G.I. Joe: America's Elite
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G.I. Joe: America's Elite is a series of comic book
s set in the G.I. Joe
universe that began publication in June 2005. The events of the series begin one year after the conclusion of G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero (vol. 2). The Special Missions series features reservist G.I. Joes and expands on plots set up in the main title.
, Duke
, Scarlett
, Shipwreck, Stalker
, Snake-Eyes, Storm Shadow
, and Roadblock
, though the cast changes as the series progresses.
and is code named "The Rock". They discover that a man named Vance Wingfield, who once attempted to start a nuclear war and was presumed dead, is behind the attacks. The G.I. Joe team stops him, but discovers that his attacks were made possible by Destro's
M.A.R.S. operation. The G.I. Joes defeat Destro on his submarine, but Snake-Eyes dies during the operation.
The Red Ninja Clan, enemies of G.I. Joe, steal Snake-Eyes' body and resurrect him. The Red Ninjas are under the control of Sei-Tin, a G.I. Joe adversary and a former Cobra collaborator. Sei-Tin takes control of Snake-Eyes and uses him to exact his revenge. Under Sei-Tin's control Snake-Eyes savagely attacks Storm Shadow and Kamakura. The G.I. Joes eventually defeat Sei-Tin and return Snake-Eyes to normal. Snake-Eyes renounces his ninja background and returns to his 'commando' persona. Flint leaves the team.
While the team is fighting the Red Ninjas, Duke leaves for a classified mission in Central America. After foiling the nuclear ambitions of a deranged Crimson Guardsman and conquering an army of relic B.A.T.s, Duke wanders in the jungle until he is rescued by a team of researchers. The G.I. Joes also take out a Cobra cell in Peru and rescue Spirit, a missing G.I. Joe operative. Storm Shadow leaves for parts unknown after the mission.
In hiding since the end of the previous series, Cobra Commander
has been rebuilding his forces. Cobra Commander infiltrates the U.S. government by disguising himself as White House Chief of Staff
Garrett Freelowe. He tries to convince the President to shut down the G.I. Joe team. When he fails, he sends a team of covert Cobra
operatives called the Phoenix Guard to kill the G.I. Joes. The G.I. Joes fight off the attack, capture most of the Phoenix Guard, and discover the true identities of many Phoenix Guard members. The Baroness
, a G.I. Joe prisoner, escapes during the fight. After the failed attack on G.I. Joes headquarters, Cobra Commander abandons the White House.
General Philip Rey, a former G.I. Joe commander and the unwitting leader of the Phoenix Guard, goes on a sabbatical following the invasion of "The Rock" to fill in some of the holes in his memory. Duke accompanies Rey because he does not trust Rey's intentions. During the sabbatical, Rey and Duke discover that Rey is a clone of Serpentor. They also learn that Rey has been brainwashed by his psychiatrist, undercover Cobra hypnotist Crystal Ball. Rey breaks free from Crystal Ball's control with Duke's help.
Meanwhile, the Baroness enlists the aid of Sebastian Bludd
in her campaign to fight her betrayers, Cobra Commander and Wraith. During her quest she locates and horribly disfigures the Cobra surgeon, Scalpel, who had crossed her in the previous series. Finding Wraith in a club in Prague, the Baroness lures him into a cemetery where she confronts and defeats him, apparently shooting him in the head. She trades his armor to the Red Shadows
in exchange for information on the whereabouts of Cobra Commander. Flint, who is tracking Red Shadows' leader, Wilder Vaughn, spots the Baroness with Vaughn and alerts "The Rock". Hoping to throw the G.I. Joe team off the Baroness' trail, Major Bludd raids an oil refinery in Saudi Arabia, but he is captured by the G.I. Joes. The Baroness locates the Commander in Honduras but finds that Destro, her husband, is also present. After a brief fight, Destro agrees to trade the M.A.R.S. corporation, his Iron Grenadier forces, and his eldest son, Alexander, to Cobra Commander in exchange for his and the Baroness' baby. Cobra Commander also reveals that he possesses the personal information of every G.I. Joe agent because of his time working in the White House.
