>>> From the days before G.I. Joe grew a beard and went metrosexual.
I don’t know about that. He looks a lot like Ken to me.
G.I. Joe commercial 1960’s
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WLL67CN2hnw&feature=related
After he grew a beard, he battled snakes.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xlPu6PXw394
The "Adventure Team" was Hasbro's way of trying to keep GI Joe sales up during the anti-Vietnam war era.