Blank Slate had made some commentary in the 2001 war, but this time they were more involved. There were also shots at a notorious, but by then defunct, comic: Paradigm Shift. Metro Center also took a few shots at Inklings: Permanent Tanooki clears up a misunderstanding from a previous comic, and wraps up with another shot at Harmful if Swallowed: The boys at Coach Random were eagerly looking forward to what they'd unleashed: Drool, on the other hand, wasn't: Harmful if Swallowed literally set itself up as a target: