Dick Tracy by Mike Curtis and Charles Ettinger for June 04, 2018

Good morning™, toenail painters!

Honeymoon is still hanging out with her recently-found friend, I see (not quite “new-found” anymore).

I think this is the final element that we’ve been anticipating. I know that people were asking, “Whatever happened to Crystal?” It looks like we’re about to find out.

And there they both are, right on cue!

Good morning™, spawn of ‘Hatfield & McCoy’

An old standby plot device in play; a calm serene scene just before a major eruption.

The writers should bring back Annie so these three can be BFF’s.

Looks like updated looks for Crystal, as well.

I expect that Crystal will eventually come to know that she really isn’t ugly, after all.

Haven’t seen Junior in a while. Nice to see he’s looking like himself again.

Ok. I’m confused. Again. I thought Honeymoon had been killed and replaced by a clone? Are we going back in time?

Hate to think that Crystal would be on Bribery’s hit list.

Who is caring for Crystal now that Uncle Bribery is in the slammer? She obviously did not go back to the finishing school. Where is she living that gives her such freedom of movement? With no other known relatives, wouldn’t she have become a ward of the State?

Does Junior know Crystal is Bribery’s niece?

Every day this strip gets lamer and lamer…

Never trust someone giving you a pedicure whose vision is obstructed.

JUNIOR: Honeymoon your friend of questionable moral standing is here!

CRYSTAL: WHat’s up Mr Tracy, sorry about my uncle repeatedly trying to kill your father and illegally cloning your dead wife and my ‘so called best friend’s" mother.. no harm no foulr ight?

JUNIOR: Oh dont worry about it Crystal, your uncle may be a murderous criminal hell bent on destroying my father and taking over my former wife’s home.. but i can look past that Hey speaking of ‘looking past’ things, nice new haircut, you look less and less like your mother everyday. Hey, wouldnt that be hysterical if your uncle cloned YOUR MOTHER too, just like he did to Honeymoons?

CRYSTAL: Thats not funny Mr Tracy.

I wonder if they’ll be using this:

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it never fails to amaze me how willingly the “Tracy Crew” open their arms to welcome former criminals into their midst.

Mole (reformed), Frankenmindy, Littleface, now Crystal.

Next thing you know, Trey will be dating Rikki Mortis and Bonnie will be dating Mumbles

Don’t care what happened to Crystal, where’s Sawtooth?

I can honestly say, I care more about Crystal than I do Sawtooth or Bribery. I agree with Blunebery that criminals must have the chance to rehabilitate, that to incarcerate every one who has ever had an offense and never trust them again ever simply won’t work. And a tip of the hat to Night-Gaunt49 who also notes that part of our problem are for-profit prisons, providing financial incentive to locking up the maximum number of people possible!

Would still pay good money for a series of the adventures of a half alien hybrid and a talented though novice assassin backed by Diet Smith money and tech. The chemistry is a writers dream.

interesting……….Sawtooth, Diet, Crystal, all with their own stories ready to converge into one. It’s real easy to see Crystal SAVING Tracy somehow from Sawtooth, and the irony there……how Diet and the moon brigade fit in I haven’t a clue. And if Sprocket and Silver can be sprung that easily, have a feeling we might see Bribery escape soon as well….

Mike and Joe have sure created a ton of cool characters, though…and in much less time!

—In which we enjoy a peaceful moment at Junior’s home as the kids bond over nail polish. Crystal (“most people call her Ugly” seems no longer true!) is presenting as a genuine friend to Honeymoon, and the little would-be detective reciprocates.

Yet it seems clear enough that all this is but a prelude to something heavier going down that will somehow involve the girls, for better or for worse. Maybe (just a wild guess) Sawtooth will finally arrive in Tracyville and try to exploit Crystal as a means of getting to Tracy?

Let us all remember that Crystal owes her life to Honeymoon. These girls will share a very deep bond.