Flatline Dreadnok GI Joe Classified Series #232 Official Images and Info

Hasbro has officially revealed G.I. Joe Classified Series #232, Dreadnok Flatline, ahead of New York Comic Con, and the new dio images give us a much better look at this very strange addition to the line. Flatline is the Dreadnoks’ back-alley medical help, although even they are not sure whether he is licensed as a doctor, veterinarian, or anything else. His belief in the antiseptic properties of grape soda sounds completely ridiculous, but it also fits the Dreadnoks perfectly. The figure comes with seven accessories, and this is where the character really starts to take shape: a hood, backpack generator with power cord, medical textbook, weapon, bone saw called the “Chin Chopper,” and a defibrillator hammer named “The Clinker.” They turn what could have been fairly ordinary medical gear into weapons that feel made for a Dreadnok. The backpack generator and separate cord should also give Flatline’s medical setup a more involved look on the shelf, while the textbook is a funny inclusion for someone whose qualifications are deliberately questionable. Flatline is a brand-new character for G.I. Joe Classified, rather than an update of an established vintage figure, but Hasbro has given him a clear role within the Dreadnoks from the start.

Official Dio Images

The overall figure has a very post-apocalyptic scavenger vibe. The respirator-style mask, green hood and armor, black tactical gear, exposed arms, and all of the equipment hanging from his belt make Flatline look like someone who has pieced together whatever he needs to survive in a toxic wasteland. The huge chainsaw takes that look even further and gives him a wonderfully over-the-top edge.

Flatline’s hood combines a respirator-like face covering, round goggles and a single thin antenna, giving the head sculpt a wonderfully strange back-alley medic look. The oversized bone saw “Chin Chopper,” complete with a toothed chain and attached power cord, is every bit as ridiculous as that name deserves.

His medical textbook is a great little character joke, with the wonderfully questionable title *Surgery for the Ill-Informed* printed across its black-and-yellow cover.

Flatline’s other wonderfully odd tool is the defibrillator hammer “The Clinker,” with its chunky open head and wrapped handle. The teal chest pouch, orange belt-mounted device and heavy black gear make him look equipped for medical work of a very questionable kind.

His bare, heavily muscled arms are a great contrast to all that bulky medical gear, while the teal forearm guard and black fingerless gloves keep the rough Dreadnok look going.

The “Millville Veterinary Clinic” label is a great little touch, making Flatline’s dubious day job part of the figure itself. Even the belt buckle gets some personality with its sculpted skull and rows of silver studs.

Flatline’s backpack generator is a chunky assembly of twin red tanks, black bands and a central housing covered in molded seams and panel detail.

Flatline’s power cord curls around his shoulder amid thick molded tubing, giving the backpack an almost comically overbuilt tangle of equipment.

The red “NOX” patch on his chest adds another great little bit of Dreadnok personality.

Flatline even has a Gameboy that reads “GAME OVER” printed across the tiny screen at his waist, another wonderfully grim little joke buried in all that gear.

Flatline’s mismatched goggle lenses are a great bit of asymmetry, with one small eyepiece opposite a much larger pale lens. The crossing face straps make the whole apparatus look suitably cobbled together.

A silver wrist cuff with black rivets and a pair of small sculpted belt pouches add even more hardware to Flatline’s overloaded medical gear.

Flatline’s hood gets a bright red center panel, with pale silver paint picking out the filters and smaller mechanical details around it.

The gloves have some really nice sculpted creases across the knuckles and fingers, with ribbed wraps adding another layer around the wrists.

There’s something wonderfully unhinged about Flatline carrying Chin Chopper alongside his uzi as if either one belongs in a medical kit.