Steeler

Steeler is a member of G.I. Joe from the G.I. Joe portion of the Generation 1 continuity family.

Ralph W. Pulaski, better known as Steeler, is a Pittsburgh-born tank commander in G.I. Joe. He is a tough soldier, specializing in operating all sorts of heavy armored vehicles. Some people think he's reckless but some people aren't likely to be told to do a commando raid on a robotic planet!

Fiction

Transformers vs. G.I. Joe

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After G.I. Joe met with representatives from the planet Cybertron and found them to be enemies of the Earth, Steeler was among the operatives sent to the metal sphere to invade it. I Saw Three Ships

The Joes began their attack on Cybertron by sending down "green bombs" from the air. But when they targeted the mobile city of Trypticon, they found it protected by a forcefield. Their attempt to bomb it provoked a counter-attack from the Decepticons, with Devastator tearing up the portion of the Defiant housing Steeler. Steeler nonetheless managed to make it back to Green Zone 0-8-6, the Joes' temporary base on the alien world. Later that night, he helped secure Wheeljack after the Autobot triggered a perimeter trap, and became the Joes' first P.O.W. in the inter-planetary war. Targetmasters

Steeler then assisted his fellow Joes in vivisecting the Cybertronian, believing the giant to be little more than an unfeeling machine. The operation was tabled just in time for Wheeljack's friends to burst in on the scene and launch an offensive against the Joes. The humans returned fire, until blasts from both sides rendered all combatants unconscious. Funeral for a Friend

Both teams eventually awakened and readied to take up arms once more when Grimlock showed up, accompanied by Breaker, Jinx, Cover Girl and Clutch. Grimlock declared a truce between the Joes and the Autobots had been reached, and both factions partied together to cement their alliance. Form Follows Function The Joes then moved into Metroplex, the Autobots' mobile city. They had little time to settle in before the Decepticons launched an attack against the newly formed alliance, and both men and machines scrambled to take them on. Steeler was the one who explained the situation to a group of latecomers, and then headed out into the field to do his part. After a hard-fought battle, the Decepticons and their Cobra allies were forced into a tactical retreat. Everybody Hates Metroplex