While Duke is taking his father home, Cobra agent Interrogator captures Duke and tries to obtain information on G.I. Joe's Middle East operations. Roadblock rescues Duke from Interrogator, but Duke's father is injured. As part of Cobra Commander's sinister plot, Cobra sniper Black Out sneaks on board a Russian submarine and launches missiles at Boston. America declares a state of war. Cobra then attacks Washington D.C. and Cobra Commander assumes control. He sends the elite squadron known as The Plague to attack G.I. Joe headquarters. Cobra bombs Russia, claiming retaliation for the missile attack on Boston, and seizes control of U.S. military installations. Storm Shadow returns to stop Cobra from liberating prisoners from the G.I. Joe prison facility. In Israel the evenly matched Plague and G.I. Joe teams clash. As Alexander attacks England and France, Cobra sleeper cells attack government buildings in nations across the globe. The series ends with G.I. Joe forces (with aid from Destro) defeating and apprehending Cobra Commander by taking control of the M.A.R.S. satellite systems.
Manhattan
This one-shot featured G.I. Joe reservists Beach Head, Cover Girl
, Mercer
, Low-Light
, and Tunnel Rat
on a special mission involving a bio-weapon threat in New York City
. Also included is a side story about G.I. Joe reservist Barrel Roll and his brother, Cobra operative Black Out.
Tokyo
This one-shot featured the ninja Jinx
and samurai Budo, with reservists Wild Bill
, Gung Ho
, Clutch
, and Rock 'n Roll
. The team tries to prevent a coup in Japan.
Antarctica
This one-shot was released in December 2006, and featured Snake-Eyes, Stalker, Duke and Scarlett, as well as reservists Snow Job
, Frostbite
, and Iceberg
. Also included was a brief Hawaiian interlude, which revealed the whereabouts of several long-missing Cobra agents.
Brazil
This one-shot features Mainframe, Leatherneck
, Claymore
, Dial Tone
, and Wet Suit
during a mission in Brazil in the 1980s, against Headman, a drug kingpin. It then shifts to the present, where the team reunites (with Firewall filling in for Mainframe, who was killed in action) to take down the Headman once and for all. Also included is a side story showing Shipwreck and Cover Girl saving a Brazilian senator, with flashbacks to various parts of their friendship and relationship.
The Enemy
This one shot features a parallel story of G.I. Joe Infantry Squad Leader Robert "Grunt
" Graves in the upper panels, as he joins the army and G.I. Joe, and a man joining Cobra in the lower panels, and how their lives and experiences differed. Also included is a side story showing Black Out and an Eel codenamed Guillotine, conducting a mission with several Cobra agents, and reporting to Cobra Commander. The mission is revealed to be a recruitment operation for The Plague.
series published by Devil’s Due Publishing in 2007
. Scripted by Larry Hama
, it centered on the exploits of Storm Shadow
, traveling the world as a freelance operative, after leaving the G.I. Joe team in G.I. Joe: America's Elite #15.
The series began publication in May 2007, and was intended to be an ongoing series, but was canceled after seven issues in December 2007 at the request of Hasbro
. It was notable for being the third G.I. Joe comic to have Hama as a writer since the original Marvel Comics
run (the first being G.I. Joe: Frontline, and the second being G.I. Joe: Declassified).
Comic book
A comic book or comicbook is a magazine made up of comics, narrative artwork in the form of separate panels that represent individual scenes, often accompanied by dialog as well as including...
s set in the G.I. Joe
G.I. Joe
G.I. Joe is a line of action figures produced by the toy company Hasbro. The initial product offering represented four of the branches of the U.S. armed forces with the Action Soldier , Action Sailor , Action Pilot , Action Marine and later on, the Action Nurse...
universe that began publication in June 2005. The events of the series begin one year after the conclusion of G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero (vol. 2). The Special Missions series features reservist G.I. Joes and expands on plots set up in the main title.
Characters
G.I. Joe: America's Elite features a G.I. Joe team that is smaller than those of previous series. The G.I. Joe roster initially consists of General Joseph Colton, FlintFlint (G.I. Joe)
Flint is a fictional character from the G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero series. He was originally created as a character for the Sunbow cartoon series in 1984, and later introduced into the comic book and produced as an action figure in 1985.-Profile:...
