The thirty-first comic: #888 American Born Chinese
For a title that covers the comic really well, it also doesn't quite explain its scope. Starting with three distinct storylines, one, the most basic, is that of a Chinese teen growing up as a definite minority. The second is a retelling of parts of the story of Monkey from Journey to the West, which I've read before. The third, at first at odds with the others, if that of Danny, who is visited by Chin-Kee, his cousin, who is a walking Chinese stereotype. They vary in how big they play the story line, the first of these far more low key, but the different tones come together as the three storylines merge. While the first storyline starts off as slice of life, it gains magic the same way the others do.
This is expertly done, and makes a lot more sense now that I've seen them. It becomes the ending of fable, with a morla that makes you think about stereotypes, minorities and their place in the world and maintaining identity. It's what makes it stand out, subtle in part about the points it makes and entertaining in how it does it.