Cover Girl (G.I. Joe)

The 1983 figure has been released in Brazil as "Agente Secreta: Sparta". In Argentina, Cover Girl was repainted with blue highlights, and released an Argentinian version of "Sparta".[5]

Cover Girl first appears in the Marvel Comics series G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero #16 (October 1983). She works with other Joes to protect the U.S. Treasury building from Cobra agents.[6] Later, she works with the womanizer Clutch to chase Cobra operatives in Europe.[7]

Cover Girl joins a Joe raid of the fictional country of Frusenland in an attempt to stop Cobra from brainwashing the citizens into violence. She works with tank driver Back-Stop to destroy many Cobra vehicles. She and the other Joes are affected by Cobra's brainwashing weapons and then saved from certain death by Battleforce 2000, the very men they had entered the country to protect.[8]

She is one of the many Joes on the run from the law due to the Jugglers' wishing to blame the team for a badly-executed raid on Cobra Island. In the ensuing rescue of General Hawk and General Hollingsworth from their clinic/prison, Cover Girl is shot in the shoulder.[9] In Special Missions #24, Cover Girl, Lady Jaye, Scarlett and Jinx work to protect the President during an exhibition baseball game by grudgingly going undercover as cheerleaders, but he is nonetheless captured by a Cobra blimp. Working with Hardball, she assists with the rescue by batting a gas canister into the blimp. In the same issue it was revealed that she was able to bring people out of hypnosis, undoing the effects caused by the Cobra hypnotist Crystal Ball.[10]

Cover Girl's final Marvel series appearance was a cameo in #149, monitoring Destro's castle.[11]

Starting from 'Devil's Due' G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero (vol. 2) #16 she teams with Joe members Spirit and Snake Eyes to figure out why identical looking children are being kidnapped. This soon blends in to an incident where she and Spirit are one of many Joes held prisoner on the newly revamped Cobra Island. The group escapes with the intervention of Cobra Commander, who is also a prisoner.

It was revealed in Issue #20 of G.I. Joe: America's Elite that she was dating Shipwreck, much to the jealousy of Clutch.[12] Cover Girl has appeared with Shipwreck in G.I. Joe Special Missions: Brazil. Her relationship with Shipwreck is revealed in depth via flashbacks while in the present the two work together to rescue a kidnapped Senator in Rio de Janeiro.[13] Their relationship again comes into focus when the two confront a retired Cobra agent named Skullbuster. The two Joes eventually subdue and capture their adversary.[14]

In 'The Real American Hero' series by Larry Hama, Cover Girl awakens from a coma caused by a shootout with a Crimson Guardsman. Her throat has been severely injured, causing a deep voice that scares children.[15]

In the alternate reality of the G.I. Joe vs. Transformers continuity, Cover Girl assists Snake Eyes who had been wounded in his face by an explosion. This was caused by attacking alien robots.[16]

Cover-Girl is part of a G.I. Joe tank crew that works with the remnants of the Oktober Guard to protect civilians from Cobra factional fighting. She is assisted by Cross-Country, Steeler and Wildcard.[17] A later origin issue[18] reveals that she was recruited after showing an aptitude for cold-blooded killing when she slaughters a group of pirates single-handed, later admitting that she finally found something she was good at—killing people.

Cover Girl appeared in issue #193 of IDW Publishing's continuation of the ARAH storyline, talking to Junkyard.[19]

In Sunbow's G.I. Joe animated series, Cover Girl was voiced by Liz Aubrey. She first appears in the "Real American Hero" mini-series, in which she wears a green jacket and has long blonde hair. She was redesigned to better resemble her action figure (with a brown jacket and short auburn hair) from her next appearance in "The Revenge of Cobra" mini-series onwards. On missions, Cover Girl was often paired with Shipwreck.

Cover Girl had a supporting role in the first-season episode "Twenty Questions", in which she heads a Joe search party to find Shipwreck in the Rocky Mountains area.[20]

Her first major role was in "Lights! Camera! Cobra!", as one of several Joes hired as technical advisors on a movie about G.I. Joe. Through much of the episode, Cover Girl tries to make sure Shipwreck stays out of trouble. She follows him into Hollywood, where she becomes embroiled in his fight in a pool hall which they are then arrested for. After their release, they rescue the missing Joes, Dusty and Recondo, who are injured. While Cover Girl takes them to the hospital, Shipwreck is captured by Cobra. However, Cover Girl devises a ruse that convinces Cobra Commander to return him.[21]

Cover Girl had another significant role in "Cobra Claws Are Coming to Town". She takes command of the Joes when Cobra takes Duke captive, and leads them in stopping Cobra from attacking a city in G.I. Joe vehicles. Flying a Cobra Rattler, Cover Girl fires a missile at a Joe Skystriker piloted by Cobra Commander and where Duke is being held, and demands him to land. Cobra Commander ignores her warning and shoots the Rattler, but Cover Girl is saved by a giant Polly. She gives Duke a key to his handcuffs and kisses him while wishing him a merry Christmas.[22]

Cover Girl's background as a model is hinted at in the second-season episode, "Glamor Girls". She and Lady Jaye infiltrate a modeling shoot arranged by a disguised Zartan and Baroness. Cover Girl tricks the two Cobra agents into showing they are fakes by telling them she and Lady Jaye came from an agency that has been out of business for years. Cover Girl and Lady Jaye later rescue several models and actresses that had been captured by Cobra because of the scheme.[23]

Cover Girl appears as a background character in several scenes of the 1987 animated G.I. Joe: The Movie. In the movie, her hair is once again long, though its color remains auburn.[24]

Cover Girl also appears in the animated series, G.I. Joe: Resolute as an auburn brunette. She is seen assisting in the evacuation of the U.S.S. Flagg.

In the G.I. Joe: Renegades episode "Shipwrecked", Cover Girl (Courtney Kreiger) was first mentioned by Shipwreck when he showed Courtney's model poster to the Joes after Duke asked Shipwreck why he called his ship Courtney. Her picture is shown on a wall in which she is shown with blonde hair.