, Duke
Duke (G.I. Joe)
Duke is a fictional character from the G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero and G.I. Joe: Sigma 6 lines of military-themed toys. The character is featured in both the animated series and comic books. Duke is portrayed by actor Channing Tatum in the 2009 live-action film, G.I. Joe: The Rise of...
, Scarlett
Scarlett (G.I. Joe)
Scarlett is a fictional character from G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero, a line of military-themed toys created by Hasbro. The character is one of the original members of the fictional team and toy line. She is a major character of the G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero comic book series and the...
, Shipwreck, Stalker
Stalker (G.I. Joe)
Stalker is the code name of Army Sergeant Lonzo R. Wilkinson, a character from the G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero series. He is one of very few characters from the first line of the toys to have a distinct appearance from the other action figures, as he is African-American. Stalker was a major...
, Snake-Eyes, Storm Shadow
Storm Shadow (G.I. Joe)
Storm Shadow is a fictional character from the G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero comic book series and television shows. The character is best known for his history with fellow ninja Snake Eyes...
, and Roadblock
Roadblock (G.I. Joe)
Roadblock is a character from Hasbro's G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero series of toys, comics and cartoons. He is one of the most prominent African-Americans in the series. His primary function in G.I. Joe is as a heavy machine gunner and a secondary function as a cook.-Fictional character...
, though the cast changes as the series progresses.
Plot synopsis
One year after the previous series, satellites begin falling out of orbit and crashing into major cities, resulting in massive civilian casualties. The G.I. Joe team, deactivated at the end of the last series, is reactivated to deal with the new threat. Their new headquarters is located in Yellowstone National ParkYellowstone National Park
Yellowstone National Park, established by the U.S. Congress and signed into law by President Ulysses S. Grant on March 1, 1872, is a national park located primarily in the U.S. state of Wyoming, although it also extends into Montana and Idaho...
and is code named "The Rock". They discover that a man named Vance Wingfield, who once attempted to start a nuclear war and was presumed dead, is behind the attacks. The G.I. Joe team stops him, but discovers that his attacks were made possible by Destro's
Destro
Laird James McCullen Destro XXIV, usually referred to simply as Destro, is a fictional villain from the G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero line of military-themed toys from Hasbro. He is portrayed by Christopher Eccleston in the 2009 live-action film, G.I...
M.A.R.S. operation. The G.I. Joes defeat Destro on his submarine, but Snake-Eyes dies during the operation.
The Red Ninja Clan, enemies of G.I. Joe, steal Snake-Eyes' body and resurrect him. The Red Ninjas are under the control of Sei-Tin, a G.I. Joe adversary and a former Cobra collaborator. Sei-Tin takes control of Snake-Eyes and uses him to exact his revenge. Under Sei-Tin's control Snake-Eyes savagely attacks Storm Shadow and Kamakura. The G.I. Joes eventually defeat Sei-Tin and return Snake-Eyes to normal. Snake-Eyes renounces his ninja background and returns to his 'commando' persona. Flint leaves the team.
While the team is fighting the Red Ninjas, Duke leaves for a classified mission in Central America. After foiling the nuclear ambitions of a deranged Crimson Guardsman and conquering an army of relic B.A.T.s, Duke wanders in the jungle until he is rescued by a team of researchers. The G.I. Joes also take out a Cobra cell in Peru and rescue Spirit, a missing G.I. Joe operative. Storm Shadow leaves for parts unknown after the mission.
In hiding since the end of the previous series, Cobra Commander
Cobra Commander
Cobra Commander is a fictional character from the G.I. Joe franchise. He appears in the toyline, animated series , comic books, video games, and movie as the usual principal antagonist. He is the supreme leader of the terrorist organization Cobra, and archnemesis of the Joes...
has been rebuilding his forces. Cobra Commander infiltrates the U.S. government by disguising himself as White House Chief of Staff
White House Chief of Staff
The White House Chief of Staff is the highest ranking member of the Executive Office of the President of the United States and a senior aide to the President.The current White House Chief of Staff is Bill Daley.-History:...
