Dick Tracy by Mike Curtis and Charles Ettinger for December 30, 2015

.Good morning guys!.It happened! x-ray specs are for real!

Okay, my comment last night was meant as a joke. X-ray specs, really? Who knew?!

Ideal for cheating at cards.

At dice?

Not so much.

Good morning, DT fans! Ha ha remember those silly X-ray glasses advertising no one took seriously? Looks like Diet devised them! Will he sell to Airport Security?

AnyFace indicated,I left you some info last night about making custom shirts with your “VistaBill” logo.-——————————————————————————————————.Thanks, AnyFace. I have some iron-on transfers that I can use.

Specs looks more like Doc Magnus from “Metal Men” than Ray Milland, though …

To see, under you and meTo know, all that lies belowTo love, within not just aboveTo force, our sight to change its courseTo cry, when Han bids us goodbyeTo laugh, when someone passes gasTo mourn, when youth is striped and tornTo soar, through every open door

Yikes!I see Specs is his real name.

@AnyFace

I left you some info last night about making custom shirts with your “VistaBill” logo.

If he charges robber baron prices I aint buyin’ ! I want a Tee with a pocket on the left breast. Men’s small or medium, please !____________________

I think a lot of us would buy one just for the sake of having one.

Logo might look good on those “ringer”-type t-shirts, with the black collar and arm stripes.

X-ray glasses. Hmm. This strip is getting more and more like Batman, at least as far as super-villains are concerned..Although I expect to get called out – super-villains usually belong to Superman, Spiderman, and that genre.

Wow…..legitimate x-ray vision…..wonder if it will drive him insane – or worse?

Gweedo misinterpreted,I prefer solid colors and definitely collarless. Bill will have his hands full with all the tailor made shirts.-—————————————————————————.I don’t recall offering to make shirts for anyone. Sorry if I disappointed you, Gweedo.

@anyface you could at least tell if the dice are loaded.

@gweedo I see him getting brain cancer quicker than giving cancer. Now that would be a cruel PSA from superman about his vision giving cancer or him receiving cancer from it.

I seem to recall Joe Staton as having drawn the Metal Men in one of their many revivals..On the strip itself, my prediction is that Specs will forget to turn off the X-ray feature at some vital moment, fail to get information that normal vision would give him, and this results in his death.

Wow! Diet Smith R & D has done it again! Glasses that palliate migraines and can be adjusted to give X-Ray vision! Jeepers!

I want a pair of those! - No, TWO pair!!!i might loose one…8^)

dang I need to visit diet smith industries…maybe they can help me with MY migraines I’ve been getting since I was about 6 years old

slightest tap on the head (any spot, not just the side) and I get an almost instant migraine. if I don’t take 1000 mg of ibuprofen as soon as I feel them start, im doomed. had one once that lasted for FOUR DAYS!!!

I guess that’s what you get when you bang the back of your head against a cinderblock wall/dugout while playing little league baseball. I came in from the outfield and jumped onto the bench and whacked the back of my head against the wall, and ever since then I get wicked migraines. My dad took me to the emergency room a few weeks (?) later because of the constant headaches, they did CAT Scans and x-rays but found nothing wrong

I had one so bad a while back that when I got up out of bed, I fell right to the floor. Crawled to the phone and called out sick from work that day and fell asleep on the floor for the next 6 hours.

To this day, I carry a full bottle of 200mg (target brand) ibuprofen in my pocket at all times cuz I never know when i’m gonna need them, and when I DO get a migraine/headache.. I take 5 pills each time…and if I get it in time, the headache goes away in a little bit..if not, im stuck lol

I sympathize with ya Specs!

It hasn’t been established yet whether or not Specs is truly a villain.So far, he is just a guy who suffers from migraines. Will his new x-ray vision capabilities tempt him to pursue a career in crime? Or will he cross paths and get tangled up with another criminal?Nice poem, avenger09.

Just wanted to wish y’all a belated Merry Christmas and hope you have a “Spec-tacular” New Year!

