Dick Tracy by Mike Curtis and Charles Ettinger for August 05, 2022

well, let’s see what the class has learned these past two days… on Wednesday’s installment, we see that Marina had placed her lips on Dick… and then on Thursday, we learn that Marina yearns and pleads to spend at least two days with Dick… so here on Friday, what have we all learned about Marina?… simple… that she’s in great need of and REALLY into Dick, but we see that straight-arrow Dick is NOT into HER… LOL… Dick is firm as to his feelings and relations towards and with Tess… all I can say is that, I go away for three days and THEN SOME sort of action picks up in the way of that moon-tramp vamp, Marina… I won’t go back over the comments and responses that have gone on over here in the last few days, as there’s too much to peruse, but I have a feeling I would have had a FIELD day with responses… but the last two installments says it all as to Marina’s longing and need for Dick… we all saw it coming, as evidenced by her goo-goo eyes towards Dick… and I didn’t even miss much of anything else in the way of this arc, so I had some unintentional good timing as to when I had to leave offsite to take care of business… which most of it WAS accomplished, but a little longer than what I expected… but as Aerosmith sang back in the day… “I’m back in the saddle again…” (and in all seriousness, I missed you guys, ALL of you… and I AM glad to be back…) thanks for keeping that saddle warm for me…

”Under Cover.” ✨

undercover Dick… now the plot thickens?…

Good morning™, all!

It’s nice that they wash the coffee cups together (and the dinner plates). It gives them time for that, “Ward, I’m worried about the Beaver” bit.

This time, Tracy finally left his tell-tale hat and coat behind. His current outfit puts me in mind of Raiders of the Lost Ark, but it does make him more incognito. More Lunarian text is a nice touch and I believe that the guy sneaking out from the service entrance is a new character, as shown by his sort-of-like-a-W design on his tunic.

If Tracy really wanted to sneak about inconspicuously, he’d need plastic antennae and some face putty to round off his jaw. Cosplaying Paul Atreides isn’t one of his better ideas.

Good morning™, eye spies !

Dick is finally getting down to business. I hope his “burka” doesn’t draw undue attention as he looks in on the inner workings of NMV. Does he have his service revolvere with him ?  He might need it.

Revolvere: My junior high attempt at being French.

“I’ll ditch that coat and hat, and dress in a manner that no one at all in Moonville would. That will be the best disguise EVER!”

Ooh, the Lunar underworld!

It does seem odd Tracy would wear a hood over his head, considering the Lunarians seem to leave their heads uncovered, for their antennae. It reminds me a little bit of a panel from Mad magazine’s satire on the James Bond movie Live & Let Die, depicting Roger Moore, as O07, trying to fit in at a bar in Harlem. Then again, the cloak is a dead ringer for the cloak Thorin wore when he showed up at Tracy’s house one nite at the beginning of this story, which now seems like 2 blue moons ago.

An outfit like that in that place makes him stand out like a sore thumb.

Maybe Marina was to be a distraction to Dick since we now see him investigating !!!

Tracy Ninja.

Somebody better check in on poor Marina.

Ohhh Nooo, Tracy! Very smart … not. You really blend in with the crowd … not. You better hope one of those buggers don’t fry you for looking like a mugger.

Is that you, Tracy, or just a brilliant disguise?

My God, he’s took off his coat and hat! They must be getting hot and heavy!

He left the Hat behind, because he couldn’t find a Milliner in New Moon Valley if it got shot.

Ah yes. The ole “Clark Kent” school of disguise.

Wow! A whole lot going on! Like!

Will that disguise fool anyone? No head horns.

No Lunarian dresses like this, so how does this make sense?

Kind of like when he used to sit on stake out in a black & white

Sure. THAT won’t attract any attention!

has it occurred to tracy that having his head covered when every other single person in town have antenna is going to stand out.

Ro-Zan trying to seduce Mysta, Marina trying to seduce Dick. Anyone see a pattern here?

So yesterday Tracy was leaving in two days, and another day has now passed in the strip. Tracy may need to extend his stay…

yeah… everyone seems to be out for a ‘taste’ of something…

Wow, until he set her straight even the Ambassador’s wife thought Marina and Tracy had slipped away for some secret get-together.

In that disguise, is Tracy going to be mistaken for someone from a Middle Eastern country?

Great disguise, Tracy… if you’re a Jedi…

WHOA! Who else thought that was Tracy’s clothes on the floor of Marina’s bedroom in Panel 2????

Does this look like a guy who cleans up the table and does the dishes?

https://i.postimg.cc/d1XcCQFk/Over-a-barrel-02.jpg

From today’s Comics Curmudgeon:

If I were one of only three or four humans in an underground Antarctic city, I might be less than confident that just covering my face was enough to ensure anonymity, especially since nobody with Lunarian antennae could properly wear that hood. I’m not the world’s greatest detective, though, so what do I know?

So now that Tracy has started to surveil this entrance, we are faced with another giant leap in the story telling. How does he know this is where there is likely to be action related to the cabal? Since this is at least supposed to be a detective strip, it would be nice if we had been shown the thread that led him here.

Tracy must think he is in Saudi Arabia? Just kidding? As for Marina, all previous comments were pure speculation no more no less. It is what is done here.

1-LISKA: Why can’t we get a dishwasher? THORIN: I’ve told you a thousand times…

2-…we’ll have all the human servants you want when we enslave them.

Meanwhile, at Tracy’s hotel KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK! Housekeeping! You want I clean your room? Hello? THE FLEAS IN TRACY’S COAT: We’re good.

3-RED SHIRT: _OK. So if somebody tries to sneak into the meeting, I’ll give ‘em a left. Then a right. No. A right. THEN a left. Oh. And I should keep my guard up.

DT: ♪♪♫ Oh cutie! Come over here. I have a surprise for you! ♪♪♫

RED: Oh??? Coming!

MOVIE QUOTE

“We feed everyone who doesn’t live close to us”

Will Rogers—LIFE BEGINS AT 40——1935

“Ohhhhhhhh, WOWWWWWWWWW, all you hip cats and Super-Swell Swingers out there in Terrific Tracy Town! Our hero looks to be on the prowl in New Moon Valley, doing the “secret agent” bit! And we here at the Big, Bold BMBG studios know a thing or two about that, and I, your Deviously Distinguished Deejay, JPuzzle The Whiz, am ready to show you what we mean!"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mkIkowqYUn4

If you’ve had STEALTH TRAINING,that isn’t a bad disguise.Reminds me of Pruneface’s Ninja Army during Collins’product poisoning arc.

And The Moon Governor helps his wife wash the dishes???

What dream sequence is THIS???

I feel like Tracys’ disguise would work better if he’d chosen bright colors. These dull colors are going to stand out more than the facemask he’s wearing, in my opinion! Also, Awww, poor Marina’s been crushed :(

Avenger09 was right. Mrs. Ambassadoress really does look like Betty Rubble.

Tracy’s gone ninja?

he kind of stands out in his ‘disguise’

Think Tracy’s going to use any Jedi mind tricks?

Hooded and masked Tray is truly undercover now. But how and when did he get a lead on where to look for cabalists? “Service entrance” to what?

And what might Marina be up to, in her sorrow and shame?

The pace has picked up, for those who thought the story was dragging….

Very subtle disguise. No one will notice him, I’m sure.