Last issue ended with Jack, Cole and Loop at the diner. Loop had just gotten a call from Graves who told him to take out Cole before he could get to him. Well, the way this issue starts, obviously Loop wasn't fast enough. Why? Because Jack and Cole are driving up through the countryside, and Loop is lying in the trunk beaten up. At the same time there appears to be some tension between Augustus, Graves and Javier . . . the three originators. It seems that just because you rise to power together, doesn't mean that you'll remain friends once you get there. And in our little street story, Leon has asked Keen to take out his best friend Pip. Anyways, it ends up that Jack takes out Loop . . and then he takes out Cole. I kind of thought something might be up when he said it was a nice day out . . but, I wasn't sure. To me it seems like this story is showing that there's the same stress and tension and mistrust at all three levels of the organization . . . at the street level, with the soldiers and with the bosses. Basically they're all dealing with the same thing, even though they're all coming at it from different perspectives. Which reinforces many axioms, including . . ' Cream rises to the top' and 'Only the strong survive'. Oh, and we can't forget . . 'What doesn't kill you, only makes you stronger' . . which is quite literal in this book.
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