Mark’s left arm and shoulder no longer immobilized…  dazed from his fall, but he still has the wits to know that he’s about to become lunch…  Met his match, as it were… Not that he was looking for a fight or even did anything to deserve this, but you know, life can be like that…  And life can also be like what is happening in panel two!  Ta da!  Straight from Cutter’s Bluff, it’s… Ol’ Rex the Territorial Grizzly!

All I can say is Hokey Smoke!  That’s one bad-ass bear.  But wait- could Rex actually be Chuck Norris’ Spirit?  Could be… Check it out…