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Now for the results of issue #91's Return Fire:

Duel on the Steppes 7.56
Fury in the West 6.72
Three Hours South 6.58
issue #91 as a whole 6.44
The Better Bigger Game 6.35
Press Releases 6.30
Mail Call 5.96
Line of Communications 5.68v Thumbnail Analysis 5.35
Swords & Sorcery 5.21
Miniature Warfare 5.21
Alpha vs. Gamma 5.10
Impressions from the Prism 4.53

While the overall rating is up some what - it is the best since #88's 6.76 - the rating for "Duel on the Steppes" is the highest any article has received since "Thumbnail Analysis in #74 received an unexplained 8.67 Also, an unusually large number of articles were rated above 6.00. In fact, in view of how well the articles were rated, it's hard to explain why the issue wasn't rated higher overall.

The voting for best three articles came out as follows:

Duel on the Steppes - Bomba $5.00
Fury in the West - Haggart $3.00
The Better Bigger Game - Desmond $2.00