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 •roe ORIGIN OF
                 MARK PHILLIPS. A
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CAPTAIN BIO®, CLEARING THE AIR, Vol. 5, No. 1, 1996. Published by BIO COMICS®, a registered trademark of Tim Peters and Company. Inc.
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    EARLY ONE SATURDAX
    /MORNING, IN A LARGE
    CITX PARK...
  **•
.q-V
*tf
    HERE     Y^»°
CO/MES DEVLIN  '
     HILL
                      THIS WILL BE N-
                     THE TOUGHEST
                      PART OF THE
                      &&££ NEXT
                         WEEK!
      P
      *  •>/
   *»%,
-^X  ^1^
       \n^i
                                                          THIS
                                                      IS OUR LAST
                                                         RUN...
                                                                   SO LET'S
                                                                   PUSH IT-  }A\
                                                                                  \^
                                                                                   // iZ.
                                                                                    :^
                                                                           2r^
    SOON, ONE OF THE RIDERS BESINS
        TO FALL BEHIND THE RACE...
                              u
         WHAT'S WRONS WITH '
        JENN/?1 SHE'S USUALLY
          WAY AHEAD OF ME!
 > J BUT JENN/'S BREATHING
    FROBLE/M GETS WORSE...
                                                                 CANT SEE/M...
                                                            TO CATCH /M/ BREATH...
                                                               BUT WE ONLX HAVE
                                                                 A FEW  /MORE
                                                             ,__   /MILES...

                                                              /MA/BE I
                                                            CAN TOUGH IT
                                                                OUT.
                                                  UNABLE TO BREATHE PROPERLX, JENNX
                                                      LOSES CONTROL OF HER BIKE!

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                                                LUCKILy, DR. /MARK PHILLIPS IS
                                                WALKING NEARBY WITH HIS COG...
                         AHEAD.' WHAT
                            3 I CO?.'
SHORTL/IT    JENNY, SIT UP
          1  AGAINST THIS TREE,
            AND TRX TO RELAX.'
     CAN I
  DO ANYTHING,
    DOCTOR?
                                                                  /OUR BIKE,
                                                          CALL FOR HELP, AND
                                                        LEAD THE PARA/MEDICS
                                                           BACK HERE WHEN
                                                                   ARRIVE
           THERE'S
AN E/MERGENCy PHONE
ABOUT A /MILE UP THE
   TRAIL I WAS ON...
                                                                              MIGHT
                                                                              5COI\
                                                                     OPINION FRO/V\
     PHILLIPS NOW HAS

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                                k«
                                                       QUICK, SURGE.'
                                                     LET'S HURRX DOWN
                                                       THIS WINDPIPE!
                                            WHX THE

                        •%'
                                                              JENN/'S H/AVING
                                                         TROUBLE BREATHING! WE
                                                         NEED TO TAKE /A CLOSER
                                                           LOOK AT HER LUNGS!
             WHERE ARE
            WE NOW, CAP?
                                         AS THE/ ENTER ONE
                                         OP THE LUNGS...
                                              \
                                                            I/'''
                                 WHAT'S
                             THE SWISS
                                EFFECT,
                                                                            WITH
                                                                            CHEESE
                                                                            CAP?
     THIS IS WHERE
THE WINDPIPE SPLITS INTO
 TWO /MAJOR AIRWAXS-
     ONE FOR EACH
         LUNG!
                                           UL
     THE AIRWAX
 BRANCHES OUT INTO
S/MALLER AND SMALLER
    TUBES  CALLED
    BRONCHIOLES.
                                      THE TINIEST AIR TUBES
                                    END WITH LITTLE /<«e •£<(£&
                                    CALLED ALVEOLI. THERE ARE
                                    /MILLIONS OF AIR SACS IN A
                                           HU/MAN LUNG!

