Dick Tracy by Mike Curtis and Charles Ettinger for September 10, 2018

Not too smart to grab someone who has flashing electric horns. Best built in tazer around. The bio-engineers for the original Selenites or as some call them Lunarians were very good at their complicated work. Done thousands of years ago. Different ones also did some for those who went to Mars. (See the movie “Doom” to see their handwork.)

The law 1, the crooks -1.

Shocking!

Good morning™, “bug” zappers !

Can we accuse Honeymoon of burning some dope ?

Squealer!

Some just got the shock of his life…

I wonder if Honeymoon or Mysta will be Dick Tracy’s “anti Polar Vortex” weapon ?

Twas once a girl named Honeymoon,

Reporting a drug-dealing goon.

The call he tried blocking.

Her retort was quite shocking!

As the goon found out all too soon.

Just trying to warm up the crowd for you, Pequod! Are those power lines overhead in the background going to provide a convenient cover story to help the MCU keep Honeymoon’s involvement out of the official report?

… and all in glorious black-and-white. ✨❤️✨

Well, Polar Vortex is likely to hear about this…

Good Morning Everyone and Taser Zappers Everywhere!!!

I wonder if it fried his stash too???

My comment yesterday about Moon Maids probably should have contained /s!

For what it’s worth, I like that Honey is now a Moon Maid. I am a fan of Moon Maid in general, though I have expressed a desire that we would have been given a Moon Maid v.1.1 (original Mysta back from the dead) rather than Moon Maid v.2.0 (surgical procedures on Mindy).

My point being yesterday being, if cosplays work their way into many, if not most or all, future stories, what I proposed yesterday could well be an unintended consequence of the overuse of cosplays.

Wow. Shocked the color right out of the strip.

I like when she does that!

Lum Invader’s ‘DARLING!’ technique

ZZZAAP!

Good morning™, boys and girls and men and women!

Nobody had better mess with Honeymoon Tracy.

Well if this is one of Polar Vortex’ best dealers, then this villain will just be a flash in the pan. Quick fried to a crackly crunch no boubt

New in town, dude?

P.K. Palmer, who Honeymoon and Crystal’s school is named after, was a writer for half the episodes of the first season (1950-1951) of the ABC TV series, Dick Tracy, starring Ralph Byrd. The series ended after the star died from a heart attack during the summer after the second season. He was only 43 years old but the strain of the long hours of TV production was reportedly too much for him.

Diet Smith must have designed a Wrist Wizard that won’t get fried when Honeymoon uses her power.

I wonder if the current burns out her wrist phone?

Zap one pusher. At least he won’t be going anywhere before the cops arrive

Gee, the corner drug dealer, DID sport Honeymoon calling her grandfather, and, got zapped for his trouble. (And, Honeymoon was totally within her rights to do so. With that guy grabbing her, like that. Now Mr. Pusher will be spending a little time in Cermak, recovering from his shock.)

The power lines in the background are a nice touch.

Have we heard the name “P.K. Palmer” used for Honeymoon’s school? Any idea on what it’s a reference to?

Are the junior high kids allowed to carry and use tasers? That’s the real-world equivalent of what Honeymoon just did. Fortunately, they are still off school property, but I would still think that parents would react to this.

Shocking. Positively shocking. (I do like the black and white.)

Shocking ending!

As I said yesterday…..ZAP!!!

That guy just had an electrifying experience.

The low-level corner dealer is no match for Moon Chick’s Lunarian powers! What a shock, ehh?

But this is just Monday, folks. There could be quite a lot more to this little misadventure in the drug trade before the week is over (I’m referring specifically to what might occur involving Crystal and Honeymoon, not the whole larger story)….

“We will return to our exciting adventure after this word from the makers of Jolt Cola!”

What a re-volt-ing development this is!

Er, I’m not recording you, Mr. Drug Dealer, but the dozen or so surveillance cameras on the school grounds sure are.

I don’t have nearly the knowledge some of you guys do with the comic, but from what I’ve seen, I thought that the characters aren’t normally able to see the ‘flashing electric horns.’ There’s several times when people clearly had no idea they were there. So I’ve wondered if they were just the artist’s way of keeping us aware that there was something there, even if invisible, or what the deal was. I’d appreciate hearing from the experts [and did different artists have different opinions on the subject?].

Wow, as a lifelong Dick Tracy fan, this story line is sub par for sure.

P.S. Somewhere between about 8:30 PM and about 11:30 PM, the strip was colored….

One order of fried nitwit,medium rare