The handmade 11 1/2-inch figure ended up capturing $200,000 in a private sale to comic book distributor Stephen Geppi, despite Joe's failure to bring a minimum $250,000 bid at auction last month.

In such a climate, the classic GI Joe figure is no longer denounced as much ... which is based on a comic book about a superhero who sold his soul to the Devil in return for coming back to life ...

As Garrido writes on his official Flickr page, his work in terms of books and franchises is pretty wide-ranging. “I am best known to fans of GI Joe and for such book series such as The Three ...