Dick Tracy by Mike Curtis and Charles Ettinger for June 07, 2015

Awaking from prophetic dreams, fresh memories grow hazyWere Mysta to share slumber sights some folks would deem her crazy.Late at night full moon shines bright. Something severely amissNocturnal revelation. She has long expected this.Vibrant dreams tonight give Mysta fright, linked to HoneymoonChanges accrue yet more are due, profound and very soon.Awakes this night fresh keen insight. Must go to her dear friendHer sense of knowing ever growing. Where might this all end?Doctors at Smith Industries do screen and test and sampleDreamtime rich and vivid, causing consternation ample.Who she was not who she is. Lunarian traits progressingNocturnal visions clue her in: being Moon Maid a mixed blessing..Honeymoon with furrowed brow frets over her own changesConfides in Little Princess. Ponytails she rearrangesTo hide advancing antennae, protuberances profoundLike Mysta she is changing in ways sure to astound.Uncharted territory now where the ladies liveMysta so protective, gives all she has to giveTo her dear friend, Honeymoon, the blessing of her lifeStrives to keep her from harm’s way, from sorrow, care and strife.In Tracytown the moon shines down upon a peaceful nightMysta rises to go forth, her beauty a sweet sight.Appearances mean naught to her, though others take delightFocused now on one clear goal: for Honeymoon she’ll fight.

YES…An interesting plot twist to say the least!

Good morning guys!

So far, I’m liking what I see! Nice work, Pequod77!

Evidently puberty is having an odd effect on Honeymoon, like one would expect of a child of Lois Lane and Clark Kent.

I think that Honeymoon is hitting puberty and things are happening to her as they do to all of us, but the rest of us don’t have a Lunarian mother, as she does.

Mysta also seems to be experiencing changes, in her case in the form of telepathic intuitions.

How’s this for fun….

AS much as I like these characters, I admit I am disappointed.We never got a scene of Ted’s house crumbling into the water. I was hoping for at least one view of the destruction to the area.Given Tracy, Sam and company were in a helicopter, I can honestly say I feel like we were left up in the air with that story.—I’m glad to see Mysta’s powers increasing, and that she has a link with Honeymoon. The question is, what is Honeymoon worried about? A bruise? An earring? A tattoo? Okay. It’s late. Just let those last things pass…Good night, everyone…

Looks like they’re drawing attention to the top of Honeymoon’s head. Something her parents will have to notice. Horns!

it is just a tiny little tatoo….

Maybe all of the Selenite humanoids are that way.. Have an inborn communications system.

I don’t suppose (unless I missed something) that we know any other Selenite humanoids, so we are learning what happens to them for the first time.

PQ, beautiful work, as usual!

It appears that we have plunged headlong into the new story earlier than the previously announced date.It is good that Stellaluna is nearby to rush to Mysta’s aid and serve as a foil for exposition of Mysta’s apparent psychic link to Honeymoon. And what has happened to Honeymoon that her “folks will notice”? She has Annie, with her extensive worldly experience, to ask for advice.Full steam ahead! (Or do we instead revert to tying up loose ends of the story just concluded?)

Gweedo noted,Don’t let Rikki catch you having this much fun, Bill. -——————————————————————————

Whoa, Gweedo! If it wasn’t for the DT strip, I would not have met Rikki!

The attention is on what’s happening to Honeymoon, but what also hits me is that Mysta is developing telepathic powers. Neat! Will the moon people try to contact her?

Regarding someone’s guess, a tattoo: Can’t rule it out, but tattoos are usually a sign of rebellion. One, Honey doesn’t impress me as a rebellious child, and two, if she had gotten a tattoo, why would she care if her folks found out?

I know I’m a minority here; the appearance of Annie was quite a downer for me (still disappointed with last summer’s ordeal). But using Annie as Honey’s confidant as Honey (potentially, at least) brings the Moon Era back to life, well….Bring it on!

I love the name Stellaluna.

STELLA!!!!!!

Blissful Sunday morning DT fans and the ‘Early Riser’ Gweedo._______@Pequod77: A verry appropriate poem._______@Willy007: good comic. _______Have a great day my friends.

I read and reviewed one of the fine Annie collections at my blog (1941-42 strips.) A couple of people brought up yesterday that she seemed to wear the same dress all the time—this volume has her doing laundry and it turns out she has a dozen nearly identical outfits…. http://www.skjam.com/2015/04/18/comic-strip-review-the-complete-little-orphan-annie-volume-ten-the-junior-commandos/

I’m guessing that Honeymoon is sprouting antennae, like her mother had.

