Dick Tracy by Mike Curtis and Charles Ettinger for September 29, 2012

Mama mia! She’s lookin’ to do some serious violence to that grave stone!

Oh, oh!

The real question is – why is she about to smash the headstone?Is she one of Mysta’s relatives (her baby sister?), angry about her death? And if she is, what kind of threat does she pose to Tracy and his family?There’s more to this story than just an electrically charged alien hottie.

Oh, yeah – mornin’ Vista Bill and the rest of you Tracyphiles!

I think its Honeymoon being possessed or sleepwalking.

wow! this is getting amazing!

I should think that in Chicago in late September, with the wind off of the Lake, and dressed like that, that that young woman, whomever she may be, could use a large mug of hot cocoa.

I’m curious about something. If this obviously fine lady has come to destroy Mysta’s gravestone, why the hammer? Why not use her laser powers to melt the name off the stone, or even turn the whole thing to powder? And come to think of it, why don’t we see sparks flying out of her horns like we have every other time we’ve seen her? On the other hand, just the thought of her wielding a sledgehammer is downright exciting. So don’t take my curiosity as a complaint. The truth is I can’t wait to see her in action tomorrow!

The suspense is killing me! Is this Moon Maid? I HOPE so! I hope Team Tracy brings back this Moon babe! Looking HOTTER THAN EVER, and I didn’t think that was possible!

For once comic strip art coincides with real time; tonight is the full moon!

August 7, but no year?

Hmmm…the plot thickens.

If I had a hammer, I’d hammer in the morning, I’d hammer in the evening all over this land.

Love the big moon behind her. Something beautiful and poetic about that. Thanks, Team Tracy!

Beauty + power = intoxicatingI love Moon Maid!

Wildwood Cemetery?Where is Denny Colt?

This is, what, the third time we’ve seen this woman? And each time I’ve become more fascinated with her. As much as I enjoyed Moon Maid when I was younger, I think I’m enjoying this one even more!

I still think this is not the “real,” that is, the original Moon Maid. But whether she is or is not, whoever she is, it is just not right for her to smash the headstone that Junior had erected to mark the grave he has long believed holds his first wife’s remains. This is not congruent with her being a vigilante fighting for the Good. —Which may be a hint as to her identity (or, “non-identity”).

It IS Moon Maid.

Wow, this lady is out to cause the Tracy family some pain.

Still , Better and better!

Well, it’s a marvelous night for a moondanceWith the stars up above in your eyesA fantabulous night to make romanceNeath the cover of October skiesAnd all the leaves on the trees are fallingTo the sound of the breezes that blowAnd I’m trying to please to the callingOf your heart-strings that play soft and lowAnd all the nights magic seems to whisper and hushAnd all the soft moonlight seems to shine in your blush

Yikes! She’s probably quieted down her energy for a moment. I hope she thinks again before smashing the headstone up.

By the light of the moon, she’ll undue that grave stone soon. I am so looking forward to Sunday’s strip. Anticipation like this takes me way back to when I was a 60s fan.

6.00 a.m. - And FORTY posts already !This character really has traction. The Board has come alive !-

Who (?) Could ever have THOUGHT, this was a RUINOUS idea ?

Are we sure that she isn’t carrying a superscientific lunar device that can somehow restore the dead to life, and just hapens to look like a sledgehammer? Because when people enter a graveyard at night with a honking huge mallet, they’ve almost always got a honking huge stake with them and raising the dead is the last thing on their disturbed, creepy minds.

I wonder if we’ll find out who’s really buried there, if anybody.

I wonder if she will run in to Will Eisner’s friend in Wildwood Cemetery?

Here’s another theory: Maybe she IS an imposter, and smashing the grave marker is part of a plot to fake Moon Maid coming back to life. The media will put the “sightings” of her together with the smashed grave stone, and let speculation run rampant, which will suit the purposes of this plotter somehow? Just a wild guess when I first saw today’s strip.

Thus far, we have seen her come to the aid of two victims of crime. These were righteous deeds. Under what circumstances would it be righteous to destroy a tombstone? Well, if the marker had your name on it and you were still alive…

all i could think of when i saw this is that voiceover guy from the batman 60’s tv series saying “WHAT’S THIS?!?!”

btw a few days ago i surmised that moon maid would show up at the cemetary.. i was off slightly when i said she might talk because junior was at the gravesite, but i’m 50% right tho lol

Good Morning Detectives!The Mysta-ry deepens. And it looks like that memorial is about to be Mood Un-Made!

Is this the cemetery where the Spirit was buried?

Twighlight Zone theme: do dee do do…do dee do do…..

