Phoenix Guard

G.I. Joe: America's Elite
Cover image for G.I. Joe: America's Elite #1.
Publication information
Publisher	Devil's Due Publishing
Schedule	Monthly
Publication date	June 2005 – June 2008
No. of issues	37
Main character(s)	Duke Flint Roadblock Scarlett Shipwreck Snake Eyes Stalker Storm Shadow
Creative team
Written by	Joe Casey Mark Powers Mike O'Sullivan
Penciller(s)	Stefano Caselli Nelson Blake Josh Medors Mike Bear Mike Shoyket
Inker(s)	Andrew Pepoy Stefano Caselli John Lowe Richard Zajac Clayton Brown Mike Bear Mike Shoyket

G.I. Joe: America's Elite is a series of comic books set in the G.I. Joe universe which 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), and features the G.I. Joe Team re-activated with a reduced roster. The Special Missions series features reserve specialists who are activated as needed, and expands on plots set up in the main title.

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 previous series, is reactivated to deal with the new threat. Led by General Joseph Colton, the core roster initially consists of Duke, Flint, Roadblock, Scarlett, Shipwreck, Snake Eyes, Stalker and Storm Shadow. Their new headquarters is in Yellowstone National Park and is code named "The Rock".

Thinking that Cobra is responsible for the attacks, General Colton, Duke and Storm Shadow interrogate the Baroness, who is being held in a classified sub-level of The Rock. Duke, Scarlett and Snake Eyes all leave to conduct solo investigations, while the rest of the team follows a lead to Puerto Rico. They discover the attacks were made possible by Destro's M.A.R.S. operation, and call in Firewall to help retrofit the VLA in New Mexico, in order to counter the tractor beam that is pulling the satellites out of orbit. Despite an attack by Iron Grenadier robots, the G.I. Joe team tracks the signal to Oregon, and discovers that a man named Vance Wingfield, who once attempted to start a nuclear war and was presumed dead, is behind the attacks.