I seem to recall, way back when, reading a letter to the editor in either the one and only Joe comic I ever read, or, more likely, in a Punisher comic, where one of the readers asked why Frank Castle never joined with the Joes for a mission and the reply was that because of the nature of G.I.*JOE and the whole Hasbro thing, that they couldn't do crossovers.

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The United States will conquer Terrorism with the help of God and a few Marines.

Some people, when trying to avoid thinking about those things that cause them pain, turn to drink, or perhaps food, or drugs... I turn not to any of those... I collect action figures, turning my mind to the hunt, so that I might find a mote of peace... Over the years, I've found that alcoholism is much more socially acceptable by far.