Strip 719 -- First Seen: 2011-06-07
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The Transcript For This Page

PANEL 1
At the home of Jim and his father Sam. The matronly woman from 56.1 is speaking to Sam, as Jim is sprawled in a chair nearby, watching a video screen seemingly without a care in the world.

Caption: Jim's step-mother had already left the family for 'more civilized' Mars, leaving Sam as the the boy's sole custodian.

Panel 2
In the middle-background, we see Sami standing next to two unhappy-looking men, one in a business suit and the other in a policeman's uniform (late-21st-Century style), waving and smiling at his son 'Jim,' who is in the right foreground literally 'skipping' out of a tense scene.
Caption: Back in the UK sector, Sam had regularly used his position to bail out Jim and his Jokers Wild cronies when they got into trouble.

Panel 3
Reprise of the scene way back in the early days of the strip, where we see most of the same 'leading citizens' sitting around a conference table, quaffing adult beverages and deliberating. Reggie and Babbette are not there.
Caption: This created a problem for the Ceres Merchant's association.
Caption: They could bring Jim to arbitration, but his father would simply pay the judgment and Jim would likely skate and then get into far worse trouble in the future.