Dick Tracy by Mike Curtis and Charles Ettinger for August 24, 2022

Good morning™, all!

Tracy and Thorin now know that the story checks out. Were there any doubts?

Those ray cannons look quite intimidating! Hothead Thorin is storming ahead to give Ro-Zan a piece of his mind and I don’t think Tracy can stop him. That his personality as we knew it in the old stories.

Ro-Zan is posing for the cameras.

“Technically, I merely shouted ‘Armsmen!’.”

What happened to all of those soldiers that weree there?

Good morning™, those about to Rock !

Say it louder so you can be the next character to go to the [not so] great beyond. Great ground level shot in P. 1. and genuinely angry look on old Thor’ in P.3.

How could the girls get there before the guys?

Did Tracy and the Govassador stop off at Moon King’s for a breakfast sandwich and cup of coffee first?

I thought Thorin had the space coupes guarded. It looks like his guards joined the dark side

It’s a trap!

How… how… how… HOWWWW.. howhowhowhow HOW STUPID ARE YOU DUDE? I get he wants to confront the murderer but come on! Your in front of his giant death machine! I usually try not to complain like this about characters just acting stupid but COME ON. He’s got tons of troops and 5 space coupes. Your going to get yourself killed and would get Tracy killed if he wasn’t a highlander.

We are going to have a showdown, FINALLY !!! but I feel Tracy is going to urge caution while Honeymoon and Mysta watch from the shadows !!!

Maybe Mysta will unload her big guns !!!

Moon Granpa is about to be toast—and I don’t mean Avacado!

At first glance it looks like Ro-zan is “christening” the space coup.

“I dub thee ‘The Whizzer’!”

Remember, detective – you’re out of your jurisdiction, dealing with Lunarian law now. (What does that mean? We’re about to find out.)

Nobody wants to comment on Tracy & Thorin developing teleportation powers? They’re at the side of the space coupe in panel 1, but suddenly directly in front of it in panel 2. OK, actually it’s a different space coupe that was parked facing a different direction, but why is it shrouded in darkness in panel 1, but brightly lit in panel 2?

Also, Thorin does the “Final Fantasy Idiot Attack” meme in panel 2, charging directly into the ultra-cannon.

Thorin, the wild-assed caffeine cowboy, charging into chit without thinking and without a plan, letting his emotions and rage get the better of him…

“well thorin if I’m a murderer it won’t matter if i add to my score will it?” bwahahaha!

Haste can make waste….listen to Tracy…..

1-THOR-IN: LOOK AT THE CANNONS ON THAT ONE!

DT: WHAT? I told Mysta to stay where she was!

2-THOR-IN This is no time for cheap jokes, Tracy – CHARGE!

DT: Jokes? CHARGE? I thought this was a recon mission? Uh…you go. I’ll cover you! Where’d I put that pistol…?

Who else smells bar-b-que?

Ro-Gain and his six armsmen were on the back side of the row of coupes in yesterday’s strip. It appears T&T have entered just around the corner on the front side and have spotted Ro-Boat now on their side. So enough time has passed for the meeting in the back to be done and for the trap to be fairly set for whenever T&T enter. They are supposed to be early, but it pays to set a trap earlier. We’ll see.

I don’t have a problem with the girls making it there before T&T. It depends on how the place is laid out. T&T were heading toward the entrance. M&H were sneaking up on the outside of the fence. The approach to the entrance could entail some length of path and while the fence could be quicker to get to by scaling a few rocks.

Speaking of which, if the Lunarians can melt firearms, what’s the efficacy of what appears to be a common metal fence for preventing Lunarians with ill intent from entering the compound?

Don’t hold him back Tracy, let Thorin give Ro-zan a beatdown. On second thought, a duel with their fingers might be ideal. Tracy can referee. Thorin and Ro-zan walk ten paces, turn around and zap each other.

And yes, the duel could work…since Moon Valley watch a lot of earth shows…they probably have Memorable Entertainment Television. So they have seen: Gunsmoke, Rawhide, Wagon Train, Bonanza, Maverick, The Rifleman, The Big Valley and other shoot-em-up’s.

OH NO! He’s impulsive!

get him!

Where did Ro-zan get these guns? Did he build an entire factory to manufacture them? Military weaponry has the be manufactured and built somewhere. Is the Governor so ignorant or the lava tube they live in so big that he wouldn’t notice a steel foundry manufacturing and transporting guns as large as this.

Are we ever gonna reach a climax???

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=krD4hdGvGHM

BUT, in an unexpected twist, he turns to reveal he’s wacky gadget Rip Taylor, returned from the dead to bury Tracy in confetti and tell a few funny jokes. End of the story arc! (And only I know those nasty Smurfs are the true villains)

What is the old saying, where fools rush in?

Good grief! Hold off, Thorin! If all the Space Coupes have been equipped with ray cannons, it would seem that all the on-guard Armsmen are sympathetic to the rebels.

Charging off alone like that could get you killed!

On the other hand, what can Tracy do, himself?