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The most recent collection restores that first issue...but I can see why they originally left it out. It's sort of a 'damned if you do, damned if you don't' proposition.

On the one hand, "Loose Ends" is exactly that. Wrapping up many of the threads from the previous run to make the slate...well, if not clean, then well organized. If you didn't know some of the secondary characters, you wouldn't need to know much of them at this point and you could pick up most of the details in context.

On the other hand, without it, some things seem to come out of left field. The whole Liz and Dennis thing is a lot harder to grab at first, if you don't know who they are. The same applies for a few other bits. They make more sense in context.

Ultimately, I think it works better with "Loose Ends" included. And besides, more Bisette/Totelbehn art is always good.