Trying to figure out the Dick Tracy timeline could drive you crazy, especially when you consider Dick has encountered four generations of the Flattop Jones family…there’s Flattop’s father (Poptop), Flattop himself, Flattop’s kids (Flattop Jr. and Angeltop), and Angeltop’s son (Hi-Top).
I’m loving the new creative team. I’m not familiar with Flyface or The Fifth, since they were before my time, but I’m delighted to see some classic Gould villains return. I don’t know anything about Thistle Dew or Wormy, either, but I’m sorry to see them go…it just doesn’t seem right for any Tracy villain to die “off-panel” with Dick not being involved at all.
Incidentally, this strip prompted me to do a search on the aforementioned Dick Tracy villains, and I discovered a blog post with a beautiful gallery of 200 Gould characters:
Trying to figure out the Dick Tracy timeline could drive you crazy, especially when you consider Dick has encountered four generations of the Flattop Jones family…there’s Flattop’s father (Poptop), Flattop himself, Flattop’s kids (Flattop Jr. and Angeltop), and Angeltop’s son (Hi-Top).