Tracy is going to “look the other way” while Mysta assaults a suspect in custody? (Although this might be Self Defense!) But then isn’t Tracy derelict in his duties by not having properly restrained Archival who wasn’t even in cuffs yet. (Which Dick or Sam should have done already!)
After all that do we really need to run him through justice ? The lady has got satisfaction and in a much more earthy way than a walloping zap could ever hope to achieve.
All men everywhere felt that. It was not what I was thinking Mysta would do but it was very effective. Also, I think Tracy recognized the ring in Panel 1. I am very sure Archival will have to explain that. I mean was not all of Bribery’s things suppose to be locked up somewhere while he is in jail?
Archival is hardly the first person to be assaulted by his victim while in custody. Mysta’s revenge is far less than he deserves at this point. He’s coming out of this with no bullet holes—he should be grateful.
Super great images again today , Mysta’s expressions in the first and second frames are super cool , but what’s with the " ring " in the first frame ? Tracy’s eyes are perfect in this cartoon .
The way Archival is displaying that ring, he must’ve have been sure that Mysta would try to “Mind Zap” him. Unfortunately for him Mysta believes in the old saying “where’s there a will, there’s a way.” Can’t “zap” him like he deserves. Okay, there’s the physical approach, as Archival was reminded.
Why is everyone beating around the mulberry bush? Mysta scored a Touchdown by kicking the Pig skins through the uprights, scoring her Freedom as Tracy stands on the sidelines seemingly dumb founded not even seeing the Emerald Ring in plain sight!!
In 1936,the FBI arrested Public Enemy 1 ALVIN KARPIS in New Orleans.This is the one where J.Edgar Hoover himself is supposed to have made the arrest.But he just waited in a car nearby until it was over.
Out of around two dozen FBI agents at the scene,nobody had remembered to bring handcuffs.So they ended up tying Karpis with t heir neckties.People half-joke that this is why FBI men always wore suits and ties on he job.
You know, if Archival tries to have Mysta arrested for assault, he’s going to be out of luck. The DA will simply refuse to press charges. But if he sues her in civil court for damages, he’s got a real chance of winning. Of course, no matter how the criminal trial goes, Mysta and Vera can sue HIM for damages. (Loss of income, stress, etc.) They’re likely to win a lot bigger! As OJ learned, winning in criminal court isn’t always the end of the story.Of course, none of this will ever come up in the strip itself. As Ray has repeatedly pointed out, once the perp has been arrested the story is over.
Pequod over 3 years ago
Mysta puts her foot down
Raises a swift knee
Archival writhes upon the floor
Great his agony.
Mysta her own person
Not a figure under glass
Autonomous and fabulous
Knows when to whip ass.
DaJellyBelly over 3 years ago
Did she kick him in the jewels???
AnyFace over 3 years ago
Brian Premium Member over 3 years ago
“gasp I. Want. To. wheeze Press. Charges. ohhhhhhhh”
Maximara over 3 years ago
Did she knee him where I think she did? Ouch.
jimmjonzz Premium Member over 3 years ago
Don’t we all love, in panel 2, the shock in Dick Tracy’s eyes?
22ph over 3 years ago
Stellaluna and Retik might have given her martial arts training :)
22ph over 3 years ago
Tracy still not recognizing the one ring !!!!
avenger09 over 3 years ago
I’ll shock everyone by saying I like the Nancy Sinatra and Lesley Gore combo tribute, even if it wasn’t intended.
retropop over 3 years ago
Tracy is going to “look the other way” while Mysta assaults a suspect in custody? (Although this might be Self Defense!) But then isn’t Tracy derelict in his duties by not having properly restrained Archival who wasn’t even in cuffs yet. (Which Dick or Sam should have done already!)
Jab Jr 1957 over 3 years ago
Looks like self defense to me. No jury will convict her.
boboscar over 3 years ago
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cTpvirQ-hPA
Neil Wick over 3 years ago
Good morning™, fighters!
That’s our Mysta! I think that Archival earned that kick in the crotch after Tracy warned him to back off. The ring is no defense against that.
seanyj over 3 years ago
Did Mysta kick Archival in the Coconuts? : )
Jab Jr 1957 over 3 years ago
In panel 2, a better sound effect would have been CRUNCH.
charliefarmrhere over 3 years ago
Wow! A big knee right to the cannoli’s. That has gotta hurt!
