Which was an important plot point in “A Scandal In Bohemia.” Hah! I never guessed when I opened up “Doonesbury” this morning that I’d have an excuse to make a Sherlock Holmes reference!
Well, any time B.O. show’s his shaggy countenance you know we’re going to be veering off into High Corn Country. All you can do is buckle up, chum. Atomic Batteries to Power! Turbines to Speed!
The way I see it, since Annie’s strip was cancelled, Tracy has adopted her as a second “Daddy”. He just gave her an expanded origin story and, perhaps most importantly, helped keep her trademark active. And perhaps laid the groundwork for Annie’s next visit which hopefully will include some more time for girl stuff with Honeymoon like fighting criminals and international terrorists and stuff.
Fata’s disappearing trick is an audacious one and only works if no one takes a really hard look at “Baxter” and his background. Bosco’s attack makes it sure that Tracy WILL take a good hard look at Baxter.
Fata could have tried to brazen it out, gambling that Tracy would still be fooled, but she didn’t want to take that chance. And given that Tracy seemed to have some suspicions already, doing a cut ‘n’ run was probably Fata’s best option
Which was an important plot point in “A Scandal In Bohemia.” Hah! I never guessed when I opened up “Doonesbury” this morning that I’d have an excuse to make a Sherlock Holmes reference!