Garrett Freelowe. He tries to convince the President to shut down the G.I. Joe team. When he fails, he sends a team of covert Cobra
Cobra
Cobra is a venomous snake belonging to the family Elapidae. However, not all snakes commonly referred to as cobras are of the same genus, or even of the same family. The name is short for cobra capo or capa Snake, which is Portuguese for "snake with hood", or "hood-snake"...
operatives called the Phoenix Guard to kill the G.I. Joes. The G.I. Joes fight off the attack, capture most of the Phoenix Guard, and discover the true identities of many Phoenix Guard members. The Baroness
Baroness (G.I. Joe)
The Baroness is a character from the G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero toyline by Hasbro, originally appearing in the first issue of the G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero comic series by Marvel Comics in June, 1982. The Baroness is a villain, usually associated with G.I. Joe's enemy, Cobra.Baroness...
, a G.I. Joe prisoner, escapes during the fight. After the failed attack on G.I. Joes headquarters, Cobra Commander abandons the White House.
General Philip Rey, a former G.I. Joe commander and the unwitting leader of the Phoenix Guard, goes on a sabbatical following the invasion of "The Rock" to fill in some of the holes in his memory. Duke accompanies Rey because he does not trust Rey's intentions. During the sabbatical, Rey and Duke discover that Rey is a clone of Serpentor. They also learn that Rey has been brainwashed by his psychiatrist, undercover Cobra hypnotist Crystal Ball. Rey breaks free from Crystal Ball's control with Duke's help.
Meanwhile, the Baroness enlists the aid of Sebastian Bludd
Major Bludd
Major Bludd , is a fictional character from the G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero series of the 1980s. Appearing in both the comic books and the cartoons, Major Bludd is one of the series villains, a mercenary working for the Cobra Organization.-Toy:Major Bludd first appeared in 1983, he has had 6...
in her campaign to fight her betrayers, Cobra Commander and Wraith. During her quest she locates and horribly disfigures the Cobra surgeon, Scalpel, who had crossed her in the previous series. Finding Wraith in a club in Prague, the Baroness lures him into a cemetery where she confronts and defeats him, apparently shooting him in the head. She trades his armor to the Red Shadows
Red Shadows
The Red Shadows are the fictional fighting force opposed to Action Force and depicted in the UK Battle Action Force comic books. They were also portrayed in action figures by Palitoy as a European version of the G.I. Joe range. Later US G.I. Joe storylines have revived the Red Shadows as an...
in exchange for information on the whereabouts of Cobra Commander. Flint, who is tracking Red Shadows' leader, Wilder Vaughn, spots the Baroness with Vaughn and alerts "The Rock". Hoping to throw the G.I. Joe team off the Baroness' trail, Major Bludd raids an oil refinery in Saudi Arabia, but he is captured by the G.I. Joes. The Baroness locates the Commander in Honduras but finds that Destro, her husband, is also present. After a brief fight, Destro agrees to trade the M.A.R.S. corporation, his Iron Grenadier forces, and his eldest son, Alexander, to Cobra Commander in exchange for his and the Baroness' baby. Cobra Commander also reveals that he possesses the personal information of every G.I. Joe agent because of his time working in the White House.
World War III
G.I. Joe counters by going on the offensive, launching missions to capture Cobra agents around the world. To spread chaos and violence Cobra Commander sells M.A.R.S. weaponry to insurgents, terrorists, and rebel groups. In response the entire G.I. Joe roster is mobilized and the United States deploys its armed forces around the world. G.I. Joe is warned of a coming World War III by Agent Delta, an undercover operative who joined Cobra before the organization's rise. Delta contacts G.I. Joe after Cobra tells him to assassinate the Israeli Prime Minister. G.I. Joe manages to stop the assassination attempt, but discovers that it was a set-up.While Duke is taking his father home, Cobra agent Interrogator captures Duke and tries to obtain information on G.I. Joe's Middle East operations. Roadblock rescues Duke from Interrogator, but Duke's father is injured. As part of Cobra Commander's sinister plot, Cobra sniper Black Out sneaks on board a Russian submarine and launches missiles at Boston. America declares a state of war. Cobra then attacks Washington D.C. and Cobra Commander assumes control. He sends the elite squadron known as The Plague to attack G.I. Joe headquarters. Cobra bombs Russia, claiming retaliation for the missile attack on Boston, and seizes control of U.S. military installations. Storm Shadow returns to stop Cobra from liberating prisoners from the G.I. Joe prison facility. In Israel the evenly matched Plague and G.I. Joe teams clash. As Alexander attacks England and France, Cobra sleeper cells attack government buildings in nations across the globe. The series ends with G.I. Joe forces (with aid from Destro) defeating and apprehending Cobra Commander by taking control of the M.A.R.S. satellite systems.
