me: *has already read a bunch of albums after this one*
also me: *understands that there's gonna be a return to normal at the end of every album anyhow*
also also me: NO NO HE CAN'T BE DEAD
chesterfield waking up in the infirmary without blutch hanging over him: uhh... are you sure nobody came to visit me? absolutely nobody? like for example... a stupid corporal?