Interesting . . .That ‘Vision Depth’ control button on the Specs in panel 2 …So similar to the one Roxy and Nutsy used in 1997 on the Wrist Geenee * to see what’s before, and beyond. the 3nd layer, (and further inside)Note *text in 1997 panels 2 and 3 just below . . .

From another perspective, I’m beginning to LIKE the “appearance” of our new villain, just some time needed for Mike to put some needed ‘flesh’ on the ‘personality’ bone.

Loving today’s artwork…especially the third panel.

“They Live”

3-D X-Ray Specs at that..

Xavier Raymond Specs?

Too much penetration: just enough to penetrate clothing.

Well as a matter of fact, according to Wikipedia Barry Sonnenfeld was in talks with Warner Brothers to make a Metal Men movie in 2012, and there was a report in August 2014 that a Metal Men movie was in active development, possibly tied to the DC character Cyborg.

Gweedo suggested,If you know any silk screen outfits that would be willing to do a short run…shirt would bear your signature thus insuring your immortality-————————————————————————-.☞ I do have a friend that is in the silk screen business and I am sure that he would oblige..☞ I am trying to perpetuate the “Vista Bill” name..☞ Remember, Gweedo, I am 81 years old and retired!.☞ Here’s a better copy of my logo in the event you want to use it.

“… I believe that airport security people do use actual x-ray methods.

How long before frequent flyer lawsuits for cancers start showing up ? (and you know they will) ".For what it’s worth, the only x-rays in TSA are for baggage – carry on or checked. The body scanners on the checkpoints use cell phone frequency radio waves – designed to bounce off the skin, not penetrate..The last body imagers using x-rays were removed in summer 2014. Along with them went the last machines that had those controversial images. Today’s imagers produce only a gingerbread man image with yellow boxes where the machine believes the passenger needs a pat down..The brand name of the body imagers used by TSA is L3; more information can be had at their website.

Neil Wick made me very happy,I’ll put up the url once the shirts are available. I’m going to have to fix up the art a bit for higher resolution, but I’m hoping to do that tonight.-—————————————————————————————————.Now I’m really getting excited, Neil! I might be the first customer to order Vista Bill t-shirt(s)! Here’s the “best” copy of my VB logo that I have. .

Gweedo cautioned,Would I be a stinker if I copyright registered that and then told you you couldn’t use it ?-——————————————————————-.I’d ignore your request. What would you do then? Sue me? .I really think that you would not do anything like what you suggest, Gweedo. I trust you.

I’m interrupting Gweedo’s comment to Neil,Would those be available as a pocket Tee and if Bill’s not too modest, his face on the front along with the logo on the pocket and possibly with the logo on the back as well ?-———————————————————————-.Let’s not create a monster here, Gweedo!

“Is there a way I can turn these down so they see through clothing but not skin?”

Pocket tee is fine and the logos are fine, but I don’t think Bill wants his face there. I thought about drawing a cartoon of him, but that would take more time.

Night-Gaunt49 stated,Took too much to relieve the pain and now I have stage III damage. Meaning if I don’t be careful they could fail totally.-——————————————————————.I have stage 4 kidney failure. Scary! Fortunately, at my age (81) the doctor(s) stated that I will not require dialysis in my lifetime. I could not go through that! Three days a week, four hours at a time…

Late in his life, one of my uncles developed congestive heart failure, and his system was having trouble ridding itself of excess liquids – It was the only time I’ve ever heard a doc recommend that someone should drink less water!

Gweedo assisted,That would …. fill the “Bill”.-——————————————————————.I’ll leave the decisions up to you youngsters.

Gweedo stated,That ship already left port, Bill, about 81 years ago !-————————————————————-.Ha, ha!

Gweedo remarked,I have an aunt who is living the dream and may likely wish she is dead right now.-—————————————————————-.When dialysis is required, there are but two choices. One either opts for dialysis or face the consequences (death). 60% of the people choose death. If a person can find a kidney donor, the problem is solved.