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| Slip Stream | |
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| G.I. Joe character | |
 Slip Stream as seen in the Sunbow/MarvelG.I. Joe animated series. | |
| First appearance | G.I. Joe #49 (July 1986) |
| Voiced by | Dan Gilvezan |
| In-universe information | |
| Affiliation | G.I. Joe |
| Specialty | Conquest X-30Pilot |
| File name | Boyajian, Gregory B. |
| Birth place | Provo, Utah |
| SN | 759-12-1013 |
| Rank | O-2 (First Lieutenant) O-3 (Captain) (Devil's Due comics) |
| Primary MOS | Fighter Pilot |
| Secondary MOS | Computer Technology |
Slip Stream is a fictional character from theG.I. Joe: A Real American Hero toyline, comic books and animated series. He is theG.I. Joe Team's Conquest X-30pilot and debuted in 1986.
His real name is Gregory B. Boyajian, and his rank is that of1st Lieutenant, USAF O-2. Slip Stream was born inProvo, Utah.
Slip Stream's primary military specialty isfighter pilot, and his secondary military specialty iscomputer technology. Slip Stream was an expert video game player and computer hacker but that changed when he discovered the joy of flying. As a teenager he was part of the Jr.Civil Air Patrol, and then through participation in theR.O.T.C. he earned hisAir Force commission, where he was top of his flight school class. Slip Stream is able to speak Armenian, Greek, and French, and specializes in aircraft that use computer assisted control surfaces, where his knowledge of computers and lightning reflexes give him a competitive edge. He is also known to be proficient at table tennis, and has a reputation as a joker and mimic.[1]
Slip Stream was first released as an action figure in 1986, packaged with the Conquest X-30.
In theMarvel ComicsG.I. Joe series, Slip Stream debuted in issue #49 (July 1986).[2] He made ten appearances in theSpecial Missions spinoff series, second only toWild Bill (eleven), with his first coming in issue #3 as part of a ground team sent in to steal an advanced fighter jet.[3] He has another ground-based mission later. He works withLt. Falcon andPsyche-Out; they rescue three Russian soldiers from an Afghanistan prison. Multiple layers of lies get the Russians to act as Joe agents and rescue a C.I.A. chief from an Iranian group.[4]
Slip Stream is one of the Joe pilots selected to make a recon raid overCobra Island to find out why so much equipment is being moved. He and his fellow pilots shoot down manyCobra pilots.[5] He has a cameo as the co-pilot four issues later.[6]
Slip Stream serves as a co-pilot forGhostrider on a mission over the fictional country of Benzheen. Their craft does not survive but they achieve their objective, photographs of theTerror Drome being built in the middle of Benzheen City. Halfway through the issue, Slip Stream is erroneously referred to in the text asDogfight, another Joe pilot featured in the first few pages of the issue.[7]
He appears in theDevil's Due 'Real American Hero' series in issue 25. He is one of many Joes sent to intervene in Cobra's second Civil War. He is seen on Cobra Island, in hand-to-hand combat with an enemy soldier.[8]
Slip-Stream first appeared in the SunbowG.I. Joe animated series in the second-season episode "Arise, Serpentor, Arise!: Part I", voiced byDan Gilvezan.[9]
He is featured in the episode "In the Presence of Mine Enemies", in which he intercepts and records a Cobra command code, using it to destroy a satellite. He then battles several Cobra Night Ravens led by a female Strato-Viper, who demands him to surrender. Slip-Stream and the female pilot shoot each other down over a remote part of Africa. Slip-Stream saves the Strato-Viper, whom he calls Raven, before they find themselves targeted byB.A.T.s. Slip-Stream runs to a nearby abandoned lab carrying Raven. He splints her sprained ankle, and they look for a radio while escaping from the B.A.T.s. Slip-Stream and Raven soon encounter a monster that was the result of a failed experiment. Escaping, they find a communication center, where Slip-Stream contactsDial-Tone for help. Using the command code, he programs the lab to self-destruct. Slip-Stream and Raven are rescued in time by the Joes.[10][11]
Slip Stream also appeared briefly in the 1987 animated filmG.I. Joe: The Movie.[12]
