Dick Tracy by Mike Curtis and Charles Ettinger for July 09, 2011

Good morning all…

Don’t teach her dangerous stuff, Junior! ’Morning, Bill!

Uh-oh… Honey’s got a taste of the crimestopping… Junior better nip this in the bud.

This is Dick Tracy, so you know she’s going to get in some kind of trouble. (What happens if, say, BB Eyes tries to wear her wrist wizard? Will that memory-metal bracelet squeeze his wrist hard enough to cut off circulation? And, given that the gizmo accesses police communications, does it have an ability to lock out unauthorized users?)

Meanwhile, is the officer in panel #2 looks like he’s going to inevestigate the grafitti artists who tagged the wall.

G’mornin’, Vista Bill, margueritem, and assorted Crimestoppers —

Looks like Junior’s about to have one of those “Adventures in Parenthood”! That Wrist Wizard better have a GPS (and a built in taser).

@RadishIt wasn’t the rumble seats, it was that big spare tire mounted right above the bumper!

I would counsel Junior to discourage sweet Honeymoon from seeking to ride on the backs of cars (although the very mention of it here suggests that it will happen as part of the developing storyline). I shall not provide details of my experiences on the backs of an old MG and an old Land Rover. Some tales are best untold.

Sweet Dreams Vista Bill & Good Morning everyone.

Well Honeymoon, your dad did all those things but now he is grown up & he doesn’t want you to do the same thing because of the danger.

That is how parents get so smart. We don’t our children doing what we did at that age.

Another point Honeymoon, the trunks in vehicles years ago were big and could hold a few bodies.

So it was easy to hide in the trunk and not feel crammed in.

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Cute story: (and it’s true)

I remember back in the 60’s, the local police stoppped a vehicle for a routine check.They discovered the man’s wife in the trunk of the vehicle.

He told the officers, that there was a rattle in the rear end of the vehicle and his wife was in the trunk while he was driving the car so she could locate the source of the noise

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Laugh for today:

Why it is better to have a dog rather than a wife???

If you lock your wife and the family dog in the trunk of your car and leave them there for an hour,

when you open the trunk, which one is going to be happy to see you and lick your face off???

For one thing, Junior can tell Honeymoon to never ride in the trunk of a car if James Cagney’s driving. And NEVER complain that you need air.

JUNIOR!!! First rule of parenting; Never tell your kids the “bad” stuff you did. Because the good old, “But, I better not catch you doing that!” never works.

POLICE DEPT.PARKING ONLYWhat’s the use of going there if all you’re allowed to do is park?

I would only assume that the PD has a policy in effect about relatives riding in the squad cars. We’re starting to tread on forbidden territory now! We’re also starting to tread onwhat happens if Honeymoon gets hurt. I think Macy and Junior are violating policy here. What say, Sgt Jim Doherty?

Exactly how old is Honeymoon, anyway?

Does anybody remember those flying trashcans they used to patrol in? I think they were called Sky Cars. Also I noticed in the first panel the arrow IDing the Wrist Wizard much like the 2 Way Wrist TV was ID’d in Goulds Day. This strip is greatly improved.

In real life time Honeymoon would be 46 years old born 10/03/65 but after all this is comic time and it appears she is only ten.

Didn’t Junior ride on the back of cars by standing on those old metal bumpers … and holding on to the trunk, etc.? Remember those old cars?

the apple doesn’t fall too far from the tree

Honeymoon Tracy Head crowning on 09/12/1965 Spanked and first cry on 09/14/1965

Birth announcement during first live moon broadcast

I had to go out to the garage and take another look at my car. No bumpers. In the olden days, cars also had running boards along the side. If the car needed a push you could run along side with the door open then jump on the running board and into the car. Kids (boys) might hitch a ride on someone else’s running board.

Honey they don’t make cars like they use to.

I am LOVING the way that Joe and Mike are bringing back the more outlandish inventions. The very fact we saw the Space Coupe means that the whole Moon Saga is back on the table.Bringing back B.B. Eyes is a great idea. Gould had a habit of not letting his villains survive their first adventure too often. Good for showing that crime doesn’t pay, but bad for recurring villains. Heck, save for the ones that turned face, did ANY bad guys ever survive?

Or later big metal bumpers and space.

Yes.

@Vbartilucci:Blowtop was marched off to the paddy wagon “in shackles, shame, and disgrace”. About a decade later, the same thing happened to Spready Spensive and his pal. I think I remember that Little Face was taken alive. So was Mousy. I remember that the Mole ended up in prison, and made a return appearance in the 1970’s.3-D Magee and Pony were captured and seen in prison cells awaiting trial. Sleet was captured and sent back to Boston. Pouch is apparently still running around loose. Spinner ReCord was captured and confessed while sitting in Tracy’s office in front of the D.A. Pantsy sat in a cell and watched the video tape of his capture on closed circuit T.V.Those are some that I can think of. You’re right, of course, that many more met their demise by the end of their story.

Years ago I saw a film about the kid’s pranks of the 1930’s, and yes, they did indeed ride around on the backs of cars. Back then, the spare wheel was on the back of the car; one would grip the rubber tire while perched on the rear bumper, with the head below the rear line-of-sight of the driver. The danger was that if a driver made a high-speed turn, the G-forces could send the unseen passenger cartwheeling down the street. This happened quite a lot, too!

Yeah, Junior did used to ride on the backs of cars by standing on the bumpers and clinging to rear spare tires—in the 1930s and ’40s. Looking at his current apparent age, he would have been trying this stunt in the late ’80s or early ’90s, when such features were only found on trucks and SUVs.