The scene on page 29 is very important—not to say crucial—to the establishment of our comic’s universe. As we’ve said before, our bad guys are not idiots. When they capture a member of the Black Orchestra, they kill him or they torture him brutally (and they don’t use over-complicated executions that provide the hero with an opportunity for escape, as satirized by repeated gags in the Austin Power series). This premise is the justification for Wally’s execution.