World War III (G.I. Joe)
"World War III" | |||
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Publisher | Devil's Due Publishing | ||
Publication date | July 2007 – June 2008 | ||
Genre | Military science fiction | ||
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Main character(s) | ISBN 978-1-934692-02-8 |
World War III is the title of a 12-issue
Plot
After
Lorcan Rourke, aka Agent Delta, comes out of hiding to warn G.I. Joe about World War III. He had been assigned by
With approval from the President, General Colton contacts nearly every Joe still alive, and deploys the team all over the world, including Russia where
More Cobra forces attack The Rock, causing General Colton,
On returning to The Rock, Storm Shadow is then tasked with finding Destro and the Baroness, so that they can help disable Cobra's M.A.R.S. tech devices. Dela Eden, who had been freed from The Coffin by Cobra Commander, is also recruited to find Destro and the Baroness, in order to kill them.
Duke and Agent Delta make it back to New York, where they face The Plague. They escape, thanks to help from some armed New York civilians. Storm Shadow runs into Dela Eden. He defeats her in battle, and then finds Destro and the Baroness in Japan, where he convinces them to help. Billy, Cobra Commander's son, confronts his father 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. Meanwhile, the mystery undercover Joe helps another undercover Joe steal a M.A.R.S.-modified Night Raven.[9]
The main team reunites in
Destro and the Baroness lead her troops, code-named "Athena", in retaking London from Alexander. The Iron Grenadiers surrender when they see the elder Destro. Alexander tries to walk away, but is shot by
In the aftermath, the Joes are still active and fully funded. Destro turns himself in. Major Bludd and several Cobra agents are back in The Coffin and Cobra Commander is locked away in a special underwater prison.
The Plague
During the events of "World War III", Cobra Commander formed an elite team of specialists, drawn from the various Cobra forces. The Plague is composed of:
- Snow Serpent
- Black Out- a former Joe recruit who defected to Cobra
- Range-Viper
- Gallows- a former S.A.W. Viper
- Grim Skull- a former Sand Viper
- Eelwho becomes the leader of The Plague
- Incision - Aleph, the former leader of the Night Creepers
- Infraed - a former member of the Crimson Guard
- Interrogator
- Munitia
- Vanguard- Lt. Nick Bailey, a new Cobra recruit
- Laser-Viper
- Velocity- a former A.V.A.C.
Additionally,
Reception
The series was generally well received by critics. In August 2007, soon after the storyline began, America's Elite was chosen as "Book of the Month" in Wizard magazine,[13] and it was #94 on Comic Book Resources' list of the "Best 100 Comics of 2008".[14]
Brian LeTendre of Comic Book Resources described it as, "a great end to a great run",[14] and a review by OAFE called it a "good globetrotting adventure" with "unbelievable" scope, that "absolutely lives up to its name and premise".[15]
Collected editions
- G.I. Joe: America's Elite Volume 5: World War III Omnibus - (328 pages, July 2008, ISBN 978-1-934692-02-8, Devil's Due Publishing)
References
- ^ G.I. Joe: America's Elite #25 (July 2007)
- ^ G.I. Joe: America's Elite #26 (August 2007)
- ^ G.I. Joe: America's Elite #27 (September 2007)
- ^ G.I. Joe: America's Elite #28 (October 2007)
- ^ G.I. Joe: America's Elite #29 (November 2007)
- ^ G.I. Joe: America's Elite #30 (December 2007)
- ^ G.I. Joe: America's Elite #31 (January 2008)
- ^ G.I. Joe: America's Elite #32 (February 2008)
- ^ G.I. Joe: America's Elite #33 (March 2008)
- ^ G.I. Joe: America's Elite #34-35 (2008)
- ^ G.I. Joe: America's Elite #36 (June 2008)
- ^ G.I. Joe Special Missions: The Enemy (September 2007)
- ^ Wizard #190 (August 2007)
- ^ a b Brian LeTendre (December 29, 2008). "Best 100 Comics of 2008, Part 1". Comic Book Resources. Retrieved 2010-01-17.
- ^ "G.I. Joe: America's Elite "World War III" review". OAFE. 2008-07-18. Retrieved 2010-01-17.
External links
- WAR’S END: POWERS & O’SULLIVAN TALK “G.I. JOE: AMERICA’S ELITE” FINALE - Comic Book Resources