Dick Tracy by Mike Curtis and Charles Ettinger for May 19, 2013

Perfect!

Good morning fellow DT fans…

The moment we all waited for is here!

Isn’t it nice that there hasn’t been a Sunday “glitch” in a long time? Having one today would have been devastating! And yes, she does look perfect!

Perfect, and charming!

Good morning, VB!

The Apollo was a discotheque, you must remember thisA mirrored globe was spinning, lovers danced and kissed.It long has been abandoned, windows boarded shutHard now to imagine that’s where we’d shake and strut.Now at the Apollo, a day long anticipatedRecovery complete at last, though death did once seem fated.Zy Ghote smugly watches, contemplating gloryRetik and his sister dream of a lunar story.Dr. Sail snips away remaining tape and gauzeRecovery so very long has been a guiding cause.Mysta’s seen similar scenes, recovering for yearsSome days marked by triumph, others by hard earned tears.Time to face her future; Sail holds up the mirrorThe past is gazing back at her, from a time she holds much dearer.A time when family and friends were always by her sideBefore a coward left a bomb and ran away to hideFrom the sight of devastation, explosion’s deadly forceThe pain shared by so many, lives set to altered course.Mysta basks in health and beauty, thus one would never guessOf the heartache and frustration she struggles to repress.

Happy Sunday to you all! Mysta is CUTE! Too bad her trip to the moon will bring a nasty shock….

Beautiful

Love that last panel! Go Mysta!

Oh baby, Mysta looks great! Love how Staton gave us two angles of her face in the dramatic panel.

Awesome! It was worth the wait. Now what’s next for our horned beauty. Yes, a real Beauty and kissable face.

MikeyJ say something please.

She hasn’t changed a bit since I last saw her in the 60’s…or course neither has Dick Tracy.

As usual, Joe’s portrayal of classic characters is spot-on yet rendered in his own distinctive style. His use of profiles keeps alive the Gould tradition and flavor.

Joe has taken the features of Moon Maid created by Gould and has translated it to his style perfectly. The turned-up nose, the pointed chin…Although the eyes are not as rounded as in Gould’s illustrations, they still beautifully maintain an alien quality. The mouth shape is rendered perfectly.

I posted the other day about noticing a similarity between the pupils of Moon Maid’s eyes and the pupils of Dr. Sail’s eyes. Today, I notice it again. Mysta is shown as having white pupils in the final panel and Sail is shown with white pupils two panels earlier. Knowing so much about Moon phsyiology, it makes me wonder what connection he has to Moon people.

Great Sunday page. We may not know if this Mysta is real or not, but Joe Staton is the real deal!

Delicious Sunday. Wow, I don’t know what to say. Mysta looks great from the tips of her high heeled boots to the top of her horns. Junior doesn’t stand a chance against this alien woman.

Even her ‘horns’ have returned to their proper colour! Maybe the bandages were cutting off her circulation.

Clone-Moon Maid is looking fine, but way too much like Honeymoon Tracy. I sense familial trouble ahead….

Yowzah! She looks very nice. I’m so pumped for this story, I can’t even tell you. Things should get really interesting from here on out!

La Wow!

Aaalll riiiiight!

JOE, MIKE, SHELLEY, SHANE & JIM … GREAT JOB!!!

Let’s hope the GoComics colorist learns something from Shane’s excellent work on todays strip.

Yes.

Yes.

WOW!! Very pleased!Mysta’s ready to ROCK Junior’s world. And it looks like that’s just what she has in mind!

Perfect indeed! This is the Mysta we’ve been wanting to see!

I don’t normally comment on Sundays (too busy) but I think it worth noting: If this Mysta is a “clone” (or any other fake), the story will implode immediately upon discovery of the charade, if not sooner!

The lawyers in the room have made it clear that even for the “real” Mysta, the doors are pretty much closed.

The only door open to a fake or cloned Mysta is likely a new Tracy villain!

(I’d much rather the apparently displaced Moon Governor take over that role)

Granted, my point of view is the examination of the question, what becomes of the person accidentally declared dead, through no fault of her own.

Of course, a fake or cloned Mysta is not a person accidentally declared dead. No matter how much “memory” they have stuffed into her. That would be a fake, too.

Still wondering why, if this moon maid is a clone, Ghote would want to implant Mysta’s “memories” in her. Surely, this would aid those challenging the veracity of his clone – similar to what happened with Mumbles – and very much likely why most of us don’t believe she is a clone, either.

A fake or cloned Mysta just isn’t Mysta.

Sweet Betty, Your post is great and I and probably everyone agree 100% with you. I am very impressed with this story and art and Mysta is as cute as we all had hoped that she’d be. I tried to reply to your post but for some reason it wouldn’t go. I hope you see this. happy Sunday lil friend.

Sweet Betty, I second John. I saw your post yesterday about the coloring and completely agreed with it. Hopefully the gocomics colorist read your comment.

This fabulous day for Mysta (and her fans) was certainly worth the months of anticipation. She looks quite vulnerable as Sail wields his scissors. Retik and Stellaluna’s faces are in the light, while Sail and Ghote are shrouded in shadows. Mysta’s double image showcases her beauty with the exceptional art we have come to expect from Mr. Staton. The ellipsis emphasize that Mysta’s declaration that she looks “perfect” signifies not vanity, but relief and surprise. It is Sail’s double image that gives me pause. I sense questionable character and dubious motives. Like others, I haven’t been this captivated by Tracy since way back in my grade school days.Hat’s off once again to the wonderful work of Team Tracy.

