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If you are interested in comics as a storytelling medium then I highly recommend that you buy this edition.

While not as groundbreaking as "Silent Interlude, this story pays clever homage to Timber, Snake Eyes wolf pet.

Joe Origions #19, another wordless story by Hama as a bonus. All of this would make it a worthy book but then there is also a reprint of G.I. After that we are treated to descriptions of Snake Eyes, Storm Shadow, and the Cobra C.L.A.W.

Following this are artist Larry Hama's original pencil pages of the entire issue. Then issue #21 is reprinted in grand color. The introduction explains the history and context of the issue, including hilarious stories of how Marvel comics received letters from kids complaining that they had bought defective issues. Plus, it featued Snake Eyes and Storm Shadow, two of my favorite characters.įor those who are unfamiliar with issue #21, the story is famous as the characters never say a word through the entire issue. Never had I seen so much story told without a single phrase of dialogue uttered. I picked up the tiny magazine from a convenience store in Ottawa, Illinois and my worldview was shattered. I remember buying this issue many years ago when it was republished in digest format. Joe: Real American Hero, titled "Silent Interlude" is the greatest single issue of a comic book that has ever been published.