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The name Jinx refers to several versions of the same character.
For a list of the other versions, see Jinx.

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Jinx is a G.I. Joe character from the A Real American Hero and G.I. Joe vs. Cobra series.

Jinx is one of the G.I. Joe Team's foremost martial arts experts. As a ninja, her stealth and infiltration skills are second only to Snake-Eyes. Looking at Jinx, it is easy to underestimate her. As intense and hard she trains, she is often overshadowed by her opponents' size and strength that one assumes she is at a disadvantage. However, that is a fatal assumption. Her speed and the strength of her will surprises even the most hardened of foes.

Jinx's family came from the same ninja clan that produced both Snake Eyes and Storm Shadow. She only discovered this fact when she went on a vacation after graduating from Bryn Mawr. After an amazing adventure, Snake-Eyes recruited her into the Joe Team and her life has never been quite the same.

Fiction

Comics

A Real American Hero continuity

Marvel Comics continuity

Jinx's first appearance was in G.I. Joe #59. The details of her origin indicated in the file card is not fully explored, however, the Blind Master is present in the comics storyline. She is tasked with recruiting the amnesiac Billy (Cobra Commander’s son) away from his father. In the series, it is revealed that she is a cousin of Storm Shadow.

Her next major role in a storyline was rescuing the captured Joe Team members from Borovia’s gulags in issue #66. In subsequent appearances, she helps the Joes clear their name in the scandal that follows the Cobra Civil War. This involves working with ex Joe members like Grunt and other Joes who are officially fugitives, such as Roadblock. The entire Joe team raids a faux hospital to save the lives of General Hawk and Hollingsworth. Destro himself provides the final 'nail in the coffin' that clears the Joes.

She reunites Billy with his mother. This begins with Jinx being taken 'hostage' by Billy's mother, a situation which Jinx was in control over the entire time. Ultimately everyone calms down and a somewhat more peaceful reuinion is had.

She also battles remnants of the Arashikage clan. She became a member of the G.I. Joe special team, Ninja Force, and continued serving until G.I. Joe was disbanded.

Much of Jinx’s character designs without her mask in her early appearances have been inconsistent, portraying her as somewhat younger looking and at much the same teenage years as Billy. This was a problem as her action figure had her wearing a ninja mask. Issue #65 began using the design based on her unmasked appearance in the animated film, G.I. Joe: The Movie.

Devil's Due Comics continuity

The real name of Jinx has been revealed to be Kim Arashikage. It is unknown if this is reflected in other continuities.^[1]

In the first four issues of the G.I. Joe comics published by Devil’s Due Publishing, it is revealed that she spent the years that followed using her skills in intelligence-gathering to become a bounty hunter in Tokyo. Fellow Joe teammate Budo followed her and they became lovers, despite their contradicting backgrounds (Budo is a samurai). She rejoined G.I. Joe when the team was reinstated to battle a revived Cobra. When G.I. Joe commander Hawk was shot in the back by Zartan, the team is disbanded once more.

After some time, the G.I. Joe team reformed, but it was a much smaller group of specialists. Although she is not a member of the new team, she serves as a member of the reserves.

Jinx stars in the one-shot comic Special Missions: Tokyo. As part of the new Special Missions series, this One-Shot focuses on some of the fan favorite team members that have not been seen since the end of the original series including reservists Wild Bill, Gung-Ho, Clutch, Rock 'n Roll and Budo.

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Action Force (British) Comics continuity

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Blackthorne Comics continuity

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Dreamwave Comics continuity

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Hasbro Comics continuity

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Animated continuity

Sunbow animated series

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Direct-to-video series

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Toys

A Real American Hero (1987)

Jinx was among the carded single-packs released in the 1987 edition of the A Real American Hero toys.

Original 1987 file card from YoJoe.com

Tiger Force (2003)

In 2003, an Toys R Us-only exclusive Tiger Force five-pack was released. Jinx was renamed as Agent Jinx. The 2003 Tiger Force version of Jinx was a recolor of her original 1987 action figure.

Tiger Force file card from YoJoe.com

Valor vs. Venom (2004)

As part of the Valor vs. Venom toy series, Agent Jinx was carded in a two-pack with Cobra Slice.

Valor vs. Venom file card from YoJoe.com

Trivia

External links

Footnotes

↑ Special Missions: Tokyo

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 =====Devil's Due Comics continuity=====
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+In the first four issues of the G.I. Joe comics published by [[Devil’s Due Publishing]], it is revealed that she spent the years that followed using her skills in intelligence-gathering to become a bounty hunter in Tokyo. Fellow Joe teammate [[Budo]] followed her and they became lovers, despite their contradicting backgrounds (Budo is a samurai). She rejoined G.I. Joe when the team was reinstated to battle a revived [[Cobra Organization|Cobra]]. When G.I. Joe commander [[Hawk (RAH)|Hawk]] was shot in the back by [[Zartan (RAH)|Zartan]], the team is disbanded once more.
+After some time, the G.I. Joe team reformed, but it was a much smaller group of specialists. Although she is not a member of the new team, she serves as a member of the reserves.
+Jinx stars in the one-shot comic [[Special Missions: Tokyo]]. As part of the new Special Missions series, this One-Shot focuses on some of the fan favorite team members that have not been seen since the end of the original series including reservists [[Wild Bill]], [[Gung-Ho]], [[Clutch]], [[Rock 'n Roll]] and [[Budo]].
 ====G.I. Joe Reloaded====