G.I. Joe: Special Missions
A series of one-shots featuring reservist G.I. Joes and set in different parts of the world.Manhattan
This one-shot featured G.I. Joe reservists Beach Head, Cover Girl
Cover Girl (G.I. Joe)
Cover Girl is a fictional character from the G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero toyline comic books and cartoon series. She is a tank jockey, specializing in the Wolverine missile tank, and debuted in 1983.-Profile:...
, Mercer
Mercer (G.I. Joe)
Mercer is a fictional character from the G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero toyline, comic books and cartoon series. He is a member of the G.I. Joe team as one of Sgt. Slaughter's Renegades and debuted in 1987.-Profile:...
, Low-Light
Low-Light (G.I. Joe)
Low-Light is a fictional character from the G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero toyline, comic books and animated series. He served as the G.I. Joe Team's Infantryman and debuted in 1986.-Profile:...
, and Tunnel Rat
Tunnel Rat (G.I. Joe)
Tunnel Rat is a character from the G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero toyline. He has appeared in all cartoon and comic incarnations of the series.-Profile:...
on a special mission involving a bio-weapon threat in New York City
New York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...
. Also included is a side story about G.I. Joe reservist Barrel Roll and his brother, Cobra operative Black Out.
Tokyo
This one-shot featured the ninja Jinx
Jinx (G.I. Joe)
Jinx is a fictional character from the G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero toyline, comic books and cartoon series. She debuted in 1987, and her code name has also been the identity of several other incarnations of the same female ninja character: one of Snake-Eyes' apprentices in Sigma 6, Chuckles'...
and samurai Budo, with reservists Wild Bill
Wild Bill (G.I. Joe)
Wild Bill is a character from the G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero toyline, comic books and cartoon series of the 1980s.-Profile:According to Wild Bill's original file card, his real name is William S. Hardy, and his rank is that of army chief warrant officer CW-4...
, Gung Ho
Gung-Ho (G.I. Joe)
Gung-Ho is a fictional character from the G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero toyline, comic books, and cartoon series. He is the G.I. Joe Team's original Marine and debuted in 1983.-Profile:...
, Clutch
Clutch (G.I. Joe)
Clutch is a fictional character from the G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero toyline, comic books and cartoon series. He is one of the G.I. Joe Team's motor vehicle drivers and debuted in 1982.-Profile:...
, and Rock 'n Roll
Rock 'n Roll (G.I. Joe)
Rock 'n Roll is a character from the G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero toy line, comic books and cartoon series of the 1980s. He is the G.I. Joe team's original machine gunner and debuted in 1982.-Profile:...
. The team tries to prevent a coup in Japan.
Antarctica
This one-shot was released in December 2006, and featured Snake-Eyes, Stalker, Duke and Scarlett, as well as reservists Snow Job
Snow Job (G.I. Joe)
Snow Job is a character from the G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero toyline, comic books and cartoon series of the 1980s. He is the G.I. Joe team's original arctic trooper and debuted in 1983.-Bio:...
, Frostbite
Frostbite (G.I. Joe)
Frostbite is a fictional character from the G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero toyline, comic books and cartoon series. He is the G.I. Joe Team's Snow Cat driver and debuted in 1985.-Profile:His real name is Farley S. Seward, and his rank is that of corporal E-4...
, and Iceberg
Iceberg (G.I. Joe)
Iceberg is a fictional character from the G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero toyline, comic books and cartoon series. He is the G.I. Joe Team's snow trooper and debuted in 1986.-Profile:His real name is Clifton L. Nash, and his rank is that of sergeant E-5...
. Also included was a brief Hawaiian interlude, which revealed the whereabouts of several long-missing Cobra agents.
Brazil
This one-shot features Mainframe, Leatherneck
Leatherneck (G.I. Joe)
Leatherneck is a fictional character from the G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero toyline, comic books and cartoon series. He is a Marine with the G.I. Joe Team and debuted in 1986.-Profile:...
