Dick Tracy by Mike Curtis and Charles Ettinger for January 21, 2018

Mysta knows the story of her benefactor’s death

Loving wife and mother who did draw her final breath.

She’s the one upon the wall of Honeymoon’s bedroom

Here’s her father stepping in as if her room a tomb.

Chimera feels close kinship. Blood-bond courses through her veins

This man a blood relation. Hard fast truth that still remains.

Aggressor enters. Motives foul. Here to abduct by force

Zappage in defense is launched, repelled by ring of course.

Out they go into the snow, when Posie says, “Hold fast!”

Sawtooth pumps some lead in him and thus the dye is cast.

Bribery, so thrilled is he, now crows of master plan

Recently was living large until the day he ran.

With a twitch the eye of Glitch doth see what Lee is wearing

Cover blown. T-Bolt groans. Situation demands daring.

Caught in the act! I see Glitch ending up in a closet.

It appears Sawtooth is faster with his gun and Posie ended up… let’s change that to snow :)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rY0WxgSXdEE

What happened to Posie?

Whose head is going to end up in that jar? (panel 2 row 2)

We hope that Posie is only wounded and will live to talk or will he spill his last words to Tracy ?

Good morning, guys!™

Is T-Bolt about to get her head put in a jar?

I notice Bribery is not wearing a ring. A quick zap will fix his little black wagon !

Good morning™, Neil and Moon-napped victims !

Can someone fill me in on how Bribery got that ring that neutralizes Lunarian powers? Thanks in advance. ;-)

Unless it’s a brilliant double-bluff, that’s damn sloppy undercover work.

To finish what Neil WIck started yesterday:

“There was blood and a couple of gunshots, but who shot who? At the compound…

…Moonlight and fashion were always the passion at the compound

She lost her dad."

T-Bolt is (literally) told to come in from the cold LOL

So, since Buzz-saw is standing there with a ring to control the lunarians…I wonder what will happen if the Gov has already hailed his countrymen to come to the rescue? An ambush should be effective.

Since Diet Smith re-designed the Wrist Wizard to give it a more retro style, as opposed to the melted jellybean look it had previously, Lee COULD could claim that what she has is a black market 2-Way Wrist Radio. Dunno if Glitch would buy it, tho’.

Perhaps it is Lee’s turn to be put into a deathtrap!

T-Bolt: (whisper) I told you never to call me here!

OOOOPS!!!!!

More on the Crimestoppers Textbook from Wikipedia:

Alice Stebbins Wells (June 13, 1873 – August 17, 1957) was the first American-born female police officer in the United States, hired in 1910 in Los Angeles. She was married and a mother of two.

Wells joined the Los Angeles Police Department after a long battle of petitioning with many citizens who supported her or that she persuaded. Wells went on to become the founder and first president of the International Policewomen’s Association and traveled throughout America and Canada to promote female officers.

Wells was responsible for hand sewing her own police uniform, which was the first police woman’s uniform in the United States. It was a floor-length dress and jacket. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice_Stebbins_Wells

Lola Greene Baldwin (1860 – June 22, 1957) was sworn in in 1908 by the city of Portland, Oregon, “to perform police service”, but not as an officer.

Originally hired to protect single women and girls at the 1905 Lewis and Clark Centennial Exposition … She eventually convinced the City Council to create and fund what was formally named the Women’s Auxiliary to the Police Department for the Protection of Girls, later renamed the Women’s Protective Division (WPD). On April 1, 1908, she was sworn in as superintendent of the auxiliary with the rank of detective.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lola_Baldwin

Marie Owens (1853–1927), born in Canada and of Irish descent, was the first female police officer in the United States, hired in 1891 in Chicago.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marie_Owens

S#it hits fan

Bribery is playing with fire….er….electricity. He does not appear to be wearing his anti-shock ring.

Good morning Neil, Gweedo, and all y’all early rising super sleuth’s. I’m sure Lee can handle Glitch.

Oh dear. I hope this isn’t the last of T-bolt. She’s been a great character. Although knowing Ebony I think Glitch should worry about himself.

We haven’t seen Nan Tay’s brother since Bribery mentioned that he brought him into the gang. I am assuming that the empty shrunken head jar in the background indicates that it is time for him to enter the story. I am predicting either Sawtooth or Glitch will be Mr. Bribery’s next trophy.

“This blizzard’s getting bad.” Snow is general all over Tracyville. Nice snow panel to set the stage. The brisk narrative pace takes us from Smith Industries to Bribery’s lair in a heartbeat. Does Posie’s heart beat? Unlikely, yet possible. The second shot may well have been the coup de grâce. Still, a better fate than the quicksand trap that nearly took him way back when. Bribery is thrilled with his bountiful catch: two Lunarians where only one was expected. What a treat to see Mysta and the Governor side by side. Allies. T-Bolt has a tale to tell. Alas, Glitch makes an ill-timed entrance. A new twist in a great story filled with ‘em. Will he be trouble, or will he be dispatched? Mumbles was outmatched when T-Bolt took him out. Glitch seems more formidable with code than combat. More of the good stuff from Team Tracy.

Thanks to all for the kind words and likes. Very much appreciated!

“Yeah, it is, so what? I took it off a dead copper. Want to join him?”

Um, what if Matty Squared alerted Glitch to the fact that a Wrist Wizard transmission was occurring in the building, and he was checking it out when coming upon T-Bolt? Then putting Glitch in a closet or whatever is not going to keep Matty from alerting someone else. (Just to remind everyone, in the past T-Bolt and Sam talked through a land-line and in code.)

OOPS

If Bribery survives this latest little stunt, I’m going to be annoyed. I want him to get a big, sparkly finish. He richly deserves it.

One cliffhanger after another! Great work, Joe & Mike!

Ygor Glitch must be put down, and Lee “T-Bolt” Ebony can do the job. But she will have to improvise quickly after hiding him (alive or dead). The blizzard may keep her from leaving Mr. Bribery’s headquarters. On the other hand, direct assault on Bribery and his gunsel, Sawtooth, would be too tricky with the moonies present. On the other, other hand, if Posie survives long to talk to responding cops, the most he can give them is Who Did Me, Would that be enough for the MCU to stage a raid on Bribery (assuming they know, courtesy of T-Bolt, where his HQ is located, and also assuming the blizzard didn’t prevent them from acting)?

One way or another, things are coming to a head! (Shrunken or not!)

Bribery thinks the Governor came to Earth directly from the Moon in his Space Coupe, which we know is incorrect, and that he has been on Earth for some time now. Please remind me – does Bribery know that Moon Valley is deserted now?

If the story is internally consistent, then the Moon governor has already telepathically sent a distress message. And since the Moon Governor could send messages to Mysta in Tracyville from Antarctica, (which she refused to receive), it is likely that one of the Lunarians has received the message and knows the situation.