Sam has the distinction of being the first established and beloved DS character to appear in Book 2, but you won't see him until I post Page 3...
Yesterday I should have said you won't see Sam's
face before I post Page 3 because both yesterday and today you can see Sam's arm as he -
- delivers the two beers that Pate and Fred ordered from him in the panel you have yet to see.
Plus, who knew the Blue Whale decorated its tables for Christmas with candles wrapped with garland? We certainly never saw that on the original show (DC probably didn't want to spring for the garland even though back then I bet you could get several feet of garland at the local 5&10 (that we know they shopped at) for well under $1
). But then perhaps the reason we never saw it was simply because Bob Rooney was a Scrooge and Sam is not.
Though we may never know...