This final installment of this story arc with Leonardo Davinci’s return features another tabloid I received from my late friend Thomas.

Seeing a tabloid example of a late-period KEVIN THE BOLD, remember that when the episode is run as a third-page, the entire fourth tier is deleted—such a giant throwaway panel which eliminated the need for Collins’ original artwork to be severely cropped (as shown in the final episode at bottom).

Leonardo’s “moveable house of armor” goes into action in an episode pieced together from a third-page and a black and white half-page. Reading it closely, I wish that this had been timed to coincide with Major League Baseball’s (semi-) recent Opening Day (it was four weeks ago). Why?

Realizing that love is in the air, Count Vega’s demeanor suddenly changes. In the second panel, he quotes the Song of Soloman (which I hadn’t realized was considered an erotic poem until now—talk about missing the message!) I just knew it as the Biblical passage that former Detroit Tigers announcer (and Hall of Famer) Ernie Harwell would quote each year on Opening Day (“The Voice of the Turtle“). Go Tigers!

The action transitions to the South Sea Islands—a story of buried treasure. Only two more chapters of Kevin’s saga would follow!

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