This absolutely has the feeling of the invisible hand of writing behind the scope of this. Love Henry's pencils in the Valiant world - and I know that I complained aboth them being in 4001 Japan. Most certainly. But here - there is the connection over to the past - and the real set toward everything that made all of this possible. I can feel the connection forward -and the scope has been a beauty. I hope that when you read this, you go back and really pore through this. I can't speak for the end yet - but so far the two focal sections have REALLY built the story together - and built a drive in me to read this. Excellent hooks.