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Clutch was a mechanic and was heavily involved in racing street machines prior to enlistment.

This hasn't affected his reliability on the battlefield, but has earned him a reputation for having manners that leave a lot to be desired.

Joe team was temporarily disbanded, Clutch used his skills as a mechanic on the Indy racing circuit, earning him a record number of wins for his drivers.

[6] An unabashed skirt chaser, Clutch comes across to female Joe members such as Scarlett and Cover Girl as an oversexed chauvinist, and he does not give them much reason to think otherwise.

Constantly hitting on any woman who comes into his line of sight, at one point Clutch actually suggests putting up Cover Girl and Scarlett as a mud wrestling pair.

Clutch assists Scarlett in taking a diplomat to peace talks concerning the fictional country of Al-Awai.

The Joe duo actually fail in their mission; however, the ambassador had thought to wear protection and survived the shooting.

Joe issue #18, Clutch drives his VAMP vehicle into a Cobra military convoy, hiding in the surrounding Libyan desert dust.

They take Scar-Face and Major Bludd, another prisoner, with them, to prevent the Cobras from overhearing vital G.I.

He and fellow Joes Recondo and Roadblock are sent to track down a Nazi war criminal who is hiding in Brazil.

The mission is complicated by the surprise arrival of an Israeli military team with interests in the same criminal, and one learns that Clutch's Jewish[12] grandmother had horrific personal experiences with Nazis.

It used to be Clutch's hometown, until it was bought out and sanitized and renamed They are captured by the Dreadnoks, specifically, the multi-personality thug, Road Pig.

[15] Later, two lost young girls end up being escorted to Joe base and the pair are assigned to supervise them.

A Cobra Python Patrol attack activates the pair's brainwashing and they threaten the girls.

He also worked at a Philadelphia Naval Base which was thought to be shut down, but still carried out top secret missions.

[18] In the 'Declassified' series set in the Joe's first year, Clutch works in a bodyguard position for General Hawk.

Joe had lost and Cobra ruled the world (though he still appeared regularly in the comic book series written by Larry Hama).