Dick Tracy by Mike Curtis and Charles Ettinger for May 20, 2013

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    60sFan  almost 11 years ago

    24 hours later and Mysta is still beautiful! :)

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    Rod Gonzalez  almost 11 years ago

    Good morning.

    I see the whole cloning business is going strong.

    However, as I recall, the Mumbles Clone turned out to be the not-so dead Mumbles.

    The question now is, is she is or is she ain’t a clone?

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    Jerry1967  almost 11 years ago

    S. Tim Sail is as crooked and phony as Zy Ghote. I don’t think either of these con men could clone a mouse, much less a moon woman. This is why I think Mysta is the original.

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    mikatt1  almost 11 years ago

    I just saw yesterday’s installment, what great work!Thank you team Tracy!!! Let’s clone Flattop!!!!!!!

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    johnrussco  almost 11 years ago

    so far this seems as good or better than hoped for

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    AKHenderson Premium Member almost 11 years ago

    The bandages were there for a reason – only facial reconstruction makes sense to me Clone Maid was kept from seeing her unbandaged face prior to full healing for a reason. I can’t imagine what they’d have to hide from a real Mysta, but I can think of what they’d have to hide from a fake one who’s delusional and thinks she’s the real thing – that seeing her face before full healing would reveal her cloning – and maybe even her species – to be faked. Her delusion must be necessary for the scam somehow.

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    Sisyphos  almost 11 years ago

    So, these disreputable docs are setting up Diet as their mark. I am not surprised, as he is quite wealthy. But how will Clone-Moon Maid react to their unfolding plot? She seems to have strong ideas about what’s right and what isn’t, even if her ideas are not always conventional….

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    coratelli  almost 11 years ago

    A clone?? Wow…

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    nerdhoof  almost 11 years ago

    Mysta’s face in the mirror looks as young as Honeymoon! That could be because she’s a clone, or she’s delusional, or Sail did a really good job of surgery.

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    SKJAM! Premium Member almost 11 years ago

    I see that Ghote still has a copy of his book—moved to the fiction section after the truth was revealed, of course.

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    ReneTray  almost 11 years ago

    Yes.

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    yumpinyiminey  almost 11 years ago

    I like the double view of Mysta’s face, just like on Sunday. I don’t think anyone will be mistaking her for Honeymoon with that bod.

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    Cheapskate0  almost 11 years ago

    I agree with Day-Day2001; Mysta has to be real. I know that there are several who are convinced that Mysta must be a “clone,” but as the narrator reminds us, the once Nobel Prize recipient’s most famous activity was a faked clone.

    My favorite saying about Ghote is that I don’t think he can clone a toenail!

    Not so sure about Sail. I doubt he has the capability to clone anything, either; nevertheless, there are times he really seems to care about Mysta. Still, he seems to think that, having concocted this Moon Maid, he has an “instant in” with Diet Smith.

    So, Day-Day2001 is probably spot on – they’re both con men and Diet is their “mark.”

    And with the good doctor Ghote involved, I’m convinced that Mumbles can’t be far behind.

    Especially judging from the cover of the book!

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    fhoffman01  almost 11 years ago

    “As I did before the explosion” makes it sound like she’s the real Mysta. I hope so because this clone stuff has to be fake.

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    Cheapskate0  almost 11 years ago

    Momentary suspension of disbelief department: I vacillate between the thought that Mysta was held captive since the explosion. These are the two primary questions: One, how did Mysta survive, and two, why has no one heard from her until now? And Mike and Joe are in no hurry to tell us. (Probably a good idea)

    We know that shortly after Mysta’s death, Ghote was involved in the fake Mumbles clone. The problem with the present time line is that, for Ghote to perform whatever it is that he has performed, he must have already been in possession of Mysta at the time of the Mumbles hoax.

    This, alone, would explain the second question. Still no ideas toward the first question.

    More questions: Three, how did Ghote (or Sail) get Mysta into their laboratory? After all, this must have really have embarrassed the coroner!

    As tsull2121 likes to remind us, Mysta was made into graffiti on the pavement; perhaps there were no “remains,” or so it was thought. Yet, for Mysta to have survived means there must have been “remains,” and those “remains” were anything but dead!

    But, most of all, why the sam hill did Sail and Ghote choose Mysta for their project? Perhaps because they already had her, and they knew she was not dead?

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    johnrussco  almost 11 years ago

    Sweet Betty & MikeyJ I think it has been over a week since you all have posted anything; I really do miss the heck out of you two. Please come back.

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    avenger09  almost 11 years ago

    Well looks like I was wrong about several things! MM looks like a little girl. What’s the legal age for dating on the moon? How come her antennas aren’t glowing in the mirror? When will cloning become commercially available to the masses? Could we be heading to a chick showdown? Inquiring minds want to know! Things could get Veddy interesting!!!

    S.I.T.O.A.N.M.I.

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    William Bednar Premium Member almost 11 years ago

    Zy Ghote? How infantile!

