Even though they are the best of the best, even America's elite can't be all places at all times... so, what happens before they can get there? When a terror strikes, and the active agents can't respond, it's time to send in the reserves

In the face of growing threats to freedom, the U.S. creates an elite team of soldiers to become a daring new anti-terrorist force: G.I. Joe Finally revealed - the recruitment of the original 13 agents, and the missions that happened before G.I. Joe #1 Also, a deadly anger brews in the heart of a frustrated used car salesman... Cobra is coming...

Soldier. Ninja. Respected member of G.I. Joe. His real name is classified; his past, a blank slate... But behind every mystery waits a truth to be told. For the first time in print, the definitive origin of Snake-Eyes is told What little information was known has been sewn together with revelatory moments and threads that explain where he's been, how he became who he is and set the stage for where he is going. A tale of war, betrayal, loss and death - and out of the tragedy... the legend is born.