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Issue Details

Issue #21
Published August 2003
Cover Price $2.95
Pages 36
Editing Scott Wherle
Notes Cover forms one image when connected with the cover to issue #20; Alternate cover by J. Scott Campbell exists.

Cover Details - "The Silent Issue"

Characters Snake-Eyes; William Kessler [Billy]
Genre war
Pencils Mike Zeck
Inks Mike Zeck
Colors Hi-Fi Colour Design
Notes Cover forms one image when connected with the cover to issue #20; Alternate cover by J. Scott Campbell exists.

23 page G.I. Joe story "Closure Part Two"

Characters FEATURE: G.I. Joe--Snake-Eyes; Kamakura; GUESTS: William Kessler [Billy]; Storm Shadow; VILLAINS: Cobra--Cobra Commander; Crimson Guard; Burn-Out; Monkeywrench
Synopsis In a story with no text, Snake-Eyes and crew try to take down Cobra Commander and keep Storm Shadow free of Cobra's mind control but fail.
Genre war
Script Josh Blaylock
Pencils Mike Zeck
Inks John Beatty
Colors Hi-Fi Colour Design
Letters Dreamer Design
Notes Indexer Note: The original G.I. Joe series by Marvel also featured issue #21 as a silent issue and told of Snake-Eyes rescuing Scarlett from Destro's castle, a mission where silence was vital. There was a follow up story in G.I. Joe Yearbook #3 which also contained a silent story featuring Scarlett and Storm Shadow rescuing Snake-Eyes from Cobra, also relatively a stealthy undertaking. This issue, however, continued from the last where everyone was talking and shooting at will has no reason to be silent other than the novelty. Instead of fabricating a reason why it should be silent, the creators simply didn't put dialogue in the story. This issue is, however, the only time that Mike Zeck, a frequent cover artist of both the Marvel and Image series drew an issue of G.I. Joe.

1 page G.I. Joe (backcovers) *do not use* / *please fix* "Back Cover"

Characters Kamakura
Genre war
Pencils David Michael Beck
Inks David Michael Beck
Colors David Michael Beck