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“It’s gorilla warfare!” claims Rivera! Not so fast, whippersnapper ….

Okay, Jules Rivera is in Mark Trail Parody Mode. Dressed in his best “used car salesman” suit (but looking more like the stereotype of a country hick), Mark runs to the rescue of a gorilla that suddenly collapsed. Why? Because he is Mark Trail (cue the Mighty Mouse theme song), and he is contractually obligated to attempt any and all rescues.  I mean, nobody really expected Gail or Guyler to do anything, right? Meanwhile, even Happy begins to realize something isn’t right. Everybody seems to be having their own version of a panic attack.

Well, I’m not sure I agree with Rivera’s assessment of the situation in panel 3, or even the pun, itself. I mean, one gorilla has collapsed and another gorilla sits in a different location, not doing much of anything. But I see no gorillas fighting. Do you? Rivera wasted a possibly good pun on a completely unrelated event. In fact, Rivera could have showed two gorillas getting into a bit of rough-and-tumble over the past day or two, with the loser falling down and needing medical attention. Then Rivera’s pun would make a lot more sense and maybe worth a chuckle.