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    I Go Pogo   almost 11 years ago

    In a word – wow. I’ve already begun emailing the heck out of the Washington Post in hopes they’ll pick up the strip.

    Magpies unite!

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    Modelautoman  almost 11 years ago

    The million dollar question is, how could shehave survived that explosion? Even if she wasalive after that tragedy, she would not have survived unscathed. This gal probably isn’ta clone but would have no doubt gone throughvery major ‘reconstruction.’ Like, you knowvery major plastic surgery. HMMMMM.

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    kantuck-nadie  almost 11 years ago

    Although I could not come by yesterday for the unveiling, I was installing the new Debian 7 on my system – thank you GoComics for having a calender feature, some sites do not.

    I agree; Mysta is incredibly beautiful, and I’m quite pleased she has been returned to her normal looks as it was in the 60s. (which in DT’s strip history about 5 – 10 years.

    But I’m still inquiring about who Mysta really is. I seriously doubt anyone could have survived the explosion, unless there was time-travel, teleportation, or super-speed involved. That may be pushing the limits of this strip. Cloning? Yes, it is possible, but doesn’t take into account her memories, or why the facial reconstruction.

    May I also add another possibility? This isn’t a species of ‘moon maid’ but a human only surgically reconstructed to appear as our favorite Mysta? Then somehow Mysta’s memories been inplanted or – may I make another idea – this faux moon maid has been mindwiped and reprogrammed to think she is Mysta returned from the dead?

    I look very forward to this strip.

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    tsull2121  almost 11 years ago

    YAWN this story has cooled down a LOT in my opinion.

    the entire last week has been a blur, i cant recall vividly anything between last sundays lackluster outing until yesterdays anti-climactic “unveiling/rebirth” of moon maid lite.

    seems like the story has lost more than a bit of it’s steam

    the only bit of interesting info we have from the past week is in today’s strip where moon maid lite says she looks exactly as she did “before the explosion”… which leads me to believe this little nutcase truly thinks she’s the real deal. i almost feel bad for it…but I’ll feel WORSE for junior, sparkle and honeymoon cause its THEIR hearts that are gonna get dragged thru the broken glass and barbed wire here

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    tsull2121  almost 11 years ago

    (saw this on yesterdays board and i just HAD to comment!))

    Ray Toler said, about 14 hours ago

    @daedalusomega

    I think part of the problem is that the chat board here is sort of behind the times. There is no opportunity to simply “like” a post. The thread does not appear directly under the original comment. I always find myself scrolling back and forth to see what someone is referring to. Give Rene Tray a break, please. Blame GoComics’ outdated chatboard software.

    first let me start off by saying, rene tray’s posts are a bit offputting because we never know WHAT they are agreeing too and usually its quite a few posts above theirs so if you want to see what it is, you have to scroll up a bit… but overall i really dont mind… it’s not like rene tray is responding to anything that I’VE posted so its not an issue for me.

    however, what i DO have a small issue with is the fact that ray toler jumped so quickly to rene tray’s defense on multiple single word/line posts and puts the blame on the gocomics site, but many months ago, ray HIMSELF, jumped on me for the same thing… multiple posts one after another etc.

    hey, to each his own ray, you can stick up for whoever you like, thats fine… but i’m just sayin’….

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    tsull2121  almost 11 years ago

    wait, let me correct myself here before ray gets offended… i am NOT 100% SURE it was ray alone.. he MAY HAVE and may not have.. but i DO recall SEVERAL posters here making comments on me making multiple posts one after another in “rapid fire succession”.. so to Ray Toler, i "**recant"** my comment about you jumping on me months ago for the same thing that rene tray does.

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    Sweet Betty  almost 11 years ago

    I know others have had the issue of their posts showing up twice; can anyone tell me how to cure it? It’s been happening for a week or more and it’s annoying to have to go back and delete the duplicates.

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    Ray Toler  almost 11 years ago

    Dick Locher retires from editorial cartooning:

    STORY ON LOCHER’S RETIREMENT

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    Vista Bill Raley and Comet™  almost 11 years ago

    I’m here! Good afternoon all…

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    harkherp  almost 11 years ago

    Will prove to be the real Mysta, but will(really) die saving Jr, Sparlke, Honeymoon,and Gertie! Tragic, but the only way I can see a finality. To wives will not fly in the comics!

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    avenger09  almost 11 years ago

    Hey Ray you don’t say! What a way to display a horse’s bray today! LOL!!!!

    S.I.T.O.A.N.M.I.

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    Kit Walker Premium Member almost 11 years ago

    If she is not the real Moon Maid (or a clone), then how is she able to exhibit Moon Maid powers in her crime stopper escapades? Just how much of her body was “recovered” from the explosion? What if she had been kidnapped just before the car exploded for a nefarious purpose such as this? I know, too many questions from a long time newby.

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    Modelautoman  almost 11 years ago

    Well, whether Mysta aka Moon Maid is original or not, it’s great that the current Tracy Crew brought her back. Goodjob you guys! Keep up the good work! :)

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