I reckon that all of those prior instances of running from bears (as any sane person would do) pays off for Mark as he easily unmasks this absurd fraud, who didn’t even put up a fight. Yet Mark’s dramatic boast in panel 3 is uncalled for, given the hokey amateurishness of this assault and the obvious bear costume. Well, we’ll have to wait to find out if this Whether Men attack includes a follow-up. However, I doubt even a well-made bear costume supports variable emotional expressions like we see in panels 1 and 2.

Art Dept. Props for Rivera’s attention to details regarding the filling station in yesterday’s and today’s strips. Rivera even included those bump-outs atop the roof posts showing the pump numbers. It’s too bad that this attention did not extend to other elements in the panels.