Wildwood cemetery? Wonder if Denny Colt is hanging around? I truly enjoy all the “in-jokes” and references. You guys have brought this strip back from the brink and made it a true delight to read, every day. Thank you!

you can say that Again

Wildwood Cemetery? Hey, The Spirit lives underneath Wildwood! Sam and Lizz, phone Commissioner Dolan and ask whether his mysterious pal can nose around the place and find out what the deal is with this woman-who-would-be-Moon-Maid…

Okay, trying to keep the emotions at least a little under control, which I have to tell you is getting harder and harder to do whenever this woman shows up. But as much as I love the hammer, I really am wondering why no sparks are coming out of her horns? Is that supposed to be a clue?

M.M daughter or granddaughter

If this aint’ Moon Maid this is some F’dup stuff destroying a tombstone.

I re- read some of the early strips when she was discovered and she had a very hard time with earth temperatures. Maybe the face mask has something to do with that.

OK, I have to ask: Do dead people have a hard time staying dead around here? How come I haven’t noticed, since I live in the area? Seems that dead people who don’t stay dead would get noticed.

Yeah, she’ll be making a huge statement with that hammer tomorrow. And reportedly with her mouth, too.

Maybe I’m being picky about the art. But, I’ve never seen a sledge hammer with a perfectly square head. I think it might be something else. /// Also, the colorists goofed up again. If you look closely, they colored her horns steel grey.

Looking at Moon Maid, here, with her determined expression [and her hammer in hand], it seems to me that if she is the real Moon Maid, then she’s got a perfect right to smash up her own tombstone.She was always one of my favorite characters [aw, heck, shewas my favorite Dick Tracy character. Now if she is the real one, that needs an explanation. Don’t know how advanced the Moon People were, but is it possible they could have developed some kind of Time-Travel capability? Something capable of snatching her out of the car a split second before detonation? Far-fetched, I know, but so what?So Moon Maid is walking around, perhaps not even aware that she’s supposed to be dead. Now she’s discovered the tombstone and takes issue with its statement [that she’s dead].Pure speculation on my part [or what else’s a comment forum for?]

Doncha know she’d be outta sight in the rough s*x department! I betcha she has her own handcuffs and rubber whip! Wowee!

I’ll buy that !Everyone has a good day ! ;-)

You are an obsessionI cannot sleepI am your possessionUnopened at your feetThere’s no balanceNo equalityBe still I will not accept defeat

I will have youYes, I will have youI will find a way and I will have youLike a butterflyA wild butterlyI will collect you and capture you

You are an obsessionYou’re my obsessionWho do you want me to beTo make you sleep with meYou are an obsessionYou’re my obsessionWho do you want me to beTo make you sleep with me

Wildwood Cemetery!!! I love it. So where is Denny Colt? Thanks Joe & Mike, for this “tip of the fedora and domino mask.”

What a bunch of comments today! Thanks for leaving space for me to wish everyone a happy Saturday!

Lovin’ the thread today, lovin’ the strip even more. Va-va-va-VOOM!

If Moonmaid’s people had the technology to bring her back, wouldn’t you think someone would have said something by now?

But that’s where The Spirit has his underground hideout!

There’s a big reason why this female character gets fans like me so worked up. We grew up with Moon Maid, and seeing her year after year with that cute smile and alien charms and magnetic power, and wearing that awesome onepiece and those rockin’ boots, it would have been hard not to grow fond of her. They killed her off, of course, and we thought we would never see her again. But now after all these years a mysterious body double has shown up, wearing the same clothes and rocking out the house with laser powers and a sledgehammer — and suddenly all the feelings we had for Moon Maid that lied dormant for so many years have reignited. We’re now left swimming in a sea of dizzy excitement from seeing her again. It’s an emotional haymaker! All the pleasure Moon Maid gave us years ago has come back on us with a rush. I see it in the comments. I see it in the avatars! A frenzied, passionate ecstasy over this fantasy dame we loved so much when we were young. And we never want it to end.

With all the emotions running in here its hard to make sense of this, I never saw the original DT we didn’t have the paper delivered as far out in the country as I grew up, so don’t have any reactions to MM beyond “Woah! Like the look and Huh?” However, analyzing today’s strip from a woman’s point of view I’d say 3 things:

1. Jr is remarried. 2. Honeymoon is her daughter who she’s not had the joy of seeing grow up.3. Under those circumstances I’d be swinging that sledge hammer too. Though I most certainly don’t have her figure :) I rather think I’d be mad enough to use a sledge rather than just melt it down or some such. There’s something quite satisfying about making something go CRUNCH.

Well said, Otto Baron.

I must be behind…when did Moon Maid come to be called Mysta?

110 posts and counting, and not a single flame war. Awesome!

Amen to that, 60sFan!

Just reading the last of Saturday’s comments before they post the Sunday strip – 114 comments!Mike & Joe – I think you’ve got a keeper!

Maybe they’ll dig up Denny Colt while they’re at it.

Somebody’s got to be the last to post.