Gweedo -it's legal here- Murray over 3 years ago
Good morning™, Bad to the Nads !
After all that do we really need to run him through justice ? The lady has got satisfaction and in a much more earthy way than a walloping zap could ever hope to achieve.
therese_callahan2002 over 3 years ago
Too bad Lesley Gore isn’t around to read today’s strip.
michaelyaakov over 3 years ago
All men everywhere felt that. It was not what I was thinking Mysta would do but it was very effective. Also, I think Tracy recognized the ring in Panel 1. I am very sure Archival will have to explain that. I mean was not all of Bribery’s things suppose to be locked up somewhere while he is in jail?
BigDaveGlass over 3 years ago
And that’s why he hasn’t been cuffed yet…….
iggyman over 3 years ago
Karma is a you-know-what Archival!
iggyman over 3 years ago
“You Don’t Own Me” “I am not one of your many toys” Leslie Gore’s song sounds appropriate here!
Space_cat over 3 years ago
There is no ring made by the hands of man that stop a very well deserved knee to the groin!
crobinson019 over 3 years ago
Archival is hardly the first person to be assaulted by his victim while in custody. Mysta’s revenge is far less than he deserves at this point. He’s coming out of this with no bullet holes—he should be grateful.
tripwire45 over 3 years ago
Satisfying.
Binky over 3 years ago
Better than getting zapped there I reckon (●¿●)
lunapeachie over 3 years ago
Your ring only protects you from psychic attacks, dude. How could you forget that?
Chris over 3 years ago
wow, what an idiot… kick him again. :D
LawrenceS over 3 years ago
Sunday: “It’s not kidnapping if they weren’t hurt.” grade Stupid
Monday: “I’m wearing a weapon designed to hurt Mysta.” grade Stupider
Tuesday: Attempting to assault Mysta in front of Tracy grade Stupidest (But why wasn’t Archive in handcuffs?)
jrankin1959 over 3 years ago
Your “precious” couldn’t stop that, could it, dude?
cmerb over 3 years ago
Super great images again today , Mysta’s expressions in the first and second frames are super cool , but what’s with the " ring " in the first frame ? Tracy’s eyes are perfect in this cartoon .
Durak Premium Member over 3 years ago
You know, I bet she would have been glad to visit your stupid island, if you’d just asked.
Durak Premium Member over 3 years ago
Miss Leslie Gore. Wow.
https://youtu.be/JDUjeR01wnU
Mongo over 3 years ago
That’s going to leave a mark!
Mongo over 3 years ago
Now Archival can sing soprano!!
Cronkers McGee Premium Member over 3 years ago
I know I would not mess with her. A knee to the groin brings down the biggest and the stupid.
WilliamVollmer over 3 years ago
The way Archival is displaying that ring, he must’ve have been sure that Mysta would try to “Mind Zap” him. Unfortunately for him Mysta believes in the old saying “where’s there a will, there’s a way.” Can’t “zap” him like he deserves. Okay, there’s the physical approach, as Archival was reminded.
Grumpy Old Guy over 3 years ago
I’m hoping there was a Mysta tazer effect follow thru, with that well placed kick…..
Curtis Mathews over 3 years ago
Why is everyone beating around the mulberry bush? Mysta scored a Touchdown by kicking the Pig skins through the uprights, scoring her Freedom as Tracy stands on the sidelines seemingly dumb founded not even seeing the Emerald Ring in plain sight!!
MuddyUSA Premium Member over 3 years ago
She gave him a knee to the…………..!
scpandich over 3 years ago
Don’t have a ring to prevent that, do you?
tcayer over 3 years ago
OH MY GOD! The most gruesome violence ever in Dick Tracy!
Wichita1.0 over 3 years ago
Next day we see Versa pushing her into the trunk of his car for ‘safekeeping’, and we’re off again!
Another Take over 3 years ago
HIT HIM IN THE LEFT KNEE! HIT HIM IN THE RIGHT KNEE! HIT HIM IN THE WIENEE! WE NEED A VICTORY!
