While it was great to have The Detroit News running Kevin as a half-page comic, its color reproduction too often failed to live up to the standards set by the Chicago Tribune, as the sloppily-printed November 3 comic shows.

Kevin deftly saves lovely Emily and impresses the girl’s mother. Mary explains her family’s situation and reveals that they are about to sail off to visit her husband — in spite of his stern warning for them never to travel by sea (due to his career choice).

Meanwhile, in Wales, things are becoming complicated for David Drew.