Dick Tracy by Mike Curtis and Charles Ettinger for April 05, 2013

Good day, all!

Nice break from this whole Jumbler business . . .

Tje colorest missed Joe and Shelley’s cue … in the last panel her face was supposed to be lit from the computer screen.

Honeymoon will get ’er done.

commander honeymoon tracy!

Definitely her father’s daughter.

@MJ Emigh You have GOTTA love David’s WTF look as Jeff says, “That many?” I absolutely have been hooked into DT. I promise to leave the premises soon but this is just too cool to ignore. For now. I will leave you alone soon. No….really^^Mikeyj said, 1 minute ago

Why leave? You make good posts!

Commander Tracy ‘eh? I like the sound of that. She’s becoming a regular Encyclopedia Brown. A much updated version (as mentioned by MikeyJ) of course.

Honeymoon has minions!

I see Pop Pop has rubbed off on Honeymoon. She definitely knows how to put together a network of investigators.

Interesting that there was a picture of Moon Maid on the wall. To date, Gould’s inheritors have been trying very hard to forget that M.M. ever existed. That whole space sideline story was one reason why the strip lost so many readers druing the 60s and 70s.

—A diversion from the Jumbler arc, as I had suspected we might get at this point….Honeymoon Tracy is a true junior detective, carrying the family legacy forward. Do Crimestoppers by-the-numbers indicate how wide a net of informants she already has? It seems clear that she will track down “Moon Maid,” but that Pop Pop’s intervention will turn out to be required….

“……waterfront area doing grocery runs….”This definitely puts some suspicion on the authenticity of Moon Maid. Sounds like your typical hangout area for criminals and other ne’er-do-wells, doesn’t it?

HONEYMOON IS ON THE CASE! look out retik and stellaluna!!!

Thumbs up for the return of Honeymoon, crimestopper commander seeking mother Mysta. Thumbs down for the decidedly poor coloring of today’s strip. Better to be seen in glorious back and white or with the superior coloring at Comics Kingdom.

Rod Gonzalez, T.E. Lawrence, and Sisyphos – I think we’re in agreement, we’ve had enough of the Jumbler for now; time for some Moon Maid. I think Lawrence is right; Moon Maid did cause great loss of readership in the 60s, especially when Apollo verified that the moon could never have had a Moon Valley as depicted by Gould. Question is: Why is Moon Maid so popular now? Is Dick Tracy “timeless” (as one commented last week), or is this nostalgia?

That was enjoyable, gentlemen. Honeymoon is doing her mother proud. I know very little of the era in which she was born but I eagerly look forward to the new strip. I only wish the IDW books had started about a decade earlier. By now they would have been or past the 70s.

OK, I’ve got nothing against Honeymoon (why would I?) but perhaps she’s developed a wee bit of an obsession over Moon Maid (I know, I know, family ties not withstanding). Perhaps this explains her rather crazed look in panel three. Just a thought, don’t hate me for it! S.I.T.O.A.N.M.I.

Oh my, so much hostility today. Can’t we all just get along?????

atomivdog and night-guant49: Thanks for noticing (me). I’m not “down” on Moon Maid, but I understood the difficulties her character and those story lines brought during that era. Today, apparently she has a pretty big fan base. I guess the question is, are these new readers? Or are these fans of her from the good’l days (with apologies to John Hartford)…

and one last thought – for what it’s worth – I hope that this is the “real” Moon Maid coming back! It was hinted earlier today that perhaps this is going to be an imposter, as suggested by her having been seen with “accomplices.” Such a story line would be rather depressing after all this hoopla and buildup. On the other hand, what kind of “mistake” can Team Tracy come up with to explain that, perhaps, it wasn’t Moon Maid who died in 1978?And when will they let Honey show her horns again, too?

My guess is (And always has been), that this Moon maid is either an imposter, or a clone (with an artificial memory) , unless the authors want to make Junior’s life and marriage a living hell

You miss SDM who would write and post with quite a flair, His postings not for the squeamish who labeled him unfair. This is your day when your sun shines brightly And the nighttime moon lights your path nightly; Good news! SDM is alive and well and still posting among us. A critical mind is still his forte but without all the fuss. Derogatory nicknames for his foes he no longer displays; Albeit his attacks on artwork and storyline flow as always. Now it is YOUR job, all you sharp DT fans out there, To discover his new “handle” use logic, wisdom and be aware His M.O. is like a signpost to clearly lead you to his lair. Certain posters have already solved this riddle, I am certain, Check with e-a-n-r-e-g-v for more clues to lower this curtain.

Moon Maid did public demonstrations of her powers.

She could also communicate telepathically with other Moon People.

gee on the San Antonio Express News website Honeymoon’s shirt was green what’s the deal here???!!!…otherwise interesting looks like Honeymoon might be a detective when she grows up like her grandpa

morrow said, about 2 hours ago

@avenger09

Like Matthew? Good guess, avenger!..Not exactly who I was thinking of MorroW, but a good guess! LOL!!!