Honeymoon’s growing up! The psychic connectedness with Mysta sets up some very interesting future developments.

So Annie is on hand by Honeymoons request to see what’s up, literally. And what if it is sprouting antenna? Why worry about mom and dad? I’m sure they “get it.” Not totally unexpected.

@Willy007 is that first panel dated 1-1-64?

Like I said – Annie shows up and stuff starts to happen. (Nice – I say, nice girl, but she attracts trouble like an ammo case to a magnet… STEEL, that is…)

Ya know,I’m not much for diggin’ on poems so much but Mr. 77 got this soooooo spot on, Well done Sir,Oh and this story looks like one hell of a good ride.

Almost forgot – a thank you to Sgt. Jim for the interesting Crimestoppers. I like the notes about cops turned authors.Considering his experiences, Graham Ison’s books sound like something worth reading.

It is always a pleasure to see Mysta. She strongly senses that Honeymoon needs her. She must be certain that her friend is all right. This is an important development, confirming that the changes we saw on 3/22/14, and that were discussed with Diet Smith on 6/5/14, are indeed ongoing. Mysta’s horns scan as organic. She can zap without aid of special gloves. Now, she appears to be developing telepathic abilities. The implications are clear. The picture of the Space Coupe on the wall bodes well for the eventual appearance of the Governor and wife. Wonderful!.That Mysta’s Lunarian nature continues to assert itself in exciting ways is delightful, yet expected. Honeymoon’s dilemma comes as a welcome surprise. The subtle change in her hair style speaks volumes. I applaud the audacity of Team Tracy. Honeymoon is a great character. I like that Annie is making a summer visit.

Thanks to VistaBill, Night-Gaunt49, Willy007 (thanks for sharing the great panels), Gweedo, Neil Wick, Morrow, Starman1948, JPuzzleWhiz, Chris Sherlock, Chief Patton (welcome back!), the too late song and John Russell for the kind words. Very much appreciated!

Always a pleasure when a fine strip, starts concentrating on the younger members. This looks like an interesting turn of events for three of the most interesting girls of the strip.

I’m glad Mysta is back! I’m with the “ugh, more Annie!” though. Honeymoon has other friends surely.

@Willy007: thanks for the trip down memory lane. He happy and healthy my friend.

Now you go to all the trouble to ‘pick out’ all the CLUES / Information that’s appeared in the strips, but really in the end, it’s all to No Avail !It’s what the Author has CHOSEN to reveal, to let you know (at ‘this’ time) . . . and a part of that, is there to “Out Fox” You. Possibly, even ‘misdirect’ you. To get a desired effect? Years ago Locher would drop them in, but in the end you’d find it just turned you in the wrong direction !So you realize then, that whatever’s out there, with a little ‘back story’ he could “spin it around” on a Dime !<p.Point is, you’re best Entertained if, you really don’t know, what is happening - and just go along for the Ride !

Or. you could try Thinking - “Outside the Box”! . . . To ‘out fox’ the Fox ;- )If you try, you quickly realize that the only Bad Guys ‘around’ are the Blackhearts. And Mike has them Center Stage. Along with the ‘known’ remnants of the Apparatus who have all ‘switched over’ to Mr.Bigg’s crowd. So they’re the only - Show in Town !

Yet the people getting all the ‘Front Page’ attention are the recent recruits. Not a shadow cast, from the Blackhearts’s past ?

At that Special Group Meeting - Mr. Bigg had threatened - ". . . Our most ambitious venture The Moon Maid ProjectHas failed *! Those who disappointed me willPAY THE PRICE !"Yet, no one, i.e. The real culprits, appear to have been ‘punished’ in any way ? ?That is – Venus, Méliés and the 3 remaining Munro Brothers.

Tempts one to “speculate”, they may have gone out behind Mr. Bigg’s back, and with a (rewarded} ‘tip’ from say, (the still free) Axelrod - “high-jacked”. the Golden Pack<p.Their way back IN, and just as good an ‘EXPLANATION’ of the on-going puzzle of the Missing Gold as any other ?

Thank you so much Team Tracy for bringing Annie back for a visit. Great work. Keep it up.

Night-Gaunt49 noted,-Whoa, Gweedo! If it wasn’t for the DT strip, I would not have met Rikki!-Now that sounds like an interesting story in itself.-————————————————————————————————————-

Drop in on us one night, NightGaunt49 and we’ll tell you the whold story!