, Claymore
Claymore (G.I. Joe)
Claymore is a fictional character from the G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero toyline and comic book series. He first appeared in 1986 as an exclusive in a Toys R Us 5-pack, alongside re-colored versions of Mainframe, Wet Suit, Leatherneck, and Dial Tone....
, Dial Tone
Dial Tone (G.I. Joe)
Dial Tone is code name of two fictional characters from the G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero toyline, comic books and cartoon series.The first is male and debuted in 1986. He is the G.I. Joe Team's communications expert. He is voiced by Hank Garrett in the Sunbow G.I. Joe cartoon series.The second is...
, and Wet Suit
Wet Suit (G.I. Joe)
Wet Suit is a character from the G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero toyline, comic books and cartoon series of the 1980s. He is one of the G.I. Joe team's two Navy SEALs, the other being Torpedo. Wet Suit debuted in 1986.-Profile:...
during a mission in Brazil in the 1980s, against Headman, a drug kingpin. It then shifts to the present, where the team reunites (with Firewall filling in for Mainframe, who was killed in action) to take down the Headman once and for all. Also included is a side story showing Shipwreck and Cover Girl saving a Brazilian senator, with flashbacks to various parts of their friendship and relationship.
The Enemy
This one shot features a parallel story of G.I. Joe Infantry Squad Leader Robert "Grunt
Grunt (G.I. Joe)
Grunt is a fictional character from the G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero toyline, comic books and cartoon series. He is an infantryman with the G.I. Joe Team and debuted in 1982.-Profile:...
" Graves in the upper panels, as he joins the army and G.I. Joe, and a man joining Cobra in the lower panels, and how their lives and experiences differed. Also included is a side story showing Black Out and an Eel codenamed Guillotine, conducting a mission with several Cobra agents, and reporting to Cobra Commander. The mission is revealed to be a recruitment operation for The Plague.
Storm Shadow
Storm Shadow was a comic bookComic book
A comic book or comicbook is a magazine made up of comics, narrative artwork in the form of separate panels that represent individual scenes, often accompanied by dialog as well as including...
series published by Devil’s Due Publishing in 2007
2007 in comics
-January:*January 10: Superman & Batman vs. Aliens & Predator released.*January 24: The Boys is canceled with issue #6.-February:*February 2: Newsarama reports that The Boys has been picked up by Dynamite Entertainment....
. Scripted by Larry Hama
Larry Hama
Larry Hama is an American comic book writer, artist, actor and musician who has worked in the fields of entertainment and publishing since the 1960s....
, it centered on the exploits of Storm Shadow
Storm Shadow (G.I. Joe)
Storm Shadow is a fictional character from the G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero comic book series and television shows. The character is best known for his history with fellow ninja Snake Eyes...
, traveling the world as a freelance operative, after leaving the G.I. Joe team in G.I. Joe: America's Elite #15.
The series began publication in May 2007, and was intended to be an ongoing series, but was canceled after seven issues in December 2007 at the request of Hasbro
Hasbro
Hasbro is a multinational toy and boardgame company from the United States of America. It is one of the largest toy makers in the world. The corporate headquarters is located in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, United States...
. It was notable for being the third G.I. Joe comic to have Hama as a writer since the original Marvel Comics
Marvel Comics
Marvel Worldwide, Inc., commonly referred to as Marvel Comics and formerly Marvel Publishing, Inc. and Marvel Comics Group, is an American company that publishes comic books and related media...
run (the first being G.I. Joe: Frontline, and the second being G.I. Joe: Declassified).
Data Desk Handbook
This one-shot published files for America's Elites main characters. The files are presented as computer entries written by Commanding Officer General Joseph R. Colton (the original G.I. Joe). Several other files and updated files were later published in individual issues of America's Elite, Special Missions, and trade paper back volumes. A subsequent version of the title was published in late 2007 over two issues.The Hunt for Cobra Commander
This one-shot issue is set in the year between the Devil's Due A Real American Hero series and America's Elite series, and featured G.I. Joe team member Spirit tracking Cobra Commander. The issue is largely told via e-mails Spirit sends Hawk while on the mission.External links
- Phoenix Guard at JMM's G.I. Joe Comics Home Page