I’m not too worried about Mysta’s short fuse. She might have a bit of a temper but she held back as best she could when it came to Sparkle. She only left Sparkle a bit dazed but Sparkle may be inadvertently getting herself into more trouble now.
More interesting is that MM doesn’t quite remember Smith Industries. There seem to be a flaw in her “memory restoration” there.
Sparkle is in a truck that she thinks belongs to Pappy but it isn’t Pappy’s truck. She’s confused after awakening from the jolt MM/Mysta gave her. Who knows the destination of the truck. This could be the beginning of a whole new story.
MM/Mysta … it just fits real good. I have a hunch that she will be killed off soon. I could be wrong now; but I don’t think so.She’s a diabolical somebody I’m telling you.
this story would’ve been 100 times better suspense-wise for me had somebody not said something they shouldn’t have days earlier………I’ll leave it at that….
All that fertilizer in the back of the truck does NOT bode well for mrs junior tracy… everyone knows that all that fertilizer can be used to create explosive devices…. plus its OBVIOUSLY not gertie or b.o.‘s truck so wherever sparkle is headed **CAN’T** be good!
All the talk about memories being implanted, I don’t believe any of it. Sail and Ghote are phonies and liars. The cloning claim is a crock. So I won’t accept any part of that scenario, memory implants or whatever, until there is more to base it on than the claims of con artists. I tend to think Mysta, Stellaluna, and Retik are pawns in a much bigger scheme yet to be revealed. Stealing the Space Coupe and…? I don’t know who Mysta is or how Sail got possession of her or where this story is going. I do know I’m loving this story and the art.
Sparkle, dazed and confused (and possibly amnesiac from Mysta’s stun gun fingers), crawls into a truck of fertilizer, which drives off. Mysta’s threatening note appears to blow away. In the meantime, Mysta says she has a hard time remembering Smith Industries – sparking the next charge in the battle over whether she is a “clone” or some other kind of fake. Never mind that we already know that her pair of docs are the biggest fakes so far!
But I tire of the melodrama or, as some have called it, the soap opera.
I want to see a story about a woman and her return to her family, only to find that her husband has remarried, albeit in good faith, not knowing that her death certificate was a mistake.
But Dick Tracy is a grizzly crime drama. Clearly, this story will not be told without someone getting hurt, killed, or both. And the death of either Sparkle or Mysta will unnaturally and prematurely kill the question before it can be addressed.
Mike and Joe have given more than enough obfuscation as to who this Mysta is and whether she will be a hero or villain. Moreover, they have made it less than clear which of the two women, Sparkle or Mysta, is going to come out on top again. But then, I suppose that is what good story telling is supposed to do.
This much I want to go on record as saying: To kill off Sparkle, either with a fertilizer IED or some other kind of “accident” related to being in the back of that pickup truck, would be as cruel and heartless as the Fletcher-Collins’ murder of Mysta!
I think the best landing spot for everyone would be the Blonde in Boots reunited with Junior, and the Hillbilly Supermodel hooking up with someone else. Maybe Vera? Perhaps the jolt scrambled her memories and she doesn’t remember why she’s mad at her first husband anymore^^The reason Sparkle was divorced from Vera Aldid had nothing to DO with HER… He took off in the night and sent divorce papers in the mail! He broke her heart, she would be nuts to ever reunite with him.
SO……..my question is this; I’m comment # 28……why only this many about the supposedly greatest Dick Tracy story in decades….and over 100 concerning the earlier stuff? Were we THAT infested with trolls before?
Rod Gonzalez over 11 years ago
Well, it’s not looking good for Sparkle.
margueritem over 11 years ago
I hope that fertilizer isn’t going to be part of bomb innards.
60sFan over 11 years ago
Retik is asleep again.
Jerry1967 over 11 years ago
It looks like the truck is moving now. The Sparkle story thread is getting more and more complicated. I like!
coldsooner over 11 years ago
Time for Diet to put on his happy face. Mysta has a pretty short fuse these days…
Mikeyj over 11 years ago
MM “Can’t remember”…. is it REALLY MM?Some lucky farmer is about to find a really pretty package in the back of his pickup!
Neil Wick over 11 years ago
I’m not too worried about Mysta’s short fuse. She might have a bit of a temper but she held back as best she could when it came to Sparkle. She only left Sparkle a bit dazed but Sparkle may be inadvertently getting herself into more trouble now.
