Dick Tracy by Mike Curtis and Charles Ettinger for February 07, 2018

B-But what about Bribery …?

And Mysta …?!

I won’t even ask about J.J. …

https://youtu.be/BXIdlrPfjOo

D’aaaawwww….

Good morning™, everyone!

I love the smile on Crystal’s face.

Good to see Lee Ebony look a lot more like Lee Ebony.

Good morning™ normalized undercover ops !

Great big Awww moment today.

Good morning all y’all. Now it is time for all that paperwork.

There needs to be more conversation between Mysta and Governor, right? They were just starting a heart to heart before Sawtooth showed up.

I don’t trust Ugly Crystal for a minute. Lee got suckered in, believing that she’s an innocent kid.. but wasn’t she in the room when Crystal was taking target practice on the Tracy Dummy? Honeymoon got reeled in by the ‘coincidental meetings’ at the mall, and now that evil Cheshire cat smile?

Nope, shes far from innocent and they will find out in possibly the WORST way!

I’m glad things are turning out better for Crystal than they did for her mom. (For those not here for the original strip back in 1966, she fell down an industrial smokestack.)

Here are three successive Sunday panels from those Goulden days of yore from my collection:

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The other day, on another thread, someone remarked how the new team working on a comic wasn’t staying “true to it’s roots”. I just want to take a minute to thank Staton, Curtis and all the other folks at Team Tracy for not only staying true to the roots, but also having transcended them. You guys are great!

Down by 2 points

5 seconds left in the game

Team Tracy inbounds the ball

Will the outcome stay the same

A shot is taken the point value three

Will team Tracy leave the court in glee

A bounce and two off the rim

The hearts of fans began to soar

Alas the ball fell off the rim the end again just a bore.

Both the second panel in yesterday and the last panel today are revealing what a beautiful teen, and future woman that she will become.

The last few days have been a delight. I always thought Honey would be a great character, she just needs the right scene.

And they’re standing in the room with the busted window. Must not be too cold there.

I wasn’t happy when Posie first showed up. I thought, what’s the point? Looking back now, Posie’s reappearance gave Mysta the opportunity to reconfirm her commitment to being a Moon woman. Posie’s death now seals the deal — there’s no turning back since there’s nothing to turn back to. The death of Posie is actually something of a mercy to Mysta, in that it will mitigate any guilt she might feel about spurning her previous identity, and removes all doubts about the direction she is now headed. She’s 100% lunar now, and by the way, I couldn’t be happier about it.

Awww. How sweet.

Love Lee’s Wide eyes in the first shot.

Practically a new version pietà in panel 3. And, while Crystal’s smile is a bit ambiguous, I don’t see any malicious intent on her part at this point. She is simply and genuinely happy to be rescued from a real accident, potentially mortal.

The are dangling loose ends, and it would be appropriate to have some resolution between Moon Governor and the two quasi-Lunarians, Mysta Chimera and Honeymoon Tracy. I hope this is the next bit of plot we see.

After that, we could be at the point of beginning a new story….

Looks like Crystal’s getting a good first hint of what the power of good can do. I surely hope Honeymoon continues to be a positive influence.