Dick Tracy by Mike Curtis and Charles Ettinger for July 28, 2013

When did Sail get out?

Sam has his worries, Chief’s also concernedSparkle is missing, Moon Maid has returned.Fritz Ann on the phone, lab results to conveyMysta and Honeymoon do share DNA.The samples were studied, tested and processedOutwardly calm, Tracy would not have guessedThat Mysta may live, a Lunarian mysterySu generis woman, they share a close history.In Honeymoon he sees fine traits of her motherSmart and courageous, unlike any other.Honeymoon’s caught twixt doubt and elationAfraid to believe, suppressing celebration.Junior’s stunned mug says it’s just sinking inHis heart is a-pounding, his head starts to spin.All had assumed Mysta’s ending was tragicAll knew so little of Lunarian magic.

Good morning fellow DT fans…

So… is Moon Maid the real thing?

Good morning, VistaBill! And, Pequod77, I don’t know how you are so consistently creative.

I really love this series! Thanks Joe, Mike, and team!

I haven’t a clue as to any answers to what is going on.Lord help me,I love it! Thank you,Team Tracy!

“Closely related.” I like the sound of that. And Sail’s expecting Mysta to return? Not likely unless he’s got a way of bringing her back.I love this story!

These are red herrings, this is not the original MM, the entire Moon “race” were interbred, she could be anybody

Who is Sail talking to? We all thought he had hired Bardoll, now we find out that Bardoll was sent. Was Bardoll actually a body-guard, or something else entirely? Is Sail actually only a puppet himself? Who is pulling the strings? The mystery deepens.

Bardoll II will soon be on the scene to spice up the action component. Meanwhile, the thinking component is all in a frenzy over the DNA data—which says what it says and not more. Why is S. Tim Sail still running around loose? Is he a pawn of The Apparatus? What will old man Wheaton do with the two ladies he is holding? (Yes, holding—whether they realize it or not.)

Pequod77, one to ten, that’s a ten. And I agree the Apparatus has to behind things here.

hey pequod77…you have a talent…another well done poetic synopsis…thanks again

Honeymoon is the daughter of Moon Maid and Jr. Maybe the shared DNA is from Jr. – a wild thought, but what if this Mysta turns out to be related to Jr. in some way. After all, Jr. was adopted, and, other than Mary Steele, we don’t know anything about his family tree. Well, I guess there is a history of who his original father was, too.

I want this story to go on forever. The best so far. I’d be happy with long stories like this rather than those shorter ones that weren’t interesting or satisfying. This is great, love all the twists and turns…hope it goes until at least September and ideally the end of the year.

For maximum fun, Sail’s new “assistant” should be Mumbles, so that he and Ghote can have a reunion.

Dr. SailOut on bail.

“…who is who.” Both subjective, no objective, “writer.”

Poor Bardoll, his life seems to have meant nothing to his associates… it’s a shame too, the idea of a hired thug with brains was such a nice refreshing type of character

Mike’s science is really off – There is no way to tell the difference between cloned DNA and Original DNA.

Very nice job on the DNA illustration, gentlemen! So many people get it wrong, but yours is perfect!

Sam has his worries, Chief’s also concerned

Sparkle is missing, Moon Maid has returned.

Fritz Ann on the phone, lab results to convey

Mysta and Honeymoon do share DNA.

The samples were studied, tested and processed

Outwardly calm, Tracy would not have guessed

That Mysta may live, a Lunarian mystery

Sui generis woman, they share a close history.

In Honeymoon he sees fine traits of her mother

Smart and courageous, unlike any other.

Honeymoon’s caught twixt doubt and elation

Afraid to believe, suppressing celebration.

Junior’s stunned mug says it’s just sinking in

His heart is a-pounding, his head starts to spin.

All had assumed Mysta’s ending was tragic

All knew so little of Lunarian magic.