You might not get every little nuance with a random issue of this, but it looks good doing it.

We saw Reuben lamenting low voter turn-out a couple election cycles back, and we've mentioned the Hard Times trade a few times; but I just liked this cover from a quarter bin: from 1985, American Flagg! #26, "Mad Dogs & Englishmen, conclusion" Story and art by Howard Chaykin, letters by Ken Bruzenak, colors by Alex Wald.

This was wrapping up a four-parter with Reuben visiting England, part of a goodwill tour promoting a cease-fire in their war with Ireland. Several conspiracies of varying degrees of complexity seem to conflict with each other, ranging from robot replacements to garden-variety xenophobia and racism. Reuben eventually breaks the case, but loses the girl in the end, at least for now, as he gets on a plane back to Chicago...

...where, somewhat unusually, the back-up feature tied-in, and had a surprising name as well! "The People's Choice" Written by Alan Moore, art by Don Lomax. This was chapter six of a serial that would wrap up with the main story next month, as some kind of unexplained sexual disaster has refugees fleeing Kansas...and the curious later rushing there to see! Amanda "Mandy" Krieger spends most of this chapter trying to rehearse what she was going to say to Reuben when he got back: that this totally wasn't her fault, it isn't even as bad as they're saying, that's taken out of context, everything's fine...how are you? 

Loose Collector has an American Flagg!--and Raul the Cat!--action figure coming; and I'd be lying if I said I wasn't tempted. Trying to pay down my cards, though; and I just got hit for a spendy Mezco One: 12 just now...