One of the things I am most impressed with when it comes to Book 2 is that Joe's plot fits in very well with and expands upon what was presented on the '91 Series.
Book Two/Issue Three/Page 19 - Joe: '"SLEEP." WHEN I
SLEEP, I KNOW HORRIBLE THINGS WILL HAPPEN AND
WHEN I'M AWAKE, IT'S NO DIFFERENT.' Joe expresses a similar sentiment in '91 Series' hour 4 in the scene in which Carolyn checks on him out on Collinwood's terrace. And as we'll see as we make our way through Pages 18 and 19, Maggie Thompson picks up on that scene and fleshes it out in satisfying ways. Though as I mentioned before, I do have a quibble in that in the scene on the series, it is strongly implied that Joe has been continually haunted by his time spent being treated at Collinwood and he can't wait to get away because he feels trapped there, but Book 2 has this panel in Issue 1 -
Book Two/Issue One/Page 6 - Vicki: '"CAROLYN WANTED
TO CHEER UP JOE, SO THEY TOOK DAVID TO PORTLAND
TO GO CHRISTMAS SHOPPING--' - and that would certainly seem to fly in the face of what Joe establishes in hour 4. And someone will actually point that out in a letter the comics share in an upcoming letters column. Though, of course, as is mostly the case when any conflicts with the series are pointed out, the complaint is brushed away like it doesn't contradict the series. Big surprise, huh? Not! And it's not even a case that one could argue that, well, Carolyn must have made plans for Joe to get away from Collinwood by having him drive her and David to go Christmas shopping. And the reason that is is because there's a scene coming up on Page 22 of Issue 3 that's a recreation of a scene that takes place in hour 4 of the series and it takes place in that hour
before Joe's scene on the terrace...