by Lewis Lovhaug

For those wondering why there's a solid-metal building there with no windows and a huge reflective arc across it, that's Steel Tower, one of the seven towers (including Lodestar Tower) owned by the seven businessmen who originally created Pharos City. The entire building is covered with steel panels that can be lifted should an individual wish to look out the window, but since it's near the end of the day, most of the panels are shut (save for a few that we can't see because of the angle).

And because people keep praising my pencils for the last panel, I'm afraid I have to point out that I actually used a reference picture for it - the cover to the book Superheroes and Philosophy. Sorry I broke any illusions by pointing out that I sometimes use reference pics. ^_~

As for what Louis is talking about, it's referencing the House of M crossover Marvel did a short while ago. Essentially, the Scarlet Witch goes insane and the other heroes decide they have to kill her so her reality-altering powers don't screw everyone up. It occurred to me after I had read the trade of it that essentially if the Scarlet Witch could really alter reality on such a wide scale, all she'd need is to be sane enough at a point to realize she was insane and fix her own mental issues (or, barring that, have Professor X or another powerful psychic plant the idea within her mind). Oversimplification and a Deus Ex Machina? Perhaps, but bear in mind this is the medium that tried to make us think that Superboy-Prime punching a wall is the reason Hawkman doesn't make any sense, so I don't think my idea's too far out there.