[SquishyOH]

Issue 21 also has Cobra Commander greeting Storm Shadow and ordering Scarlett to be taken to the dungeon. Cobra Commander is front and center and not merely handwaving his top lieutenant away.

Destro also gathers the garrison to storm the tower and stumbles on Snake Eyes dressed as a guard. Destro would be talking and definitely asking the uniformed man on the stairs what happened. Snake Eyes is a sneaky bugger and will feign being dazed to avoid talking.

[Josh Z]

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Issue 21 also has Cobra Commander greeting Storm Shadow and ordering Scarlett to be taken to the dungeon. Cobra Commander is front and center and not merely handwaving his top lieutenant away.

Destro also gathers the garrison to storm the tower and stumbles on Snake Eyes dressed as a guard. Destro would be talking and definitely asking the uniformed man on the stairs what happened. Snake Eyes is a sneaky bugger and will feign being dazed to avoid talking.

Real semantics stuff here. It can be argued that when Storm Shadow brings in the captured Scarlett and swings his sword as if he's going to kill her (really only slicing the shroud off), Cobra Commander is briefly stunned speechless and only has to point to his guards to have Scarlett taken away.

Destro leading the troops may be trying to move them all quietly hoping to catch the intruder by surprise.

It's suspension of disbelief, sure, but much less so than Roadblock blasting away with a .50 cal heavy machine gun in his supposedly "silent" issue.

[SquishyOH]

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Real semantics stuff here. It can be argued that when Storm Shadow brings in the captured Scarlett and swings his sword as if he's going to kill her (really only slicing the shroud off), Cobra Commander is briefly stunned speechless and only has to point to his guards to have Scarlett taken away.

Destro leading the troops may be trying to move them all quietly hoping to catch the intruder by surprise.

It's suspension of disbelief, sure, but much less so than Roadblock blasting away with a .50 cal heavy machine gun in his supposedly "silent" issue.

This is why I don't like the term "silent issue" for Marvel #21. There are plenty of things between guards getting tossed off parapets and screaming as they fall, grenades exploding, orders being given, CLAW jet engines revving up, etc. where a true audio recording of events would be quite noisy in places. There is a YouTube channel where fans have recorded the dialogue and added sound effects to accompany the comics visuals for many of the early Marvel issues. Wonder if they've tried to tackle #21 yet?

I like to think of #21 as "a story that can be told through just the plotting and art" is a better, if less snappy, description. If that is the criteria, then I think the recent 5 issues all perform quite well.

If they really wanted a "silent" issue, I think you'd either need to set it in the vacuum of space or have an issue where Footloose is next to an explosion in panel #1 and spends the rest of the issue deaf until getting back to base on the final page and Lifeline holds up a notepad saying "hearing will come back in a week". Maybe a Night Creeper focused issue where they assassinate a bunch of people from the shadows, but that doesn't have much story to it.

Edit: Found two attempts to add a soundtrack to the Silent Issue

[FunkyBunch]

New Talking Joe episode - Silent Missions Duke

Mark and Tim discuss G.I. JOE: A Real American Hero ? Duke #1 released Wednesday, April 30, 2025, with a special guest appearance from Diana Davis (ARAH Creative Consultant).

Originally recorded as a talking heads video, also available as a more tightly edited audio only version.

Youtube: https://youtu.be/JB29qzu8DmQ

[stopdead]

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New Talking Joe episode - Silent Missions Duke

Mark and Tim discuss G.I. JOE: A Real American Hero ? Duke #1 released Wednesday, April 30, 2025, with a special guest appearance from Diana Davis (ARAH Creative Consultant).

Originally recorded as a talking heads video, also available as a more tightly edited audio only version.

Youtube: https://youtu.be/JB29qzu8DmQ

It's always fun with Diana shows up. Thanks!

[kdu2814]

I read the Roadblock issue last night, have not gotten to Duke yet, but it did occur to me a few minutes ago that one or more of these silent issues could have been used to spotlight Joes who would work in silent environments, like Deep Six, Torpedo, Countdown and the like.

[Josh Z]

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these silent issues could have been used to spotlight Joes who would work in silent environments, like Deep Six, Torpedo, Countdown and the like.

Excellent idea! I wish this series had gone that route.