Somehow, Hasbro seems to have complete rights to every character created for the G.I. Joe comic. On the other hand, they don't have the rights to Circuit-Breaker, who was created for the Transformers comic. My understanding is that Marvel specifically decided Circuit-Breaker showed some promise, so they debuted her in an issue of Secret Wars II before she showed up in Transformers, and somehow this makes her Marvel property. This is why IDW's Classic Transformers series is missing issues -- they had to cut out all the issues featuring Circuit-Breaker (and because the series is incomplete, I refuse to buy it!).

Also, for the record, G.I. Joe being a licensed property has nothing to do with their lack of interaction with the Marvel Universe. Remember, Spider-Man appeared in Transformers #3 -- and in the 70's, Marvel had several licensed properties that did interact with the Marvel Universe: Micronauts, Shogun Warriors, Godzilla, and ROM: Spaceknight are four that I can think of off the top of my head. I suspect it was Larry Hama's choice (or possibly editorial's) to keep the Joe world separate from the Marvel Universe. I doubt it was Hasbro's idea, due to the Spider-Man/Transformers story I mentioned, and the fact that ROM, another Hasbro property, was a major Marvel character for several years.

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