Peter Parker Spectacular Spider-Man #38 (Feb. 2002) by Paul Jenkins and Mark Buckingham (Marvel)

Ha! I forgot about this one. I recently reviewed Step by Bloody Step (Image) and decided to re-read all the other silent issues over the years (including some of Marvel's "Nuff Said" theme of twenty-four books from early 2002). I remember Humberto Ramos doing the covers but I forgot they got Eisner winner Mark Buckingham to do the interiors. Paul Jenkins was recently coming off his Eisner win for Inhumans in 1999. I appreciate they included the first six pages of the Jenkins script. Silent books can be tough to pull off. In regards to the use of the silent gimmick in the "Nuff Said" books, I think it really worked with the use of the Murderous Mimes. I could have done without the panel where Spider-man moons the villains. This book isn't great, but it is funny. more