Doc (G.I. Joe)
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- Doc is a human from the G.I. Joe portion of the Generation 1 continuity family.
Carl Greer, designation Doc, is a medical expert and member of G.I. Joe. Doc combines a Harvard degree and a residency at Johns Hopkins with airborne infantry qualification, meaning that not only can he patch someone up, he's not afraid to run right into battle to bring them back first.
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Fiction
G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers
Shortly after G.I. Joe was formed, Doc talked to Scarlett about how Snake-Eyes had lost his face, voice and family due to a recent Cobra attack. He probably felt a bit embarrassed about gossiping when Snake-Eyes and Duke showed up behind them. G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers #2 In the aftermath of Cobra's attack on the SPS Research Facility, Doc rushed in to provide medical assistance. G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers #3
Transformers/G.I. Joe
Doc was among the Joes who sent to Oregon to investigate a crash site. Upon returning to headquarters with two alien robots in tow, he told Shipwreck not to laugh at Barbecue's outfit since they "might all need space suits soon enough." Targets of Opportunity
Transformers vs. G.I. Joe
Doc was part of a G.I. Joe strike force that stormed a Cobra hideout housing deadly Creeper bombs. He gave fellow Joe Breaker a field-patch during mission, assuring him that his injuries were non-fatal. Though the mission ran into some complications when the Transformers Bumblebee and Starscream got embroiled in the conflict, it ultimately culminated in Cobra Commander's apparent demise, signaling a victory for the Joes. The Golden Boys
G.I. Joe, and the Earth at large, found themselves caught up in a war against the planet Cybertron. Doc was among the many operatives sent to the metallic planet to take the offensive against their opponents. After an attack against the Decepticon city of Trypticon ended with the Joes on the run, they regrouped at Green Zone 0-8-6, their temporary camp behind enemy lines. There, Doc tended to Wild Bill after he stumbled back to camp in the dead of night, badly injured from his confrontation against the Decepticons. Targetmasters
After a confrontation with some Autobots nearly wiped out both the Joes and their opponents, Grimlock showed up at the Green Zone accompanied by Breaker, Jinx, Cover Girl, and Clutch. Grimlock declared a truce between the Joes and the Autobots had been reached, and both factions partied together to cement their alliance. During the celebration, Bazooka munched on some of the foliage that had been created by the Joes' terraforming process. The plant proved to be psychoactive, prompting Doc to ask his hallucinating friend if he was feeling alright. Form Follows Function The Joes then moved base camp to within the Autobot's mobile city, Metroplex. There, he and Ratchet compared notes, excited over the possibilities "terrestrial cyberorganic medicine" offered. Everybody Hates Metroplex
Doc performed an autopsy on the body of Wild Bill, sadly reflecting on the many missions they'd been on together, when he found a technoactive cube placed inside his friend's chest. To his shock, the cube then grabbed his scalpel before miraculously bringing Wild Bill back to life. Transformers vs. G.I. Joe #12
2005 IDW continuity
Carl Greer was born in Concord, Massachusetts. Having always dreamed of being a medical doctor, Greer attended Harvard University for his undergraduate and medical school and finally completed his residency at the John Hopkins School of Medicine. While undergoing his higher education, Greer met and married his wife and had a daughter with her. Deciding that just being a doctor wasn't good enough, Greer decided that he wanted to do as much good in the world as he could. Ultimately, he decided to join the U.S. Army in hopes of one day joining the elite counterterrorist group G.I. Joe. After completing Airborne School, Mountaineering School, and the Desert Training Unit, Greer eventually obtained the rank of Captain before being invited to join the Joes. Doc Sr. profile
After G.I. Joe broke ties with the United States government, Doc Senior became the chief medic on the Lemuria, G.I. Joe's home base. He and Grand Slam worked on a method of detecting Dire Wraiths, but couldn't successfully develop one, with their scanner recognizing both of the Docs as being Wraiths. G.I. Joe vol. 5 #1 After Skywarp insisted that the Joes fix his inactive teleportation systems, Doc and Grand Slam agreed to help. However, when Skywarp attempted to test his teleportation systems, it malfunctioned and caused the machines he was attached to to explode. Doc threw his body in front of Grand Slam to protect him from the shrapnel, but in the process, he was revealed to really be a Wraith. As Doc fell into a coma, wounded from the shrapnel, he asked Grand Slam to tell his daughter that she could "be whatever she wanted". G.I. Joe vol. 5 #3 Lifeline and Grand Slam managed to stabilize Doc, over Skywarp's objections; though the ex-Decepticon insisted that, as a Dire Wraith, the medic couldn't be trusted and should be killed, Scarlett and Grand Slam refused, pointing out that he had only revealed himself to save Grand Slam's life. G.I. Joe vol. 5 #4
Doc evidently recovered from his injuries, as Hi-Tech begged for either of the Docs to be called and help the mortally wounded Mainframe. Time Will Rust
Games
Transformers Roleplaying Game
Doc was a member of G.I. Joe. Eventually, his niece Carla followed in his footsteps, joined G.I. Joe, and took up his old callsign. Cobra/Con Fusion
Notes
- Doc has been voiced by Transformers alumni Buster Jones in G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero, Steve Blum in G.I. Joe: Resolute and by Phil LaMarr in G.I. Joe: Renegades.
- Carla Greer was originally created for the "alternate reality" G.I. Joe: Reloaded series by Devil's Due Press, in which she was a reimagined version of the traditional male Carl "Doc" Greer. DDP would later import her into their "mainstream" continuity as Carl's niece, who took his place on the G.I. Joe team (after he died in the original Marvel Joe series). IDW Publishing decided to do the same in its third G.I. Joe series, with the small change that their version of Carla was Carl's daughter, rather than his niece. Thus, Carl and Carla finally got to appear side-by-side for Carla's IDW debut in G.I. Joe vol. 3 #1.
