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Crankcase is a G.I. Joe character from the A Real American Hero series.
Personal information
File Name

Elwood G. Indiana

Gender

Male

Birthplace

Lawrence, Kansas

Military information
Service branch

US Army

Grade / Rank

Corporal (E-4)

Specialties

Motor vehicles; Armor

Training

Ranger School; Desert Warfare School; Special Air Service Tactical Driving School

Weapon / vehicle expertise

A.W.E. Striker; M1-16; M1911A; M-60; TOW

Organizational information
Factions

Nothing irks Crankcase more than having to wait. Falling in line for queues is not purgatory, it's hell for him. More than anything, he is driven by a need for speed. It's what calms him down and gives him clarity of thought. All he needs is to be behind the steering wheel of any vehicle and unimpeded by traffic. This obsession with speed was nurtured since he was thirteen, building and driving racing street cars. For several years, he made a career in the circuit before race relays became so much like a routine to him and he got hit by depression. Thanks to an Army recruiter, the thrill of the challenge is placed back in his life. Dodging shells and bullets while in high acceleration is just so much more fun.

Contents

Fiction

Comics

A Real American Hero comics continuity - Marvel

Marvel Comics continuity

Crankcase was one of a group of prospective Joes who were tested in the Nevada desert by Lady Jaye. During the course of the test the group came under attack from Cobra.[1] At the Pit he and other Joes discovered that the "Ripcord" they had saved was actually Zartan.[2] Soon after he took part in the assault on Springfield.[3] He was then part of the team that unsuccessfully pursued the escaping Zartan and the Dreadnoks.[4]

Crankcase was then one of the Joes stationed at Fort Lewis in Seattle to guard Power Station Alpha, the world's first mobile solar/nuclear power station. The base was visited by the angry Autobot Superion and Crankcase took part in repelling him. Crankcase was subsequently part of the team who evacuated a cruise ship attacked by Cobra to create a distraction whilst stealing Alpha themselves. During the evacuation Crankcase met G.B. Blackrock who offered to help explain the giant robots[5] Blackrock told Crankcase and Mainframe about the Transformers and the two Joes set about reactivating the Autobot Bumblebee, who had been destroyed by the Joes.[6]

Later Crankcase was one of many Joes who went to Cobra Island to intervene in the Cobra Civil War.[7] In the aftermath he returned to the Pit and helped hide it from a would-be Cobra attack.[8]

Devil's Due Comics continuity
   Write up

G.I. Joe vs. Transformers

   Write up

Action Force (British) Comics continuity

Crankcase was initially part of a group of prospective new Action Force members tested by Lady Jaye.[9] Subsequently he assigned to the European branch of Action Force and undertook several missions, including the prevention of a Cobra bomb being detonated in central London.[10] Later he was part of the team that prevented Cobra from kidnapping Ahmed Hassan, the ambassador for Ishmali to the United Kingdom.[11] He susbequently fought in the battle against the Decepticon Megatron, where he and Wild Bill pulled Dusty clear of the flaming wreckage of a tank.[12] He subsequently undertook further missions for Action Force in the Americas.[13]

Animated continuity - Sunbow

 Write up.

Toys

Generation 1
Crankcase A Real American Hero (1985)

Crankcase was included in the vehicle lineup of the 1985 A Real American Hero toys. He was packaged together with the A.W.E. Striker.

Appearance: orange-red hair and mustache; green short-sleeved shirt with beige collar and brown backpack straps; black gloves; beige pants with brown belt and boots.

Accessories: grey helmet with flared brim; large, black assault rifle with open stock and oversized magazine.

YoJoe.com page/Filecard

Generation 3
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A Real American Hero (2008)
Target toy stores released an exclusive set for the G3 line composed of drivers and vehicles, the Attack on Cobra Island. This, in particular, included a Crankcase action figure made with the new architecture and a A.W.E. Striker.
2008 filecard

Trivia

   Write up

See also

External links

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Improvisation on a Theme
  2. ↑ Slaughter
  3. ↑ Serpentor
  4. ↑ Thunder Machine
  5. ↑ Power Struggle
  6. ↑ Ashes, Ashes...
  7. ↑ Alliance of Convenience & Holding Actions!
  8. ↑ Roadpig
  9. ↑ Improvisation on a Theme. The UK reprinting was brought forward as one of the changes for Action Force continuity.
  10. ↑ A Bomb in Wardour Street! & Holding the Baby!
  11. ↑ Doppelganger Part One, Part Two & Part Three.
  12. ↑ Ancient Relics! Part Four
  13. ↑ Comprising the UK printings of Slaughter, Serpentor and Thunder Machine. From this point onwards the Action Force continuity follows the same track as that of the US comics with some additions.



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