![]() ![]() Through the years, many rumors and stories have built around the reasoning for doing an issue silently. The final page is one of the greatest reveals in comics history, where we learn that Snake Eyes and Storm Shadow have more in common than we knew of. Along the way we meet for the first time in Joe lore, Storm Shadow. We follow Snake Eyes as he fights his way through Cobra troops and ninjas,on his way to rescuing Scarlett. As seen in the first pages of the issue, fellow Joe Scarlett is imprisoned in the castle by Cobra Commander. Snake Eyes( the Joe’s breakout character by that point) infiltrates Destro’s castle on a mission. The entirety of the story is told panel by panel, completely by the sequential art. The only words written in the issue are a few shots of computer screens, no more. The gimmick: no dialogue, no thought bubbles,no written narrative. The issue was plotted and drawn by Larry Hama,with inks by Steve Leiahola. For the original Joe run from Marvel that started in the early 80’s, this is the one. Many series have a defining issue, some more than others. ![]() IDW, current publishers of Joe material, recently released a hardcover celebrating the 30th Anniversary of this landmark issue. Joe 21 was originally published by Marvel Comics in March 1984 ![]() Joe: A Real American Hero number 21, it couldn’t be truer. ![]()
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