That issue has stuck with me as well. I've always felt that Hama's G.I Joe was one of Marvel's best books for a period covering (roughly) early 1983 through early 1984. The rest of Hama's run on the book was very good, but that particular stretch is classic IMO.
That is a great issue, in the middle of a great run.
Maybe an Essential some day?
No Essentials, but there are color trades instead. Marvel released five volumes of GI Joe about five years ago. IDW, the current license holder, has been re-releasing those same trades as Classic GI Joe and has solicited a sixth volume for this fall. The silent issue should be in the third volume (they collect ten issues each).
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But that is a nice bit of writing.
And a comic by a Vietnam vet gun-nut?
That's a good sell!
Maybe an Essential some day?
That is a great issue, in the middle of a great run.
Maybe an Essential some day?
No Essentials, but there are color trades instead. Marvel released five volumes of GI Joe about five years ago. IDW, the current license holder, has been re-releasing those same trades as Classic GI Joe and has solicited a sixth volume for this fall. The silent issue should be in the third volume (they collect ten issues each).
I'll have to Byrne-steal it someday, if everyone, including Scott McCloud, makes the big deal of it!
Even the most vigilant comicbookstore guy wouldn't spot me in the time it takes to read a silent issue.
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