Got to love how this story keeps building.And Joe’s art! I especially like the second and third panels, with the placement of characters reflecting the fact they all have different motives, with Ghote (like his motives) deep in the shadows,And of course, the unveiling. I have to say, I like Joe’s version of Mysta better than the original art way back when! (I thought Moon Maid was, well, sometimes kind of creepy looking.)

If I were Junior, like I said a day or so prior, I’d give some serious thought to moving to Utah and go for both! His opportunities are limitless! Every groupie’s dream!

Hey, her horns are flesh color now!

Hey, I used to read Dick Tracy every Sunday (late 50’s and early 60’s) and thats Jr.‘s wife Moon Maid isnt it?… Ok, I added this comic to my already huge list of comics to keep up with…gotta go back and catch up …Anyway, Gweedo Murray asked me to send this to you guys & gals…Flying under the radar

Mysta makes me feel perfect !She looks so good I might cry tears of joy.

Enjoyed your poems this week, Pequod, including today’s.Your material enriches the Tracy/MCU experience. Going to the moon is going to hurt, no doubt about it.

LOVE IT!

At long last, hoorah!

I still don’t think that this is the Moon Maid. I believe that the woman thinks that she is, however. Interesting to find out if I’m right.

Whether this Moon Maid is real or a fake, I can’t help noticing that the location is referred to as “Moon Maid’s headquarters”.

Now that her face is revealed, the thlot can picken even more and we’ll find out more about who she is (if she’s not Moon Maid for real) and why she was brought back.

Let’s celebrate with some giant escargot!

Mysta, baby, you’ve always been perfect. Just more so than ever under Staton’s skillful hand. So glad to see you back at 100%!

I’ve returned from duty in the field and just in time. Moon Maid looks just like she did when she was first introduced many err, moons ago.

But what would interest me is the way that cute face REALLY looked when she destroyed her headstone a few months ago.

The moment we’ve all been waiting for!

RT is somehow considered one of the DT posters clique here. “Yes” is his thing, as Pequod’s thing is to post poems and VB’s thing is to say “good morning to all”. But these two are alright, imho. Anyway, the clique tolerates RT’s nonsensical posts, and there seems to be nothing anyone can do to stop their annoying presence here.

Mysta is gorgeous. And she needs to be the real thing. For all those who don’t like her: too bad, but she needs to be here to stay!

ummm ok, so the bandages came off and she looks like moon maid used to.. yet ANOTHER anti-climactic sunday strip… to ME at least

NightShade09: I agree. The original Moon Maid did look, for lack of a better word, creepy. I don’t know where Mike and Joe are taking this story; as previously said, I’m hoping for at least some exploration of the issue of people declared legally dead – by mistake – a storyline that would immediately evaporate should this Mysta turn out to be a clone or any other kind of fake. (And I do consider a clone Mysta to be just as fake as any other “possibility” – such as Notta Chin Chillar or a stray Moon person)

I note that morrow likes to chime in fairly frequently with Utah jokes. To my knowledge, Utah is the only state with monogamy as part of its constitution – they had to, or the others were never going to admit Utah as a state.

On the other hand, perhaps the whole Mysta mystery may be to ease both Junior and Sparkle out of the main storyline for a while. Previously, I speculated that Sparkle may be “easing” out of the picture, what with her new singing career that likely will require some possibly extensive touring. Now, I’m guessing that perhaps Junior will join her.

The Moon Maid we remember may have been headstrong and naïve, equipped with powers to get whatever she wants; nevertheless, homewrecker did not appear to be one of her attributes.

Oh, yes. While I still have no use for Ghote, my feelings have softened a bit toward Sail. I like the speculation that he is, in fact, another Moon person, though events from last Christmas would seem to have taken that possibility out – along with Retik and Stellaluna’s planned trip to the moon.

Dangling references. For a moment, I thought complaints about RT had to do with Ray Toler, who writes rather good comments. In fact, the references were to ReneTray. And yes, the dozen or so “yes” comments were annoying.

Perfect! Mysta is a beaut. I agree, even better that she looked with Gould. What a great character. I’m so glad she’s back!

I wish we could start seeing Mysta like this every day. It seems like we get a little bit here, then a week or two of nothing.

The Apollo was a discotheque, you must remember this

A mirrored globe was spinning, lovers danced and kissed.

It long has been abandoned, windows boarded shut

Hard now to imagine that’s where we’d shake and strut.

Now at the Apollo, a day long anticipated

Recovery complete at last, though death did once seem fated.

Zy Ghote smugly watches, contemplating glory

Retik and his sister dream of a lunar story.

Dr. Sail snips away remaining tape and gauze

Recovery so very long has been a guiding cause.

Mysta’s seen similar scenes, recovering for years

Some days marked by triumph, others by hard earned tears.

Time to face her future; Sail holds up the mirror

The past is gazing back at her, from a time she holds much dearer.

A time when family and friends were always by her side

Before a coward left a bomb and ran away to hide

From the sight of devastation, explosion’s deadly force

The pain shared by so many, lives set to altered course.

Mysta basks in health and beauty, thus one would never guess

Of the heartache and frustration she struggles to repress.