Night-Gaunt49 noted,-Whoa, Gweedo! If it wasn’t for the DT strip, I would not have met Rikki!-Now that sounds like an interesting story in itself.-————————————————————————————————————-

Drop in on us one night, NightGaunt49 and we’ll tell you the whold story!

Night-Gaunt49 noted,-Whoa, Gweedo! If it wasn’t for the DT strip, I would not have met Rikki!-Now that sounds like an interesting story in itself.-————————————————————————————————————-

Drop in on us one night, NightGaunt49 and we’ll tell you the whold story!

Night-Gaunt49 noted,-Whoa, Gweedo! If it wasn’t for the DT strip, I would not have met Rikki!-Now that sounds like an interesting story in itself.-————————————————————————————————————-

Drop in on us one night, NightGaunt49 and we’ll tell you the whold story!

Night-Gaunt49 noted,-Whoa, Gweedo! If it wasn’t for the DT strip, I would not have met Rikki!-Now that sounds like an interesting story in itself.-————————————————————————————————————-

Drop in on us one night, NightGaunt49 and we’ll tell you the whold story!

Night-Gaunt49 noted,-Whoa, Gweedo! If it wasn’t for the DT strip, I would not have met Rikki!-Now that sounds like an interesting story in itself.-————————————————————————————————————-

Drop in on us one night, NightGaunt49 and we’ll tell you the whold story!

Night-Gaunt49 noted,-Whoa, Gweedo! If it wasn’t for the DT strip, I would not have met Rikki!-Now that sounds like an interesting story in itself.-————————————————————————————————————-

Drop in on us one night, NightGaunt49 and we’ll tell you the whold story!

tsull2121 said,Oh VB I am sure that you would have spotted her driving the Death Coach around town… its not exactly inconspicuous ;)-————————————————————————————————-

Perhaps. Rikki is quite a hot rod!

tsull2121 said,Oh VB I am sure that you would have spotted her driving the Death Coach around town… its not exactly inconspicuous ;)-————————————————————————————————-

Perhaps. Rikki is quite a hot rod!

Gweedo noticed,Yeah. But now that she’s gotcha, Bill, are you sure she is concerned you might find a new love at D.T. or worse, a mistress. Some nice chicks inhabit this place.-—————————————————————————-

Not me, Gweedo. One at a time is enough for me.

Gweedo remarked,I thought Rikki was the ‘garage’ where the “hot rod” parks, Bill.-—————————————————————————-

Exactly, Gweedo. I didn’t know how to phrase Rikki’s devotion to fast driving.

Gweedo uttered,

Are you sure you can keep up, Bill ?

So far I’m ok. I have a large oxygen tank.

Whoohoo! Mysta’s back!

Teenage Annie knew the dealWas always better to keep it realNo sense in hiding from the factsLying felt like a bed of tacksHer friend had issues and needed helpJust like her pants held up with a beltAnnie’s support would see her throughWhat else was a friend suppose to doWe all have quirks that make us uniqueI have eyes that never blinkHoneymoon’s no different than all the restBut she’s my friend and that makes me feel blessed.

Awaking from prophetic dreams, fresh memories grow hazy

Were Mysta to share slumber sights some folks would deem her crazy.

Late at night full moon shines bright. Something severely amiss

Nocturnal revelation. She has long expected this.

Vibrant dreams tonight give Mysta fright, linked to Honeymoon

Changes accrue yet more are due, profound and very soon.

Awakes this night fresh keen insight. Must go to her dear friend

Her sense of knowing ever growing. Where might this all end?

Doctors at Smith Industries do screen and test and sample

Dreamtime rich and vivid, causing consternation ample.

Who she was not who she is. Lunarian traits progressing

Nocturnal visions clue her in: being Moon Maid a mixed blessing.

Honeymoon with furrowed brow frets over her own changes

Confides in Little Princess. Ponytails she rearranges

To hide advancing antennae, protuberances profound

Like Mysta she is changing in ways sure to astound.

Uncharted territory now where the ladies live

Mysta so protective, gives all she has to give

To her dear friend, Honeymoon, the blessing of her life

Strives to keep her from harm’s way, from sorrow, care and strife.

In Tracytown the moon shines down upon a peaceful night

Mysta rises to go forth, her beauty a sweet sight.

Appearances mean naught to her, though others take delight

Focused now on one clear goal: for Honeymoon she’ll fight.

“Aaaah! Keep a-shining in June!”