Another Take over 3 years ago
1-DT: OK, you two know the rules – no gouging, no punches to the back of the head, no punches below the belt…
2-WHAMP! pop, pop
3-HORNY: You said “punches”.
DT: Once again, an offender gets off on a technicality. However, I can’t declare you the winner because you didn’t wait for the bell.
HORNY: I just rang his ding dong didn’t I?
DT: Hmmm. THE WINNER BY TECHNICAL KNOCKOUT IS…HORNY!!!
STAN LEE: medic
corpcasselbury over 3 years ago
And Archival learns the price to be paid for arrogance.
Major Matt Mason Premium Member over 3 years ago
“In the labonza! In the labonza!” ;-)
Ray Toler over 3 years ago
“Whap” is not a strong enough sound effect for the action. This needs a “PWANG!” or a “SCA-TUNGK!” or some other Don Martin sound effect:
https://www.madmagazine.com/sites/default/files/imce/2014/07-JUL/MAD-Magazine-Don-Martin-Sound-Efx-Name_53c5568e684920.80692874.jpg
LAFITZGERALD over 3 years ago
Good reaction, Mystra – ha,ha!!
CynthiaLeigh over 3 years ago
Right in the nuts! Yay!
trimguy over 3 years ago
Critical 9 shot!
orbenjawell Premium Member over 3 years ago
Mmmmph………RIGHT in the family jewels……..
198.23.5.11 over 3 years ago
She didn’t learn THAT on the moon!!
198.23.5.11 over 3 years ago
They censored “Breathless Mahoney’s” black eye but left this in??
And Mysta Chimera rings the gong and wins herself a big fat cigar!!
iggyman over 3 years ago
Right in the pills, the ring did not stop that!
IvanB.Cohen over 3 years ago
Somebody, take that ring off his finger.
IvanB.Cohen over 3 years ago
Archival could have taken a course from Amy Vanderbilt when it comes to manners.
IvanB.Cohen over 3 years ago
The woman got the better of him.
Eric S over 3 years ago
BEAUTIFUL!! Hit him again!
oakie817 over 3 years ago
harder!!
dalemcnamee9 over 3 years ago
We hope that Vera has seen what Mysta did and is rethinking his behavior towards her…
She can kick hard as well as “zap” him…
And now that she is “recharging”…
tad1 over 3 years ago
He deserved that.
Leo Cannyn Premium Member over 3 years ago
We should take bets on the next storyline if it ends with a Shootout or a Tracy Uppercut. I think Mysta’s kick would have counted as an Uppercut.
198.23.5.11 over 3 years ago
TRUE STORY DEPT.
In 1936,the FBI arrested Public Enemy 1 ALVIN KARPIS in New Orleans.This is the one where J.Edgar Hoover himself is supposed to have made the arrest.But he just waited in a car nearby until it was over.
Out of around two dozen FBI agents at the scene,nobody had remembered to bring handcuffs.So they ended up tying Karpis with t heir neckties.People half-joke that this is why FBI men always wore suits and ties on he job.
STACEY MARSHALL Premium Member over 3 years ago
Lesley Gore – You Don’t Own Me :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JDUjeR01wnU
MDRiggs Premium Member over 3 years ago
Right in the oompa loompas, as some would say.
carlfishman over 3 years ago
You know, if Archival tries to have Mysta arrested for assault, he’s going to be out of luck. The DA will simply refuse to press charges. But if he sues her in civil court for damages, he’s got a real chance of winning. Of course, no matter how the criminal trial goes, Mysta and Vera can sue HIM for damages. (Loss of income, stress, etc.) They’re likely to win a lot bigger! As OJ learned, winning in criminal court isn’t always the end of the story.Of course, none of this will ever come up in the strip itself. As Ray has repeatedly pointed out, once the perp has been arrested the story is over.
Sisyphos over 3 years ago
Mysta Chimera cuts that braggard-kidnapper down to size with a well-placed boot! Bravo! Even Tracy seems to accept that it was called for.
Does um hurts, Bwocky-Wocky?
I hope so!
Key phrase: “You don’t own me!”
Black76Manta over 3 years ago
Good Mysta, he deserved
trainnut1956 over 3 years ago
A “CRUNCH” would have been funnier than a “WHAP”