3 blown circuits and you kept going? Respect.

My buddy's club got a speaker dropped overnight and nobody explained why.

That bit about the backup being where the real story hides is dead on. My guy at the shop kept telling me to hit the recap page before diving into big crossover issues, and I blew him off for months. Finally tried it on a mess of an event book and the whole thing made sense, no more flipping back to figure out who was who. Now I read that page every time, even when I think I know the score. Turns out the old dudes behind the counter usually know what they're talking about.