Dick Tracy by Mike Curtis and Charles Ettinger for September 12, 2018

Good morning™, resource officers!

I hate the idea that schools need police officers stationed at the them, but this one came in very handy here. That pusher is on his way to jail.

Honeymoon and Crystal, the new crime fighting team! ;-)

Good morning™, resourceful little girls !

That fella looks pretty dusted. A good chance he will be bonded out unless polartek guy sees him as expendable.

Polar Vortex and his gang will be on MCU’s radar before they even get started.

Wait, what?… Officer Clemmons!?! Does this mean that all this time Mr. Rogers’ neighborhood has been a part of Tracyville? That’s awesome! BTW — If you haven’t already seen one or both of them, the recent Mr. Rogers PBS TV special and the movie documentary are both excellent. Seeing the totality and consistency of his life’s work makes one appreciate how special it was to have his message of all-inclusive compassion regularly broadcast into our homes for decades. Our society desperately needs someone to take up his mantle…

Too bad all kids can electrocute drug dealers.

No, you were calling the police when he ATTACKED you.

Of course, Honeymoon may get the cold shoulder from those drug dealer’s customers that are in her class.

Don’t think there’s any urgent need for the security officer. Honeymoon has already electrocuted the perp.

Actually, doesn’t this guy (panel 3) look like the one that Vor Tek had his goons take out? (The Austin La Feet look-alike)

Most drug dealers are losers/idiots,,, the fool should have realized he was dealing with someone more than your average High Schooler.

Honeymoon is darned near as cute as Tiffany is in the Luann strip. And that is a huge compliment by me.

Thank goodness Honeymoon’s is not in the X-Men universe. She would be feared and hated.

News break: Issue 1 of the Dick Tracy, Dead or Alive! comic book goes on sale next Wednesday!

Tremendous art. Honeymoon is one of my favorite characters, and panel one shows her to great advantage. The officer’s purposeful stride as he approaches to help, with Crystal pointing out the creepy guy, creates a sense of motion. He checks to see that Honeymoon is all right before taking the dazed perp into custody. The low level dealer is a small fry, but Vortex won’t appreciate the intrusion.

Honeymoon has handled the “action sequence” quite well by herself, thanks to her Lunarian powers, but Palmer School Resource Officer Clemmons is needed to take care of the clean-up (the “Cuff ’em, Danno” and paperwork parts), until eventually the cops Moon Chick called for show up (“When seconds matter, the cops are only minutes away.”). I don’t know that the MCU will become involved just yet, unless Tracy heard the call and feels a family obligation….