Carol, what you really need to do to get to the very soul of what Mark Trail is all about is find Frank Cho's parody of it in Liberty Meadows where Mark reappears as "Mark DeRail", pipe firmly and gracefully poised in lips, hair and jawline oh so perfect. Try an upscale comics store and you may find it in the hardbound book which is a collection of numerous past episodes. It's a must read. ;-)