Dusty
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- Dusty is a member of G.I. Joe from the G.I. Joe portion of the Generation 1 continuity family.
Dusty is the G.I. Joe's main desert soldier. That means he can spend a lot of time out in the sun, plays in the sand a lot, and has probably ridden a camel. He once carried a dead man on his back for miles just because he told the guy's mother that he'd make sure he came home one way or another.
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Fiction
Marvel UK The Transformers comics
Dusty, an Australian (who trained for basic in, er, Texas) was part of the Action Force team. He drove a Mauler tank in the battle against Megatron in London, but the vehicle was thrown aside by the Decepticon. Dusty was dragged clear of the wreckage by Crankcase and Wild Bill. Ancient Relics!
G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers
Dusty traveled back in time to find missing Transformers. G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers II #1 The time-lost group they recovered was the Dinobots. Dusty must have had some crazy adventures there, because when he got back, he had war paint on, a necklace made out of fangs, and had ripped both the sleeves off his uniform. G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers II #4
Some time later, Dusty was among the Joes sent to Cybertron to help the Autobots defeat Serpent O.R. The Art of War #5
Transformers vs. G.I. Joe
Dusty was part of a Joe strike force. Their mission: to raid the town of Springfield, secretly a Cobra hide-out. After rounding-up the Cobra agents in the town, Dusty and the Joes received their next assignment; to travel to and infiltrate the planet Cybertron, its inhabitants having proved themselves hostile. I Saw Three Ships
When Wheeljack stumbled into one of the perimeter traps protecting the Joes' camp, Dusty assisted his fellow Joes in vivisecting the Cybertronian. 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 took up residence within Metroplex, the Autobots' mobile city. When both the Decepticon Trypticon and the rogue Autobot Fortress Maximus came stomping about, Dusty joined a team to deal with the latter of the two titans. Within Maximus, Dusty came upon Colonel Breakoff and tried to browbeat him into telling where Sandstorm was being held. He eventually did find his coyote, as well as the rest of U.S.7, but his loyal pet lashed out at him due to Blackarachnia's influence. Sandstorm returned to normal once she was defeated though. Dusty met up with the rest of his team and they then made their way to Fortress Maximus's head module as the titan tangled with Trypticon. Maximus's head detached itself, transformed into the smaller robot Cerebros, and allowed the troops within it to storm Megatron's throne room. However, the leader of the Decepticons was ready for them, and Dusty was captured as a P.O.W. Everybody Hates Metroplex
Lacking any skills Decepticobra found useful, Dusty was shipped off to the Polyhex Killway to fight for Megatron's amusement. There, he was forced to dodge away from Arcee, who was remote-controlled into trying to run both him and Alpine down. Expelled from the Garden Dusty was afterwards shipped off to another Springfield, this one built into the back of the giant Scorponok. After being brainwashed by "Dr. Mindelbender," Dusty was made to believe that he had always been a normal suburbanite, instead of a soldier in the ranks of G.I. Joe. But Scarlett, imprisoned alongside him, managed to hold on to the truth and roused the others out of their hypnotized state. Together, they rounded up the Autobots (who were unable to communicate and locked in their vehicle modes) and busted their way out Scorponok. Headmasters
Following a collision between Cybertron and Earth, Dusty was among the few equipped to remain on the surface as the atmosphere was covered in space dust. Earth: R.I.P. He went on to participate in the final battle between the joint "Jotobot" forces and the Decepticon army. Transformers vs. G.I. Joe #12
Notes
- Dusty has been voiced by Transformers alumni Neil Ross in G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero, Alessandro Juliani in G.I. Joe Spy Troops and by Joe Zieja in G.I. Joe: Operation Blackout.
