Gummy worms:

I get the drunk thing, too, Matt. Sam is not a regular drinker the way Dean is made out to be. And his mix of drinks was ... ambitious.

I have a friend my size (5'4"ish) who can drink my husband (6'0") under the table, but she drinks a LOT, so I should have figured.

If the non-canon plot in the comics is to be believed, John took the boys to the Roadhouse very early on, within the first year after Mary's death. So working from that, it's kinda absurd that Dean wouldn't remember the Harvelles, unless the hunt that killed Bill Harvelle happened really early on. Which just doesn't fit.

Of course, the comics kinda suck on plot. Like Jo's full name . And how many doors the Impala has.

I don't have the comics yet. My comic shop is sort of bad with calling to let you know stuff is in, and they're all the way in Oswego, which is not just around the corner.

I'm a little less than thrilled with the comics. As far as I'm concerned, they're just a way to fill time between now and... October, is it?

October 4th, I believe.

But the season 3 dvds come out a little earlier than that.

But the season 3 dvds come out a little earlier than that.

blinks

Okay... how does that work? They're actually releasing eps before they go on the air?

I meant season 2.

Must find myself some caffeine.

I meant season 2.

Ah. That makes more sense. Still, that would have been an interesting way of distributing the show.

Of course, the comics kinda suck on plot.

They also blow on existing canon. Like not just how many doors the Impala has, but when it was acquired into the Winchester canon. (It's in the first five minutes of the pilot, hello!)

The moral of this story is: there is no such thing as extracanonical canon. You are better off presuming that contemporaneous-release "official" canon items are actually just commercial fanfic. Written by twelve-year-olds who don't do their research.

The comics are, IIRC, going to be reworked. They did give good Missouri, though.

But, yeah. What Nutty said.

(The weird part of that story, for me, is the idea that Dean would never have heard one word about the Harvelles. I mean, in 1988, he's nine, which is getting up there in the "snoop on what your parents are doing" range. And by 1993, he's fourteen, which is definitely in the snooping range, and only two years removed from his self-proclaimed first solo kill -- which, unless the learning curve is wicked steep, means he should have been John's assistant already. There's a story in there somewhere, but someone other than me should write it.)

Clearly, the solution here is that John sometimes left on solo hunts during the school year when he thought Dean was old enough to be trusted for that. Say, 1990/91 or so, when he's 11 or 12, and has learned his lesson from Something Wicked, which is still a recent enough memory to prevent snooping. And I'm not the one writing it, but I'd read and leave glowing feedback to the person who does.