The Sssilent Missions Issue Featuring Cobra’s Relentless Bounty Hunter Arrives April 22
Today Skybound and Image Comics, in collaboration with Hasbro, a leading games, IP and toy company, revealed a first look at interior pages from G.I. JOE: A Real American Hero Sssilent Missions – Copperhead #1, an all-new one-shot debuting for Skybound’s Silent Missions month. Made by renowned writer and artist Howard Porter (JLA) and colorist Romulo Fajardo Jr. (The Amazing Spider-Man), this issue arrives in comic book shops on April 22.
The face of comic books changed forever when G.I. JOE: A Real American Hero #21 introduced fans to the “Silent Interlude,” an action-packed story with no dialogue. This April, Silent Missions Month returns for a second year, but with a new twist: the focus turns to Cobra as its most lethal members take center stage in a new series of silent, high-stakes stories, featuring superstar creators.
Strap in with Howard Porter for a swamp death race that’s too fast and too fatal for the fearless COPPERHEAD to turn down. Unfortunately, his competition isn’t going to let anyone stop them from winning!
In addition to the main cover by Howard Porter & Romulo Fajardo Jr., the lineup of variant covers includes an open to order cover by Jorge Fornés (Rorschach), a 1:10 incentive black and white version of Porter’s cover, and the continuation of 1:25 incentive foil letter cover series by Fornés, ultimately spelling COBRA.
G.I. JOE: A Real American Hero Sssilent Missions – Copperhead #1 is the fourth of five all-new Silent Missions one-shots, each releasing on a Wednesday this April, from an elite assembly of talent including Gabriel Hardman, Jöelle Jones & Declan Shalvey, Pat Olliffe & Tom DeFalco, Howard Porter, and Jorge Fornés.
G.I. JOE: A Real American Hero is a cornerstone of the historic collaboration between Skybound and Hasbro, with a new Compendium Set Kickstarter running now through April 22 at www.GIJoeKickstarter.com. Essential to this successful collaboration is the shared Energon Universe that features ongoing series Void Rivals by writer Robert Kirkman (Invincible, The Walking Dead), artist Andrei Bressan (Destro), and colorist Dee Cunniffe (She-Hulk), the two-time Eisner Award winning TRANSFORMERS by writer Robert Kirkman, artist Jason Howard (The Astounding Wolf-Man), and colorist Mike Spicer (Stillwater, Murder Falcon), G.I. JOE by writer Joshua Williamson (Superman, Dark Ride), artist Andrea Milana (Cobra Commander), and colorist Lee Louthridge (Scarlett), and now also the brand-new series M.A.S.K. bywriter Dan Watters (Batman: Dark Patterns, DESTRO), artist Pye Parr (Petrol Head, New Gods), and coloristPierluigi Casolino (DC vs Vampires), launching June 3.
G.I. JOE: A Real American Hero Sssilent Missions – Copperhead #1 (Lunar Codes Below| $3.99, unless otherwise noted) will be available at comic book shops and digital platforms including Amazon Kindle, Apple Books, and Google Play on Wednesday, April 22, 2026.
The full list of variant covers is below:
- G.I. JOE: A Real American Hero Sssilent Missions – Copperhead #1 Cover A by Howard Porter & Romulo Fajardo Jr. (Lunar Code: 0226IM0341)
- G.I. JOE: A Real American Hero Sssilent Missions – Copperhead #1 Cover B by Jorge Fornés (Lunar Code: 0226IM0342)
- G.I. JOE: A Real American Hero Sssilent Missions – Copperhead #1 Cover C (1:10 incentive) (Black & White) by Howard Porter (Lunar Code: 0226IM0343)
- G.I. JOE: A Real American Hero Sssilent Missions – Copperhead #1 Cover D (Foil) (1:25 Incentive) by Jorge Fornés ($4.99) (Lunar Code: 0226IM0344)