Editing Cobra Commander (section)

====America's Elite====
One year after the previous series, satellites begin falling out of orbit and crashing into major cities, resulting in massive civilian casualties. Thinking that Cobra is responsible for the attacks, the G.I. Joe Team is reactivated to deal with the new threat. The team eventually discovers that a man named [[Vance Wingfield]], who once attempted to start a nuclear war and was presumed dead, is behind the attacks.<ref>''G.I. Joe: America's Elite'' #0–5 (June–November 2005)</ref> Meanwhile, Cobra Commander, who has been rebuilding his forces since the end of the previous series, 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 creates a new team called the [[Phoenix Guard]] led by [[General Rey (G.I. Joe)|General Philip Rey]], a former G.I. Joe commander.<ref>''G.I. Joe: America's Elite'' #13 (July 2006)</ref> The Phoenix Guard infiltrates G.I. Joe headquarters, and manages to capture several Joes, until General Rey discovers the true identities of the Phoenix Guard members. G.I. Joe then captures most of the Phoenix Guard, and after the failed attack on G.I. Joe headquarters, Cobra Commander abandons the White House.<ref>''G.I. Joe: America's Elite'' #17–18 (Nov.-Dec. 2006)</ref>

The Baroness then pursues a campaign of revenge against her betrayers, Cobra Commander and [[Wraith (G.I. Joe)|Wraith]]. During her quest, she finds Wraith in a club in Prague, and lures him into a cemetery where she confronts and defeats him, shooting him in the head. She trades his armor to the Red Shadows, in exchange for information on the whereabouts of Cobra Commander. 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 avoids capture, by revealing that he possesses the personal information of every G.I. Joe agent, because of his time working in the White House.<ref>''G.I. Joe: America's Elite'' #21–24 (March–June 2007)</ref>

Cobra Commander uses his control of M.A.R.S. weapons to create conflict all over the globe, in a last bid to gain control of the world. G.I. Joe counters by going on the offensive, mobilizing the entire G.I. Joe roster, and launching missions to capture Cobra agents still at large. Meanwhile, Cobra Commander recruits soldier Nick Bailey, making him the last member of a new elite Cobra unit code-named "[[The Plague (G.I. Joe)|The Plague]]".<ref>''G.I. Joe: America's Elite'' #25 (July 2007)</ref> The main G.I. Joe team heads to Israel, where they help stop an assassination attempt. While the team is away, Cobra Commander attacks [[Washington, D.C.]], taking over the White House and capturing the President. Cobra also takes over [[Fort Meade]], while Alexander McCullen attacks London and France with the Iron Grenadiers.<ref>''G.I. Joe: America's Elite'' #29 (November 2007)</ref>

Cobra Commander then sends [[Tomax]] and a squad of [[Night Creepers]] to "The Coffin", a prison in Greenland created to hold all of G.I. Joe's captured enemies. Tomax manages to free [[Major Bludd]] and several others, while killing those Cobra Commander considered "loose ends". Dela Eden, who had been freed from The Coffin, is recruited by Cobra Commander to find Destro and the Baroness, in order to kill them. Cobra takes over several nuclear arsenals, including one in [[Suffolk, England]]. As a warning, Cobra Commander detonates a nuclear bomb in [[The Empty Quarter]], and then broadcasts an ultimatum on television for world leaders to accede to his authority, or he will start choosing populated targets. Billy, Cobra Commander's son, confronts his father at Fort Meade and tries to kill him. He fails, and Cobra Commander kills him instead, hanging Billy's body from a flagpole, with a message that no one is untouchable.<ref>''G.I. Joe: America's Elite'' #30–33 (Dec. 2007 – March 2008)</ref>

After the Joes defeat a plan by Cobra Commander to blow up nukes in the Amazon and Antarctica, Cobra Commander and The Plague retreat to a secret base in the Appalachian Mountains, where the first Cobra soldiers were trained. When the Joes attack the Appalachian base, [[General Joseph Colton|General Colton]] is shot in the back by Cobra Commander, but survives. The battle ends, when Hawk tackles Cobra Commander, and knocks him out with a punch to the face. In the aftermath, the Joes are still active and fully funded, and Cobra Commander is locked away in a special underwater prison.<ref>''G.I. Joe: America's Elite'' #36 (June 2008)</ref>

Hasbro later announced that all stories published by [[Devil's Due Publishing]] are no longer considered [[Canon (fiction)|canonical]], and are now considered an alternate continuity.<ref name="Continuity">{{cite web |url=http://forums.yojoe.com/news/75248-comic-continuity-clarity-comic-section.html |title=Comic Continuity Clarity in the Comic Section – YoJoecom Forums |author=Antarctica |date=12 May 2010 |access-date=24 May 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100522084206/http://forums.yojoe.com/news/75248-comic-continuity-clarity-comic-section.html |archive-date=22 May 2010 |url-status=dead}}</ref>