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          WHAT
        HAPPENS IN
      THE /AIR SACS,
          CAP?
                           THE
                          SACS ARE
                     SURROUNDED BY
                      SMALL BLOOD
                        VESSELS.
                                                                             /-*w
                                                                        THEN WHEN YOU
                                                                    BREATHE 0Z/T, YOU GET
                                                                      RID OF THE CARBON
                                                                            DIOXIDE!
    WHEN YOU BREATHE
INTO THE AIR SACS, CARBON
DIOXIDE FRO/M THE BLOOD IS
TRADED FOR FRESH OXYGEN
       FRO/M THE AIR!
                                                                     RIGHT,
                                                                     SURGE!
   CAP AND SURGE CONTINUE
THE AIRWA/'S WALLS BEGIN TO.
                                                                  GEEZ, CAP!
                                                               THESE WALLS ARE
                                                                TWITCHING LIKE
                                                                    CRAZY!
                                                                       THIS LUNG /MUST BE
                                                                     NERVOUS ABOUT HAVING
                                                                    TWO CELEBRITIES FLYING
                                                                          THROUGH IT!
                                                                        VER/ FUNNX
                                                                SURGE--BUT THIS TWITCHING
                                                                   COULD BE A SERIOU:
                                                                   PROBLE/M FOR JENN
                                                                            DO YOU SEE
                                                                       HOW //Vf&4/H£P THE
                                                                  WALLS ARE? THAT TENDERNESS
                                                                   /MAKES THE /MUSCLES AROUND
                                                                      HER AIRWAyS SQUEEZE
                                                                       ^	   CLOSED

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                                                              HOLD ON
                                                               SURGE!
                                         THE WALLS
                                        ARE CAVING IN
                                            ON ma\
                                               THE /MUSCLES ARE
                                            CONSTRICTING AROUND
                                           THE AIRWAX-- AL/WOST LIKE
                                              A FIST SQUEEZING A
                                                DRINKING STRAW!
                   USING ALL THE STRENGTH OF HIS
                   BIO-FIELD, CAP SLOWL/ PUSHES
                   APART THE WALLS OF THE AIRWAX..
QUICK, SUR6E--
  /v\ove OUT

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  THANKS, CAP!
 I COULD HARDLY
    BREATHE!
                       EXACTLY HOW
                       JBNNY FEELS!
                                                      S//MPTO/WS INDICATE
                                                    THAT JENNX IS HAVING AN
                                                                EPISODE!
   IS THERE ALWA/5
I  SO /MUCH OF THIS
                                THIS STICK/
                             STUFF IS
                              AND THERE ff A
                              LOT /MORE THAN
                                   USUAL!
  BUT WHAT
 CAUSED IT?
     DIFFERENT PEOPLE
ARE SENSITIVE TO DIFFERENT
               SECONDHAND S/WOKE,
            /MOLD, ANI/MAL DANDER, AND
             EVEN EXERCISE ARE JUST
                      A FEW.
 WITHOUT WARNING, A HUGE BLOB
 BARRELS OUT OF A NEARBX AIRWAX
         ^H    ER... CAP
             IS THAT WHAT I
                                                                               NO TI/ME
                                                                              TO AVOID IT

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   WHERE DO
      THINK ALL
THAT GUNK CA/WE
   FRO/W, CAP?
                  , /MUCUS
    IN THE AIRWA/S HELPS FILTER
   PARTICLES UNTIL WE COUGH OR
       SNEEZE THE/M OUT OF
             THE LUNGS.
         BUT IF
    yOU HAVE ASTH/MA,
THE AIR WE BREATHE BY STICKING TO W THe LUNGS
TO TRIGGERS, PRODUCING
   /MORE /MUCUS THAN
         USUAL.
         M-
       SO/METWES IT
     CAN FOR/M P4MS3
      THAT BLOCK THE
         AIRWAyS...
                                                                             \
                                                                         o
                                                                              IN THIS CASE,
                                                                           JENN/'S COUGHING
                                                                         /MADE THE PLUG BREAK
                                                                                 LOOSE!
         AN/WAX, NOW
     THAT WE KNOW ABOUT
   JENN/'S PROBLE/M, I NEED
       TO GET BACK AND
           TREAT IT!
          DR. PHILLIPS REE/MERGES
          AND RACES TO JENN/'S
          SIDE...
           SEE /A,
            CAP!
                                                                        GOOD) THE
                                                                        PARA/MEDICS
                                                                        ARE HERE!

