Dick Tracy by Mike Curtis and Charles Ettinger for January 23, 2018

Good morning, guys!™

Can that thing blind him with a brilliant flash of light before she conks him on the noggin ?

Not a good morning for Bribery, his dream is shattered. What will he do? All that for nothing. Can Bribery handle this truth?

If things weren’t interesting before now…

Personally, I can’t wait to see what happens to Lee. I’m thinking either (a) she says she got the wrist wizard off a cop she “took care of,” or (b) she knocks out Glitch and signals for the team to come in. The blizzard, however, will definitely put a wrinkle in anything that might happen.

Ah, we’re caught up to Sunday’s continuity now. ✨

The Lunarians were fortunate to have access to Space Coupes. ✨

One wonders how could the Moon in the DT verse have an athmosphere at all!

Bribery isn’t taking things well….and I’m thinking Glitch won’t be doing too well either in just a few moments.

As I recall when they went to the Moon in 2012 they found the big screen smashed hy a meteorite probably and Moon valley airless,maybe in consequenc of the same meteorite strike.

I have a feeling the Moon Governor is no pushover when it comes to regular hand-to-hand combat, so maybe he will get the upper hand by physical means.

Look out Glitch!!

T-Bolt is certainly nonchalant about the situation, looks like she has it all under control.

You’ve recreated one of Tracytown’s best-loved characters – how is that a waste?

So… this is what I see happening (in one form or another) 1) Honeymoon will have “felt” the attack on Grandpappy Moon Doggy and alerted Tracy 2) The MCU will show up at Smith Industries and find Posie Ermine swimming with the fishes 3) Security at Smith Industries will confirm Sawtooth’s attack 4) Lee will remove Twitch from the playing field and alert Tracy that both Frankenmindy and Grandpappy Moon Doggy are at Bribery’s HQ 5) Tracy and crew will barge in, gunfire will ensue, Grandpappy Moondoggy will catch a bullet, Frankenmindy will (hopefully) be so wracked with guilt and a sense of ‘responsibility’ that she will return to wherever he came from and lead the remaining Lunarians in a peaceful secluded existence 6) Lee will rat out bribery as being the person who pushed the jogger, and since none of the other charges against him will stick (thanks to Mr Kleen!) the ONLY one he wont be able to escape from is the one on video.

Bribery will end up like Capone… couldn’t nail him on any of his serious criminal charges, but something simple (in Capone’s case, tax evasion) will eventually be his downfall.

Feel free to pick this apart, cuz I know y’all will anyway

Well, yet another who is so blinded by greed, and power they don’t bother to /think/.

What if it’s true? Then what will you do, Bribery?

There’s no antidote when you’ve been bitten by the gold bug.

Far from resolving anything, today’s installment just sets up further conflicts. “My efforts will not go to waste,” exclaims the frustrated and furious Bribery. Moon Governor retorts by contemptuously suggesting that Bribery “move on” as the Lunarians did when they could not restore their lost atmosphere in Moon Valley. Likewise, Glitch confronts T-Bolt over her possessing a Wrist Wizard, while she prepares to lay a serious beat-down on him if need be (and it does seem that need exists).

If we could be sure the MCU were drawing near (does Lee’s Wrist Wizard include GPS?), that would be one scenario, facile and quick. But if the MCU is delayed by the blizzard [we did see snow, gang] or is uncertain of where Bribery is, there is a lot of story yet to unfold. I suspect something like this is the case. Mysta and Moon Governor will have to fend for themselves against Sawtooth and Mr. Bribery, at least for a while. T-Bolt (Lee) will be able to deal with Ygor Glitch, I presume, but what she can or will do beyond that is less clear….

I finally got a chance to really read and think of this strip today, and Lee (t-bolt)‘s reaction finally registered. It’s the calm way she put it, and her wording leading me to think that Glich is going to meet an ending. Either the grave, or the jail.

It may not happen, but I’m thinking Bribery might like to add Moon Governor to his shrunken head collection right about now.

You know who would be loving this?

Sure do miss him around here.