In this issue worlds collide, as Tonta meets Maggie! Jaime's genius for revealing character through action is in full effect here, along with its corollary, that social networks – well, at least, real world, organic ones – are forged through the same interactions that form character, in an endless feedback loop of people shaping and being shaped by each other which in turn creates societies and, ultimately, civilization.  

And, Gilbert's certainly no slouch in this department, as the complexities in the extended Fritz family saga take many a twist and turn throughout this issue, one of which leads to an extremely dark alley of the soul, one in which reader's could easily imagine a sign posted at its entrance reading, "Abandon hope, all ye who enter here."

Hold onto your hats, indeed.