Later on in the Marvel series, Roadblock is one of a squad of Joes valiantly struggling to restore order in the fictional Latin American country of Sierra Gordo. After years of chaos and one military dictatorship after another, the country finally collapsed into all-out revolution. While trying to save the American ambassador, Roadblock meets a rebel who's about to torch an American flag. Naturally, this doesn't sit well with our hero, and he lets the dude know that one spark means the end of his face.