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Well, all I can say is, that this issue really managed to piss me off more than ever. Do these writers pay attention to the actual show .. at all? 
First for the frame story about Dean at age 12 getting ready to run away from Sam and John! We remember that timeline-wise this is after the Shtriga incident. We are supposed to believe that Dean would leave Sam behind, just because John came home injured from a hunt and was angrily yelling at him, making Dean question their lifestyle and forcing John this way to take care of Sam? I'm sorry, but after John's speech to Dean in IMTOD or Dean's monologue at Sam's death bed in AHBL II, about how he always considered Sammy to be his responsibility, this is hardly believable. I mean, I can see Dean throwing a tantrum like any teenager, getting angry with John or frustrated, but actually leaving, thinking it would be better for Sam and him, with his kind of abandonment issues? Uhm, no!
In the show there is no indication from either Dean or Ellen, that the boys have ever been at the Roadhouse before ELAC. While we can give that Dean might not remember it because he was only four at that time, Ellen surely would, but well, let's say she doesn't mention it. But really, this writers should maybe bother with at least getting the simplest facts right: Firstly, Jo's full name is Joanna Beth and not Josephine and secondly she is definitely not the same age as Dean, but more likely at Sam's age or even younger.
John's characterisation seems to change from issue to issue as well. In issue #2 John has no problems leaving his kids with a total stranger at the motel at all, but here he has suddenly scruples to leave them at the bar? He agrees to push his injured brother-in-law from a cliff in a car, but has problems shooting at the heeler/shapeshifter, because he thinks it turns him into a killer? Even if I account that to the fact that he was terrified being close-up to the creature at the cabin, he is just a couple of hours later able to shoot the human looking shifter in cold blood. The characterisation is jumpy here and not really believable to me.
And the last ominous statement of the hunter, meeting Mary? I am not sure I want to know where they are going with this, doing a s?ance? There is no indication that John even had any clue about Mary's spirit still being around. Well ...
The comic series becomes more and more an annoyance and frustration to me. It is really not difficult to keep track at least with the most basic facts we get in the show about their past and about the characterisation of Dean, Sam and John in their younger versions. Why they don't make any effort to at least try to tie it in with the show is beyond me. After all, the comic is addressed to the fans of the show and they are most likely the first ones to notice if the tone and characterisation of the comic doesn't fit.
First for the frame story about Dean at age 12 getting ready to run away from Sam and John! We remember that timeline-wise this is after the Shtriga incident. We are supposed to believe that Dean would leave Sam behind, just because John came home injured from a hunt and was angrily yelling at him, making Dean question their lifestyle and forcing John this way to take care of Sam? I'm sorry, but after John's speech to Dean in IMTOD or Dean's monologue at Sam's death bed in AHBL II, about how he always considered Sammy to be his responsibility, this is hardly believable. I mean, I can see Dean throwing a tantrum like any teenager, getting angry with John or frustrated, but actually leaving, thinking it would be better for Sam and him, with his kind of abandonment issues? Uhm, no!
In the show there is no indication from either Dean or Ellen, that the boys have ever been at the Roadhouse before ELAC. While we can give that Dean might not remember it because he was only four at that time, Ellen surely would, but well, let's say she doesn't mention it. But really, this writers should maybe bother with at least getting the simplest facts right: Firstly, Jo's full name is Joanna Beth and not Josephine and secondly she is definitely not the same age as Dean, but more likely at Sam's age or even younger.
John's characterisation seems to change from issue to issue as well. In issue #2 John has no problems leaving his kids with a total stranger at the motel at all, but here he has suddenly scruples to leave them at the bar? He agrees to push his injured brother-in-law from a cliff in a car, but has problems shooting at the heeler/shapeshifter, because he thinks it turns him into a killer? Even if I account that to the fact that he was terrified being close-up to the creature at the cabin, he is just a couple of hours later able to shoot the human looking shifter in cold blood. The characterisation is jumpy here and not really believable to me.
And the last ominous statement of the hunter, meeting Mary? I am not sure I want to know where they are going with this, doing a s?ance? There is no indication that John even had any clue about Mary's spirit still being around. Well ...
The comic series becomes more and more an annoyance and frustration to me. It is really not difficult to keep track at least with the most basic facts we get in the show about their past and about the characterisation of Dean, Sam and John in their younger versions. Why they don't make any effort to at least try to tie it in with the show is beyond me. After all, the comic is addressed to the fans of the show and they are most likely the first ones to notice if the tone and characterisation of the comic doesn't fit.
Well at least we can agree that this just isn't working. It is terribly disappointing how the comic contradicts canon with things that could be so simply checked out such as dates and names. I have to wonder if the comic was even for fans instead of just a way to infiltrate and gain new fans from another type fanbase.
Here's Johnson's statement in regard to this matter:
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