[1] His action figure in 1984 included an FN FAL rifle although it is never mentioned in his bio as a weapon that he is proficient in.

In the UK Action Force series, Rip Cord is from Manchester in England,[2] and is an ex-member of the Parachute Regiment freefall team, the Red Devils.

Ripcord develops a relationship with a civilian named Candy Appel, who worked freelance as "Bongo the Bear" performing at birthday parties and similar events.

Their relationship is marred by Ripcord being unable to tell Candy his real name, or clearly explain why they draw the attention of Cobra forces.

[5] Ripcord is sent with Stalker, Recondo and other Joes to rescue the peace activist Adele Burkhardt from the war-torn fictional country of Sierra Gordo.

[8] He tricks Ace during an overflight into activating his helmet, which allows Ripcord to parachute out, an act unofficially approved by General Hawk.

After giving Joes the location of Springfield, he makes an escape attempt, but is captured by a loyal Cobra child.

They safely rescue him, but not before he undergoes torture in the "Brain Wave Scanner", a device that was being used to feed information into the form of Serpentor.

He is active in attempting to neutralize the threat of Tyler Wingfield, who runs a technologically advanced militia.

They work with local resistance to kill many of these soldiers; it degenerates to hand-to-hand combat and Low-Light and Tunnel Rat are severely injured.

Joe Origins #13, shown as being a young African American, who hates his code name, and wishes to stop jumping out of planes and become a pilot one day.

[17] In a differing continuity, Ripcord and Crankcase are part of a small team of Joes hiding in the seemingly abandoned Cobra stronghold of Springfield.

Rip Cord is also featured in one of the famous "And Knowing Is Half the Battle" Public Service Announcements where he instructs a young ballplayer to have his eyes checked after repeatedly striking out due to blurred vision saying that it is best to confront a problem head-on rather than avoid it.

In this show, he was one of four rookies, along with Duke, Tunnel Rat, and Roadblock, chosen by Lady Jaye to investigate the Cobra Pharmaceutical Plant under the command of Scarlett.

He is supposedly killed in an explosion with Bio-Vipers who caught him during the escape from the secret lab after they set the bomb.

In the episode "Prodigal," the Joes - upon infiltrating a Cobra Medical Facility - discover that Ripcord is the "Patient X" that was used as a test subject for the creation of the Anaconda Strain virus.

A flashback by Ripcord reveals that Doctor Mindbender used him as a test subject for a Bio-Viper/human hybrid in Cobra Commander's plans for immortality.

In the episode "The Anomaly", Ripcord is shown to also have developed an ability to detect other Bio-Vipers, when it came to a Sewer Viper in New York.

Rip Cord was also responsible for giving Scarlett, Tunnel Rat and Roadblock their code names.

Unlike Duke, Ripcord loves flying planes and wanted to join the U.S. Air Force before becoming a Joe.

The team's commanding officer, General Hawk states that Ripcord's test scores are comparable to Duke's, if imperfect.