More interesting is that MM doesn’t quite remember Smith Industries. There seem to be a flaw in her “memory restoration” there.
Vista Bill Raley and Comet™ over 11 years ago
Good morning all…
Sparkle is in a truck that she thinks belongs to Pappy but it isn’t Pappy’s truck. She’s confused after awakening from the jolt MM/Mysta gave her. Who knows the destination of the truck. This could be the beginning of a whole new story.
johnrussco over 11 years ago
MM/Mysta … it just fits real good. I have a hunch that she will be killed off soon. I could be wrong now; but I don’t think so.She’s a diabolical somebody I’m telling you.
Sisyphos over 11 years ago
Panel 3 suggests that “Mysta’s” memory implants are incomplete or imperfect. But at this point, my concern is more for Sparkle….
fredville over 11 years ago
this story would’ve been 100 times better suspense-wise for me had somebody not said something they shouldn’t have days earlier………I’ll leave it at that….
marvee over 11 years ago
Mysta has to wait for them to feed her memories.
tsull2121 over 11 years ago
All that fertilizer in the back of the truck does NOT bode well for mrs junior tracy… everyone knows that all that fertilizer can be used to create explosive devices…. plus its OBVIOUSLY not gertie or b.o.‘s truck so wherever sparkle is headed **CAN’T** be good!
yumpinyiminey over 11 years ago
All the talk about memories being implanted, I don’t believe any of it. Sail and Ghote are phonies and liars. The cloning claim is a crock. So I won’t accept any part of that scenario, memory implants or whatever, until there is more to base it on than the claims of con artists. I tend to think Mysta, Stellaluna, and Retik are pawns in a much bigger scheme yet to be revealed. Stealing the Space Coupe and…? I don’t know who Mysta is or how Sail got possession of her or where this story is going. I do know I’m loving this story and the art.
Cheapskate0 over 11 years ago
Sparkle, dazed and confused (and possibly amnesiac from Mysta’s stun gun fingers), crawls into a truck of fertilizer, which drives off. Mysta’s threatening note appears to blow away. In the meantime, Mysta says she has a hard time remembering Smith Industries – sparking the next charge in the battle over whether she is a “clone” or some other kind of fake. Never mind that we already know that her pair of docs are the biggest fakes so far!
But I tire of the melodrama or, as some have called it, the soap opera.
I want to see a story about a woman and her return to her family, only to find that her husband has remarried, albeit in good faith, not knowing that her death certificate was a mistake.
But Dick Tracy is a grizzly crime drama. Clearly, this story will not be told without someone getting hurt, killed, or both. And the death of either Sparkle or Mysta will unnaturally and prematurely kill the question before it can be addressed.
Mike and Joe have given more than enough obfuscation as to who this Mysta is and whether she will be a hero or villain. Moreover, they have made it less than clear which of the two women, Sparkle or Mysta, is going to come out on top again. But then, I suppose that is what good story telling is supposed to do.
This much I want to go on record as saying: To kill off Sparkle, either with a fertilizer IED or some other kind of “accident” related to being in the back of that pickup truck, would be as cruel and heartless as the Fletcher-Collins’ murder of Mysta!
Two wrongs do not make a right!
Morrow Cummings over 11 years ago
Sparkle shouldn’t worry about the fertilizer until she catches a whiff of diesel.
seanyj over 11 years ago
Um has anyone noticed we haven’t seen the title character of this strip in weeks? Is he on vacation? And where is Mrs. Flattop? She’s hot! : D
ratnyhc over 11 years ago
maybe this will lead Sparkle to what used to be Mr Crime’s gang, nobody has seen them as of late.
Mikeyj over 11 years ago
I think the best landing spot for everyone would be the Blonde in Boots reunited with Junior, and the Hillbilly Supermodel hooking up with someone else. Maybe Vera? Perhaps the jolt scrambled her memories and she doesn’t remember why she’s mad at her first husband anymore^^The reason Sparkle was divorced from Vera Aldid had nothing to DO with HER… He took off in the night and sent divorce papers in the mail! He broke her heart, she would be nuts to ever reunite with him.
fredville over 11 years ago
“Grisly, not grizzly”…I can’t bear it!
SO……..my question is this; I’m comment # 28……why only this many about the supposedly greatest Dick Tracy story in decades….and over 100 concerning the earlier stuff? Were we THAT infested with trolls before?