So Mark drove all the way back to his Dad’s place (or Niecy’s house?), just to talk things over with Niecy? What happened to WhatsApp? Or Zoom? That’s usually good enough when Mark calls Cherry.

Now that he is back, who is watching out for Happy, besides Gale (Dreama)? Mark seems to be out of his depth. I think this is refreshing in a way. And we’ve seen this a lot with Jules Rivera’s Mark Trail. He is not always on top of things, not always the Noble Hero of Moral Certainty. He messes up and makes wrong choices. His Fists o’ Justice don’t always perform as expected. Woman are not always (or ever) throwing themselves at him, as in his previous incarnations. He is not world-renown. In fact, since Rivera took over, he hasn’t even left the country! I’d like to see that happen some time.

And this must have been a bad hair day for Rivera, based on the art. But she is no Stephen Pastis when it comes to puns, either. I’m guessing that the “going ape” pun was meant to apply to Happy’s enthusiasm for Gale. As for Mark, he is just going crazy.