Roadblock can carry and fire an M-2 .50 caliber machine gun that normally needs a tripod and a crew. He was working as a bouncer and saving to attend culinary school in France when a Joe recruiter spotted him. He still wants to be a gourmet chef.
Roadblock is a G.I. Joe team operative in the A Real American Hero line. First released as a Hasbro carded action figure in 1984, with 6 distinct figure versions produced across the 1982 to 1994 vintage run.
Roadblock appears in 1 episode synopsis across the Sunbow (1983 to 1987) and DiC (1989 to 1992) runs, first appearing in Sunbow's "The Revenge of Cobra, Part 5: Amusement Park of Terror" (1984). Full screencap and continuity review pending.