Dick Tracy by Mike Curtis and Charles Ettinger for September 23, 2013

It doesn’t look good for, well, somebody.

Gasp! What will happen next?

What will Mysta say to Junior? And vice-versa?

No, don’t stop her! Let her wipe out that S.O.B. once and for all!

This lady means business! Will Junior try to physically restrain her?

Ouch, this could hurt Junior badly if he gets the electric backlash. And putting your arms around your ex-wife while your current wife is watching, whatever the reason, rarely ends well.

I just don’t know what to expect from one day to another. So much excitement. Outside the farm house as well as inside. At least we know Moon Maid’s magnetic powers are back, and then some. In the meantime the space coupe is headed to the farm also? Great story build up here Mike!

With this sustained electro-shock, Hy Pressure is pretty well deep-fried by now. But has “Moon Maid” gone berserk (in the original sense)? Has residual electro-blast injured Junior as he tried to restrain her none-stop sizzling of Hy Pressure? Will Tracy and Catchem be able to calm her down? Or will she go out in a blaze of glory?

Hy Pressure, meet Hy Voltage!

It appears Mysta is in a “Hulk Smash” type of mode.

The Mysta Maid Hy Pressure Cooker (Patent Pending). Powerful, and easy to use. Bright white light comes on when food is well done.

Whoa!!Did not see this coming. At all. See, J-T really oughtta shoulda coulda hadda roll in the hay with the first wifey before. This is gonna be one really painful Electric Slide.

Is it really so shocking that Mysta saved the hostages? I’m electrified by this great story. Watt will happen next?

Good morning SDM! I was afraid you went the way of S&M! Knowing you didn’t, I can enjoy the week!

It is great to see Joe and Mike bring Tracy back to life. Great story and art.

Whatever Mysta does, the important thing is that she looks good doing it.

With Vitamin Flintheart’s curtain speech a couple of weeks ago reminescent of the curtain speech in the movie Frankenstein, I am beginning to believe more and more that Mysta is a Frankenstein-monster-type reanimanited corpse. And like Dr. Frankenstein’s monster, she is unaware of her own “strength.”

We have compassion for Mysta like we had for the monster in Frankenstein. It is my hope that as we learn the truth about her, our compassion does not turn to pity if we learn that Dr. Ghote has created a female monster who, like the original monster in the movie, cannot possibly be allowed to exist in the modern world of the truly living because of the danger she poses.

And Moon Maid (or her clone) is a danger—particularly if she is not the original MM and does not have the ability to control her great powers. When Moon Maid first came to Earth, the federal government demanded she be locked up because of the danger she created (she could detonate bombs, she could disrupt all electronic communications on Earth, etc.).

Can you imagine MM2 in a “moment of splendor”? She’d give a new meaning to the words “hot chick”!

She can’t shut it off, and if Junior tries to grab her —!Holey Moley, what next?

Mysta’s motivation for the attack seemed to be the defence of her friends, but she certainly looked angry as she initiated the attack. This is the first time we’ve actually seen Junior say, “Mysta” and actually the first time we’ve seen him speak to her since her apparent reappearance.

It looks like Mysta can’t stop and it does look like Junior is in danger. Someone had suggested yesterday that her attack on Hy Pressure might have been “manslaughter.” That wouldn’t have met the definition, but there could be involuntary manslaughter here, if Junior dies and Mysta were to be found negligent.

Whether Mysta could be charged with anything depends on who or what Mysta is, and I’m sure that Mike is not going to tell us that until after everything else happens in this story.

A murder rap for Moon Maid? Could she be extradited to serve her time on the moon?

It’s nice to see that you approve of the colouring of MM’s hair. It doesn’t really look any different to me — I was never all that unhappy with it, but it took me a long time to figure out that the blue thing in panel 1 is Sparkle’s hair. I’m sure I could have “read” it much more easily with a more appropriate colour.

She doesn’t need to be deputized—self-defense extends to the defense of others. So, Mysta’s apparent frying of Pressure in order to prevent him from shooting Sparkle and the Wheaton girl whose name I can’t remember is justified.

“The artwork is why I keep coming back to Tracy. The story is why I make it my first read of the day.”WORD! The high quality of this strip is beyond anything I’ve ever seen in a daily.

Moon Maid shoulda left some Power for the Big Guys. Someone Innocent will get caught in the Crossfire

Good afternoon all…

MM/Mysta needs a circuit breaker!

Panel 2 is one of those rare moments when Tracy actually has his eyes open

Crispy Critter, anyone?

Hopefully Junior wont bear the brunt of moon maid lite’s insanity and inability to control her power.

Moon Maid, please don’t explode!

" . . . Dick looks a little bit scared, flashback from a few years ago I guess!-—————————————————————————I guess you’re referring to his 2 month stand (2009) - in Locher’s Circus Ring ? Time ! That might well have been, a body function ‘challenge’, or was it the look on his face in that getaway RUN from Johnny Nothing in the Science Museum ?Flashback Moments ? . . . I agree, easy to recall !

She is Mysta to Junior but still Moon Maid to Dick, interesting.

Well, I wanted Junior Tracy to interact with his First Wife? I can just see the Dick Tracy writers cackling over my comments with a sly “Oh, Junior will interact with Mysta, alrighty! Stay tuned!” This is getting GOOD!!As far as these ridiculous & incendiary comments about Mysta being charged for defending herself and The Wheaton Ladies? Long live the “Stand Your Ground Laws”

One more time:Glad to have you back, Gweedo…CCA, SDM, & (for what’s worth), CPesq Approved!

P.S. Mysta’s pupils are black now!

Go Mysta! I love this character! I doubt Hy Pressure will be dead when this is over.