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  LATER, AT THE HOSPITAL,
  DR. PHILLIPS CHECKS IN
  ON JENNy...
 HOW ARE you
FEELING, JENNy?
                                                                                I WISH I KNEW
                                                                              WHAT CAUSED /MX
                                                                              ASTH/MA ATTACK,
                                                WELL,
                                           WHAT ARE /OUR
                                             TRIGGERS?
                                 EXERCISE AND
                              COLD WEATHER ARE
                                 TWO OF THE/M.
                JENNX IF yOU TAKE
               yOUR  /MEDICATION AS
                PRESCRIBED IT WILL
               HELP PREVENT FUTURE
                ASTH/MA EPISODES.
                        AND HAVE
                     XOU BEEN TAKING
                            ASTH/V\A
                      /MEDICATION?5
                 AND By USING yOUR
                 PEAK FLOW /METER
                REGULARLX yOU CAN
                   /MONITOR
                      ASTH/MA
      AL/MOST ALWAyS.'
 BUT BETWEEN SCHOOLWORK
AND PRACTICE, I SO/METI/MES
          FORGET.
            WELL...
         I GUESS/W
     FRIENDS WERE RIGHT.
     HAVING ASTH/MA AND
     PLAyiNG SPORTS JUST
          DON'T /MIX.
                                      I NEVER
                                   USED TO THINK
                                 ABOUT BREATHING.
                                  NOW THAT'S Stet
                                        I DO.
               I /MEAN, I WAS
          A GOOD ATHLETE UNTIL
            I FOUND OUT THAT I
               HAVE ASTH/MA.

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                     JENNX YOU
                   SHOULDN'T QUIT
               RACING JUST BECAUSE
                      HAVE ASTHMA!
                                           THERE
                            MANY ATHLETES- INCLUDING
                          OLYMP\C CHAMPIONS-- WHO LEAD
                             PRODUCTIVE LIVES DESPITE
                                  HAVING ASTHMA!
       JUST NEED
   TO /MAKE ASTHMA
/MANAGE/WENT PART OF
         TRAINING
      ROUTINE.
                   AS FOR THE PEOPLE
                WHO DOUBT yOU, JUST TELL
                 THE/W THAT yOU CAN TAKE
                             OF youR
                         ASTHMA!
                                         IF yOU FOLLOW
                                   yOUR ASTHMA /MANAGE/WENT
                                    PLAN, yOU SHOULD BE ABLE
                                       TO CO/WPETE
                                             SPORT!
                   BUT DO yOU THINK
                    I'LL BE READy TO
                 CO/WPETE IN THE
                      NEXT WEEK
                                  JENNX ARE
                                 SURE yOU WANT TO
                               KEEP RACING? WHAT IF
                                     HAVE ANOTHER
                                  ASTHMA ATTACK?
ONE DAy THE FOLLOWING
                            SO, IS JENNy
                           REALLy GOING
                            TO RACE ON
                             SATURDAy?
WEEK, AFTER SCHOOL...
THATS WHAT
SHE TOLD /1AE
                                T/V\ GOING TO
                                     MY ASTHMA,
                          JA/WES. I'M NOT GOING TO
                            LET /T CONTROL /ME!

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      WELL, I
 THOUGHT IT WAS A GOOD
\  \DBA TO LET SO/MEONE
V   WITH ASTHMA JOIN
         THE TEA/W.
   JENNX! UH,
SORRX.. NOTHING
          WHAT IF SHE
        BLOWS IT FOR US
         ON SATURC-AX!
                          PONT WORRX
                             I WONT!
                                        BUT NOW I CAN
                                    PEAL WITH /V\y ASTH/MA" \ll
                                        ANO SO SHOULD
  WE'RE GOING
                            THE SCENERX
                        SEE/MS A LOT NICER
                       THAN THE LAST TI/ME I
                             WAS HERE...
                                                       ONLy A /MILE TO
                                                      GO! TI/ME TO GET
                                                           SERIOUS

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        \\^
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                                 --' /
                                   4
                                      \\
    JENNy.' YOU
TOOK FIRST PLACE IN
 /OUR AGE GROUP!
    WAY TO SO!
   THANKS/ AND
WE WON THE TEA/W
COMPETITION TOO.'
                    IT'S A 60OD
               THINS YOU DIDN'T TAKE
                Aiy ADVICE AND QUIT
                 AFTER LAST WEEK!
             HEX ALL
         I DID WAS OFFER
          SO/WE ADVICE!
                THE ONE WHO
              DECIDED TO TAKE
                CONTROL OF
                     ASTHMA!
   %?&t
                                             /
CONGRATULATIONS,
      JENNy!
                                                                           - PHILLIPS!     W
                                                            \ -v)  H  THANK yOU- THANKS
                                                             ;^^/  R   FOR EVERyTHINS!
                                  IT WOULDNT
                                 HAVE HAPPENED
                                  WITHOUT you
                                            NOW WE CAN
                                                BREATHE
                                               EASIER!

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 During normal breathing, the airways
 to the lungs are open wide, allowing air
 to pass through freely.
           But when you have asthma,
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           to certain "triggers."
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These triggers
cause airway changes,
and a person may
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