Jane 'Glenda' Mullighan — G.I. Joe Classified Series #144

Overview

Jane ‘Glenda’ Mullighan is figure #144 in the G.I. Joe Classified Series — a HasLab Dragonfly unlock figure from 2024. Glenda is one of only two Action Force characters in the Classified programme — the other being Quarrel (#138) — representing the European parallel franchise at premium scale for the first time. For British collectors who grew up with Action Force rather than GI Joe, her arrival is a landmark moment. For American collectors, she represents the franchise’s wider reach beyond its primary market.

Action Force Heritage

Action Force was the European version of the GI Joe franchise — distributed primarily in the UK and parts of Continental Europe from the early 1980s. While many figures were shared between the two product lines, Action Force had its own unique characters, distinct fiction, and a specific cultural presence in Britain that paralleled GI Joe’s American footprint.

Glenda was one of Action Force’s original unique characters — a female pilot who appeared in the UK comics and fiction before the GI Joe line had fully developed its own female character roster. Her character has a specific British franchise history that gives her a very different kind of significance for UK collectors than most American-originated figures.

The Action Force Representation Challenge

Including Action Force characters in the Classified programme requires a specific kind of programme decision. The American GI Joe collector base is the primary audience; Action Force characters have limited recognition in that market. But the British and European collector base — substantial, engaged, and historically underserved by premium US-focused releases — has been waiting for Action Force representation for the programme’s entire five-year history.

The Dragonfly HasLab unlock programme, with its broader international collector reach through Pulse, was a reasonable vehicle for introducing Action Force characters alongside the more widely recognised American figures.

Quarrel and Glenda: The Action Force Pair

With Glenda (#144) alongside Quarrel (#138, Night Force Falcon & Quarrel Pulse exclusive), the Classified programme has two Action Force-origin characters. Both are female figures; both represent the international franchise history. Their shared presence in the Classified line creates an Action Force display element, however small.

For collectors building the most complete possible Classified display — one that represents the franchise’s full history across all continuities — owning both Quarrel and Glenda is the Action Force investment that currently exists.

Female Representation in the Aerial Team

The Dragonfly unlock programme’s aerial team includes Wild Bill and Glenda as the pilot tier, with Rip Cord and Crazylegs as the ground-force insertion operators. Having a female pilot in the Dragonfly’s crew demonstrates the programme’s expansion of its representation at the HasLab unlock level.

HasLab Scarcity

As a HasLab unlock, Glenda exists in production quantities matching the Dragonfly’s backer count. Limited production, no retail availability, secondary market post-fulfilment.

Secondary Market

HasLab unlock, first Classified Action Force pilot, historical significance for UK collectors. Secondary prices typically run $45–70.

Verdict

Glenda #144 opens Action Force continuity at Classified scale — a meaningful landmark for British franchise collectors and a genuine international history acknowledgment for the wider programme. The first Action Force female pilot at 6” premium scale.

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Part of G.I. Joe Classified Series | HasLab 2024. Related: Wild Bill #142 | Rip Cord #143 | Night Force Falcon & Quarrel #138.

Action Force in the 1980s British Market

Action Force’s presence in the UK in the 1980s was substantial — the product line had dedicated comics (first published by IPC/Fleetway, then Marvel UK), television advertising, and strong retail distribution. For British children of the 1980s, Action Force was as significant as GI Joe was for American children, and in some UK markets more prominent.

The characters who were unique to Action Force — Glenda, Quarrel, and others — appeared in comics stories, animated material, and tie-in fiction that American GI Joe fans never encountered. For UK collectors, these characters carry specific memories and attachments that make their Classified debuts significantly more meaningful than their limited recognition in the American market would suggest.

Glenda at the HasLab Level

The Dragonfly HasLab’s international collector reach — through Pulse and through the programme’s visibility on the global collector market — made it a reasonable vehicle for the Action Force introduction. British and European collectors who backed the Dragonfly HasLab received not just an excellent aircraft and Wild Bill but also the first Action Force characters in the Classified programme.

That’s a meaningful discovery for UK collectors who weren’t sure whether the Classified line would ever acknowledge Action Force’s existence. Glenda and Quarrel together signal that it will.

Pair with Quarrel

Night Force Falcon & Quarrel (#138, Pulse 2024) brought Quarrel to Classified scale as part of a Night Force two-pack. Displaying Glenda alongside Quarrel creates the Classified programme’s small but meaningful Action Force representation — two female Action Force characters who represent the UK franchise’s contribution to the broader GI Joe universe.

Glenda at Classified scale is a landmark for UK collectors — the Action Force female pilot whose franchise history is as significant in Britain as Wild Bill’s is in America. The Dragonfly HasLab’s international franchise acknowledgment, and the figure that proves the Classified programme is covering GI Joe’s full global history. Two Action Force characters at Classified scale. Glenda and Quarrel represent a franchise history that American collectors may not know but British collectors will never forget.

Glenda’s Classified debut through the Dragonfly HasLab is the programme’s acknowledgment that the franchise’s international history matters — that Action Force is part of the same story as GI Joe, and that British collectors deserve their characters at the same premium scale.