DMZ #48

Written by Brian Wood
Art by Ricardo Burchielli

So the US Army has invaded the DMZ, searching for Parco's nuclear weapon. Throughout the DMZ, people are being harassed, and there is no media presence to record or publicize army abuses. Parco gets Matty to do something other than sit around and get high, with disastrous consequences, as Matty is jumped by a group of soldiers.

This issue appears to be, once again, setting up a new status quo in the DMZ, where things seem to change a lot, usually for the worse. It feels like the 'Hearts & Minds' arc is being used to set up something big for the fiftieth issue.