Stalker (G.I. Joe)
| This article is about the human member of G.I. Joe. For the Generation 1 Decepticon Predator, see Stalker (G1). |
- Stalker is a human from the Generation 1 continuity family.
Stalker is the code name of Army Sergeant Lonzo R. Wilkinson, a long time member of the G.I. Joe team. Stalker grew up on the mean streets as a gang member but made good after joining the US armed forces. Despite a questionable code name he still manages to be cool rather than creepy.
Fiction
Devil's Due G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers comics
As part of the United States military, Sergeant Lonzo Wilkinson was sent to keep an eye on things during a peace summit in Washington, D.C., although he found it ironic that a peace talk would require the military to uphold order. With the demonstrators in the area relatively calm, Lonzo found himself wishing that something exciting would happen. Unfortunately, his wish was granted when the summit came under attack by the terrorist organization Cobra. He attempted to organize his troops to fight back against the attacking H.I.S.S. tanks, but they were ultimately unable to stop Cobra from wrecking the place. G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers #1 When G.I. Joe was created to counter the threat of Cobra, Lonzo joined under the codename Stalker. G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers #2 He later briefed the other Joes on the SPS Satellite, a powerful energy-collecting satellite that Cobra were intending to steal. G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers #3
Two years later, Stalker, Beachhead and Scarlett captured the Dreadnoks in Boston. After learning of more Cobra activity in the area, he drove a truckload of Joes to an apparently abandoned building. They stormed in and attacked the terrorists, only to for a stray shot to hit Cobra's wormhole-generating machinery, causing it to malfunction and send Stalker and the others to Cybertron. There, they learned that the malfunction had also put Earth in danger, requiring teams of Joes and Cobras to travel through time and save their planet. G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers #1 Stalker stayed behind, waiting inside the force field Ultra Magnus had erected around Teletran 3. G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers #2 However, the field went down before all teams could return, giving Shockwave's troops a chance to attack. The Autobots were defeated, and Stalker and the other humans were forced to run and hide in Cybertron's smaller holes and passages. G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers #3 While waiting for Roadblock and Lady Jaye to save the day, Stalker offered to help Destro with the arms dealer's belief that he would one day die in Scotland. Destro was unamused. After Shockwave's army was defeated by the Dinobots, Stalker negotiated a one-hour truce between G.I. Joe and Cobra before returning to Earth with his comrades. G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers #4
Along with many other Joes, Stalker was sent back to Cybertron to help the Autobots defeat Serpent O.R.'s new Decepticon army. The Art of War #5
Dreamwave Transformers / G.I. Joe comics
In 1938, Europe was overrun by the combined forces of the Decepticons and Cobra. G.I. Joe, a best of the best task force, was formed to combat this threat and were led to their Terrordrome in the Fera Islands by a map carved out of the USS Hama's hull by treacherous Cobra operatives. While engaging Cobra troops commanded by Storm Shadow, the Joes encountered the Autobots, who soon repaired and revived themselves. Transformers/G.I. Joe
Some 45 years after the conquest of Europe, Cobra rose again, and G.I. Joe returned to combat it. Headquartered in the Pit, G.I. Joe was led by Duke, a veteran of the last Cobra war. The Joes detected the crash of an Autobot shuttlecraft near Portland. Flint was sent to retrieve it with a team of rookies, and he managed to repel a Cobra strike team and recover an unconscious Blaster. Hours later, the team was briefed by Duke, Stalker, and Scarlett on the threat posed by the Transformers. Transformers/G.I. Joe: Divided Front
