Dick Tracy by Mike Curtis and Charles Ettinger for August 30, 2022

The ol’ gutpunch.

Fists Of Fury~!! ✨

Good morning™, all!

…and Tracy gets the last blow in. This is one time when Tracy didn’t need rescuing. Hopefully, there will be more of that in the future.

In other news, there is no confirmation to the rumor that the Moonites sabotaged the Artemis rocket.

Action is fine, a good old fashion street brawl.

Something’s been up with Shelley’s drawing the past couple of days.

Today Tracy’s face is way out of proportion to his body in panels 2 & 4. It almost looks like a poor cut and paste.

I knew Tracy was very good at hand-to-hand combat. I still think that Ro-Zan will get a big can of whoop a** from his blindside. It might not be from Honeymoon or Mystra, but it is coming.

Tracy clearly doesn’t have the ring on today.

Did he have to return it?

Good morning™, rabbit punchers !

The solar plexis hit was solid but that one to the back of the head just might be lights out for Rozy. Tomorrow would be a good time for Tezzy to show up and get popped by Mysta.

I want to see Ro-Zan’s front tooth in the air after a left hook

Great action strip, & a little ironic a high-tech sci-fi story climaxes in a good old-fashion hand to hand brawl. But when, exactly, did RoZan specifically threaten Tracy’s family?

Told ya Tracy knew judo and karate.

Not even a Lunarian gets to mess with Pop Pop’s family.

Just kind of weird art today. As noted above, proportions are odd. And Tracy’s face is different, and I mean different from even how it’s been different. If that makes sense.

‘Look you’? I didn’t know Mr Tracy was Welsh(!)

Ro-Zan is thrashed and crashed by Dick Tracy!

Ro-Zan should’ve made sure that the Fedora didn’t fall off. That was his undoing.

Tomorrow’s strip: Tracy knocks the antennas clear off Ro-Zan’s skull.

ain’t much of a knock-down drag-out… Dick is obviously the better here… the dumbfounded look on Ro in panel three shows that he realizes he messed with the wrong Dick… good for you, Dick, you may proceed with the ass-kicking…

I once knew a British police sergeant, brilliant bloke who was quite mild mannered and never vindictive even while taking a strong line over the law. He had the respect of most of the local villains as well as the community at large. But one time one of the crims “suggested” that he knew where the sergeant’s family lived. I have never seen someone so mild and friendly become so coldly angry, I was genuinely terrified at the transformation as was the crim who realised he had just stepped across a line that can NEVER be crossed. Police are used to being threatened; it comes with The Job. But threatening family is something else entirely.

Tracy gave him the old ‘Onesy-Twosey’!

Don’t forget the antenna cuffs!

This looks like a quick win for Tracy and a victory for Earth over the Lunerian Rebels !!!

Clearly Tracy wore ring on his left hand in yesterday’s strip; today’s panels don’t really show that it’s missing.

the 2nd panel throws off the fight. in 1st and 3rd he’s facing the nitwit but in #2 he’s got his back to him.

Ro-Zan’s expression in the 3rd panel is just about how I feel reading this storyline

“Threatens” really needs a panel all its own

Look, you (kapow)

Nobody (kablam)

Threatens (kawhack)

My family! (kapow!, kapow!)

Not complaining, I know that it’s the format. These past few days have been powerful! (kapow!)

Tracy drops Ro-Zan like a bad habit. The trusty trench coat is no impediment to dodging and striking. Great action. The ring reflected back the armsmens’ attack, making for a climactic Mano-a-Mano face-off. Unlike Tracy, Ro-Zan was not up to the challenge. Dirt nap for the xenophobe. As Sly &the Family Stone say, it’s a “Family Affair” (There’s a Riot Goin’ On (1971)).

and bonehead goes down… guess relying on your powers to do your fighting for you has it’s disadvantages.

groovy

WHAM!

Bonus from beating up looney moon men – you finally feel warm!

Looks like Tracy learned some things from Joe Jitsu

To paraphrase the Arby’s commercial : “Tracy’s got the beats…” 8-D

Maybe Tracy wants his fists to do the talking right now! Karate chop to the back of the head!

did Tracy take lessons from Rip Haywire?

RABBIT PUNCH! FOUL!!!

For a story that started out pretty long and boring and despite the easy and convenient use of Bribery’s ring to subdue the rebels, this story redeems itself with great action and tension at the end. The usual illogical and irrelevant events of the story are still there and everybody guessed Tracy would use the ring when he first said he was going to New Moon Valley so no surprise when he did, but this action here is excellent and well presented.

1-BRO-ZAN: As I’m rather cross at the moment, I’ll open with a RIGHT CROSS! Get it, Tracy? Oh – you got it all right!

2-…Followed by my patented LEFT HAYMAKER! HEY! YOU DIDN’T DUCK THE FIRST PUNCH! CHEATER!

DT: MISSED ME! NOW YOU GOTTA KISS ME! You oughta call it THE FAN because all it does is PROVIDE A NICE BREEZE!

3-DT: I call this one WHITE OR WHEAT because it gets delivered TO YOUR BREAD BASKET!

4-…Followed up with a CAR WAX AND SOFT TOWEL because it POLISHES YOU OFF!

Where are those arms men who are loyal to Thorin? They need to get here with the quickness.

Tracy must have used his “fists of fury” as opposed to any martial arts moves.

Lights out for Rozan…ya’ freak!

Ring, swing, ding! Nothing like a karate chop to the back of the neck!

MOVIE QUOTE:

“I’ll see that you get a fair trial”

“What I need is an unfair trial”

Edward G.Robinson&George Raft—-A BULLET FOR JOEY—1955

Read that a few days ago in 1928,Richard Byrd again set off for Antarctica.He sailed from Hoboken,New Jersey.

I’m trying to imagine The Moon Governor living in Hoboken,New Jersey.

Well,I knew Dick would make short work of Mr.Swellhead.Still fun to watch,though.

Tracy gave him so many right punches he was hoping for a left!

Ro-zan didn’t like that shot to the mid section.

WOOO! Clean his clock, Tracy! :D

Zo-Ran: “Threaten your family? Wait – you got me all wrong! All I wanted to do was take over the Earth!” Tracy: “Take over the Earth? Oh… well, that’s different. (Hey, while you’re at it, there’s a mayor I wouldn’t mind you giving a hard time to…)”

So this is where Mark Trail’s Fists o’Justice ended up.

This message board is hopping with Dick Tracy fans, each contributing with something to say about the Dick Tracy comic strip! This is terrific! Best to all!

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

Amen!!!

So last night when I left work I discovered that my headlights decided they didn’t want to work, not even the high beams…so I had to drive home with my hand on the directional pulling it towards me so I could keep the lights on…I dropped the car off at the mechanic this morning before I got to work and let him know the situation…the mechanic is literally across the street from my job…and he called me back about two hours or so later and said they couldn’t fix it because it wasn’t Well…..it ain’t just the bulbs, turns out there was a recall on my car because of the headlights so the mechanic couldn’t fix it (but he said that if it turned out that it WASNT part of the recall, the part that needed to be fixed costs $700!) So I called the dealership I got my car from and because it is a Ford/Mercury….they couldn’t take it and they transferred the call to the Ford dealership right behind them…after talking to the service department I now have to wait til September 16th to get my headlights repaired

There, now. That wasn’t so hard, was it, Tracy? And it was so satisfying! Ro-Zan will stay DOWN if he’s even a little bit smart, or Tracy will really vent his anger and thrash the daylights out of him!

Nice action strip today, though the depictions are a bit awkward….

Humans are not pitiful, you are and that well-deserved beating proves it.