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Strato-Viper










chronological: Lift-Ticket<< Strato-Viper >>A.V.A.C.
alphabetical: Stormavik<< Strato-Viper >>Stretcher

 

Animated Appearances

Sunbow VoiceAppearancesTime Identifiable On ScreenTotal Lines (In Own Voice)Total Words
Various16788 seconds93698

Notes: Sunbow's Strato-Vipers wore the 1986 outfit, with light grey gloves, and the neck and chin bare below the helmet.

 

Arise Serpentor Arise Part 18 seconds1 lineflying Night Raven to deliver message to Zartan
Arise Serpentor Arise Part 336 seconds3 linesfighting Sgt. Slaughter; flying Ravens and cargo plane at tomb of Genghis Khan
Arise Serpentor Arise Part 45 seconds stunning Sgt. Slaughter on cargo plane
Arise Serpentor Arise Part 511 seconds2 linesparachuting onto Capitol; flying Night Ravens in DC battles
Computer Complications7 seconds flying Firebats to retrieve space probe
Cobrathon3 seconds flying Night Ravens to protect mainframe computer site
The Million Dollar Medic8 seconds flying Night Ravens against Van Mark factory; several rescued by Lifeline
The Rotten Egg1 second prisoner being loaded onto A.P.C. (2:04)
Once Upon a Joe60 seconds15 linesdriving trucks to attack lab; escaping in Firebats; flying Night Ravens in second raid
Grey Hairs and Growing Pains11 seconds1 lineescorting Serpentor to safety
My Favorite Things7 seconds2 linesflying Night Raven to retrieve Rasputin portrait; delivering portrait to Serpentor
G.I. Joe and the Golden Fleece10 seconds3 linesflying Night Raven to retrieve alien coil; sent back in time
Not a Ghost of a Chance27 seconds2 linesflying Ravens against Ghost prototype, watching interview, on manta sub
Sins of Our Fathers13 seconds flying Night Ravens to attack Destro's creature; at Terror Drome after creature's defeat
In the Presence of Mine Enemies567 seconds63 linesflying Night Ravens against Slip-Stream; one (Raven) shot down along with him
G.I. Joe: The Movie, Part 414 seconds1 lineat briefing in Terror Drome

Classic Marvel Comic Appearances

By my count, Strato-Vipers were discernible in 30 panels in 4 issues from Feb. 1987 to Apr. 1990: Order of Battle 3, SM 5, SM 28, and #99.

Figure Releases

Versions: 1. 1986 (Night Raven)    
Version 1: spring 1986 boxed Cobra Night Raven S³P vehicle
Cobra Night Raven S³P Pilot
  • head: Strato-Viper (86)
  • arms: Strato-Viper (86), Drop Zone (90)
  • torso: Strato-Viper (86), Drop Zone (90)
  • waist: Strato-Viper (86), Drop Zone (90)
  • legs: Strato-Viper (86), Drop Zone (90)
Accessories: none
The best secret agents in the world work for private corporations as industrial spies simply because "big business" pays better than any government. Cobra can attract some of the best pilots from around the globe to join the air wing of the Cobra Legions, known as the Air-Vipers, by doubling and tripling their salaries. Air-Vipers are formidable opponents but the Strato-Vipers are the "créme de la créme."
"To qualify as a Strato-Viper, a candidate must first be an Air-Viper with 1500 hours logged in flight time. He must have a fixed-wing rating up to four engines, combat experience, an impeccable security clearance, and be willing to undergo the surgical procedure necessary to make him more resistant to hypoxia, hyperventilation, and other decompression sicknesses that can affect a pilot above Armstrong's Line (63,000 feet)."
Toy Notes: Item #6014. The Air-Vipers mentioned here would not receive their own figure until 2003. Strato-Viper's appearance is represented in the 25th-Anniversary line by the Air Viper Commando released in 2009.
Reissues: Reissued in mail offers 1988-1992 (North Atlantic, Operation Deep Six, Escape from Doom, Terror on the Tundra).