Creators: Joëlle Jones, Declan Shalvey, Mike Spicer
Story: As Cobra Commander watches, the Baroness infiltrates an opera house and heads to the catwalk with a rifle. She spots her target and Destro in the audience. She fires a shot that bounces off Destro's armored head and races to a box to find her target gone. She looks down and sees him running away but her target encounters Destro. The Baroness catches up and she fights Destro. The Baroness is able to get away and intercepts her target's date who is hiding a G.I. Joe document on her person. Destro receives a picture of the target dead and a note with coordinates. He meets back up with the Baroness in Paris at the Hôtel Plaza Athénée and they share a kiss.
Writing: A new series of "sssilent" issues, this time focusing on Cobra operatives. Like all other silent issues, this one has no dialogue. That makes it a bit tricky to place when/where this takes place. Is it the standard "Hama-verse" of G.I. Joe (started back in the 1980's at Marvel)? Is it other publishes (doubt it)? Or the new Skybound stories? It doesn't seem to fit neatly into any current series, but could be an earlier story from the original G.I. Joe run. The Baroness and Destro seem to know each other but aren't truly an item like we see in the modern Hama stories. The story is interesting, reminding us that the Baroness isn't just a code-name; she knows how to act and blend in with high society. Who is the guy? Doesn't matter, what matters is the Baroness wants to take him out.
Art: The art is pretty good. Not only do we get some good set-pieces and close ups of our characters, but there is also some good action and fight scenes as well. The first page has Cobra Commander walking and is very reminiscent of Darth Vader walking. The Baroness and Destro get close ups of their faces as they're fighting and it displays some good emotions. The only negative would be the crowd scenes at the end, which just doesn't seem to fit the overall style of the rest of the issue.
Overall: Looks like we'll have another fun month of silent issues. Based on a few things here, there might be a running theme throughout them that help tie all the issues together, but we'll see with the next issue. Silent issues are nice because it shows what can be done in terms of telling a story with just pictures.
