#Actually I don't know Maria's national heritage was ever specified

[jhsharman]

"Early Bird Special"

I guess they had second thoughts on tying the Puerto Rican characters to this cross, or maybe to them wearing it. Not the first time I noted its deletion. Maybe they weighed the blasphemy equation. Funny thing too-- note the white shirt in the first panel. He has it on in the first page, but it disappears after that. Removed in the reprintings instead of adding it in thereafter.