Creators: Leonardo Romero (writer), Cris Peter (art)
Story: Spirit is investigating some strange happenings in a forest - lots of injured animals with claw marks. He discovers an old research facility deep in the woods and discovers the metal monstrosity that is terrorizing the forest. Spirit works with Freedom (his eagle) to stop it.
Writing: Continuing the Silent Issue month, Leonardo takes a fan-favorite classic character and dedicates a whole issue to him. While Spirit has been featured pretty heavily in the on-going series through the year, many times he's regulated to being in charge of the defence of the Pitt. Here we get to see Spirit being a tracker and warrior. Spread throughout the issue are hints as to what's going on as well. And, as a nice feature as well, it's a rare G.I. Joe comic where the Joes aren't fighting Cobra.
Art: Art is top notch. From the beginning and laying hints as to what is happening to the quality of the art and colors throughout the issue, Cris does an excellent job here. The only downside is a few pages have extra, smaller, panels on them, which are hard to see.
Overall: A great issue and, once again, proving that you can tell a compelling story without dialogue. Spirit has a good story and great art.
