G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero is actually a half-dozen American animated television series based on the successful toy line from Hasbro and the comic book series from Marvel Comics. The animation had its infancy using two in 1984 and 1983, subsequently became a regular series that ran from 1985 to 1986 in syndication. Ron Friedman established the G.I. Joe animated series for television, also wrote all four miniseries. Difficulties premiered as a tv mini series, although the fourth mini series was meant to be a feature film.