 1970s. The code name is similar to Backstop, an Autobot originally released in 2005. chronological: Zanzibar << Back-Stop >> Ice Viper alphabetical: Backblast << Back-Stop >> Balrog

Animated Appearances

Back-Stop was animated only for commercials.

Classic Marvel Comic Appearances

By my count, Back-Stop was discernible in 15 panels in 3 issues from Oct. 1987 to Feb. 1988: #64, 67, and 68.

Figure Releases

Version 1: spring 1987 boxed Persuader vehicle
Persuader Driver	MOS 1: Armor [19K] MOS 2: Mechanized Infantry [formerly 11M]
	head: Back-Stop (87) arms: Back-Stop (87), Static Line (90) torso: Back-Stop (87), Static Line (90) waist: Back-Stop (87), Static Line (90) legs: Back-Stop (87), Static Line (90)
	Accessories: silver Ruger Blackhawk revolver (new), grey open-faced helmet with protruding chin guard (new).
	Back-Stop injured so many opposing players in junior league hockey that his family had to move to the United States to escape angry parents. During his adolescent years in Detroit, he boxed in the Golden Gloves until he was barred from competition. He spent two terms as the undefeated wrestling champion of his high school simply because no one would get on the mat with him. After a short career in the demolition derby, Back-Stop found his true calling in the Army and eventually on the Joe Team. "Don't mess with Back-Stop. Even though he's had more broken bones, ripped tendons and severed arteries than anyone else in the Joe Team, he's still strong enough and strong-willed enough to break, rip, or sever something of yours."
Toy Notes: Item #6038.