You know what this issue made me think of? When in the history of entertainment; whether it be comics, movies, TV, etc; have undercover operation ever work out? No matter what happens something always goes wrong and the batting average of a successful operation seems to be zero. Anyways, after what seems like forever since the last issue we finally have an issue to look over in enormous detail. I prefer a microscope myself. So what does this issue have in store with us?

Well surprising little in terms of the story. For a final issue of an arc it definitely doesn’t reveal much of anything. It reintroduces a character, possibly kills him/her off, and then tells us nothing about the signals in the sky. It makes for a weird issue to critique because while it should frustrate me that after twenty issues we still have no clue what the overall story is yet for the series, I can’t see myself doing it. There are so many great jokes in the script by Layman and it’s a fun issue to read overall that the overall story complaints can’t really be thought by me while reading. I am loving the new technique by Layman to have a panel show us a glimpse view of the future and bringing it around for a joke. I’ve never seen in done in a comic before so maybe it’s original? It’s still funny anyways.

The art is obviously the highlight of this issue. Sure after seeing the forth double page spread in a row it might cause some people to go ‘Come on!’ and get on with it. But Guillory just makes everything look so beautiful but so cartoony at the same time. The pages involving Mason does have a gritty, or ‘noir’ feel to them (sans the double page spreads) but it still involves a man with a huge gut and the skinniest guy you can imagine. But the pages involving Tony are so animated that it feels like your seeing stills of a cartoon at times. Unfortunately I’m not turning my issue around in different angles to look at jokes because there isn’t as much as last issue. There are some good ones to be sure (notice the posters inside the FDA’s briefing room) but overall Guillory put a lot of detail into the layouts more so then adding jokes. Not a negative though so don’t get confused with that by the way.

This is yet another solid issue by Layman and Guillory. While it might not be as memorable as issue #19 it does have a lot of great jokes and gorgeously drawn sequences to make you not care about last issue. This series has just been a lot of fun since the first issue and it doesn’t seem like this series will ever miss a beat. Considering how this issue ends we may get a lot of intrigue with the next story arc.