How was Hawk in the comic series? Did he do a lot of field operations or just commanding? I mostly watched the cartoons and played with the figures growing up.
He was a huge part of the team, involved in every issue of the original comic series, the first 10 issues of the original marvel comics series, He was involved in a lot of plots and in full action, then when the cartoon came out, Duke who wasn't in the comic at first, until after the cartoon series went to the second mini series. Got to be in charge of the Joes while Hawk got promoted from commander to General.
Hawk's iconic cartoon look came from an earlier issue of the comic were the government wanted him to get back into action with the joes, after he became just a general that sat behind the desk in charge of the joes.