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[1] Before he enlisted in the U.S. Army, Roadblock wanted to be a gourmet chef, and was working as a bouncer to earn enough money to attend Escoffier School in France.

After enlisting, Roadblock found Army food appalling, and transferred[clarification needed] to infantry where he excelled at using heavy weapons.

A M2 Browning machine gun can weigh up to 134 lbs, and usually requires a dedicated squad to transport and operate.

Despite working in infantry, he still maintains his passion for making good food, and indulges in it while engaging in his secondary duty.

[13] Another new version of Roadblock was also released in 1993 as part of the Star Brigade line,[14] which was repainted and re-released in 1994.

Joe issued a 12-inch Roadblock action figure for the 1992 Hall of Fame series that brought back the 12-inch G.I.

Roadblock's head is bald, and his face has a mustache, though some versions have a small goatee on the chin.

He has been known to say things like "Flush 'em out with a burst of fifty 'cal", meaning force enemies out into the open with concentrated fire from his .50 caliber machine gun.

[17] In the next issue, Roadblock is part of a Joe team attempting to keep Cobra Commander prisoner in the Rocky Mountains.

He manages to organize a group of Joe allies, along with the unexpected assistance of Destro, temporarily halting the conspiracy.

[20] In another incident, detailed in the Secret Missions series, Roadblock and Chuckles escort a Harvard-educated African prince back to his homeland, to help him stabilize a power struggle.

Despite the Joes' assistance in saving the prince's life (who is a capable fighter in his own right), the man evicts all foreign embassies from his land.

[21] Issue #154 is a Roadblock story in which, on his way to a cooking competition, he ends up on a civilian plane loaded with Cobra Vipers.

Roadblock acquires a rocket launcher from the cargo hold, parachutes out of the plane, and destroys it with the weapon.

[22] In a direct continuation of the original Marvel Comics series, still written by Larry Hama, Cobra is a worldwide popular paramilitary strike force and G.I.

When Cobra is revealed to be a threat yet again, Roadblock, now making a living as a chef, eagerly answers the call to reform the team.

It ends up that Tomax and Xamot, Cobra operatives, own the show; they decide to have the studios destroyed to cover up money laundering crimes.

Roadblock ends up fighting overeager Dreadnoks on stage, which just increases his popularity, including sales of his Marvin Hinton Grill.

He is among the Joes led by Flint to rescue Duke and Snake Eyes, as well as to retrieve a laser core from Cobra.

A tornado traps Flint, Roadblock and Mutt into the pit, where Destro has planted strangling vines, which grow due to a rainstorm.

Roadblock lets Flint and Mutt escape via a makeshift helicopter made from parts of a Skystriker, while he struggles against the vines.

He later stows away in a trailer, where he meets and befriends truck company owner Honda Lou West.

He and Honda Lou are smuggled into the Cobra Temple and captured alongside Duke and Snake Eyes.

The four work together to escape the arena of sport, and successfully execute Roadblock's idea of stopping Destro's control of the Weather Dominator using the vines.

The Joes later learn that the restaurants were opened by Cobra through Extensive Enterprises and are armed with missiles, which they then set out to disarm.

Joe character, Heavy Duty is a cousin of Roadblock and apparently shares the same passion for cooking, but not the talent of it.

Roadblock is re-interpreted with large sideburns and a high affinity for the team's van which he nicknames the "coyote" and continually shows his devotion to, as shown in the Renegades episode 15 "White Out" where he likens the truck to a well cultured and athletic woman and episode 16 "Shipwrecked" where he risks his life to save the van from sinking into the ocean.

Joe: The Rise of Cobra, but was passed over, and Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje played the character Heavy Duty instead.

In this story, which the reader chooses the options, Roadblock is part of a team of Joes, including Gung-Ho and Snake Eyes, that is searching a remote Pacific jungle island for a strange meteor.