Dick Tracy by Mike Curtis and Charles Ettinger for March 14, 2016

Nicely played.

Here’s to many, many more.

Quite the tour de force, Pequod! Great Job! Congratulations & Thank You!

So, the Wrist Wizard not only functions as a Communicator, but a Tricorder as well.

Tracy is doing the hard work yet again. Kiko can’t be happy at all!

Well now, Kiko…guess who gets to move those rocks?

A reversal of fortune!

Quite a roll call, Pequod.

Thanks for the veritable tour de force of Tracy poetry today. I enjoyed it greatly.

A triumph, Pequod! You brought back many pleasant memories, and like Gweedo said, I relived all of them in rapid succession. Thank you for sharing your great work with us. It’s contributions like yours that make this discussion group so enjoyable.

5 years seems like yesterday.

.Good morning guys!.Outstanding, Pequod!

Bravissimo! :D

@AnyFace The Wrist Wizards could serve Tracy’s needs for vitals-monitoring in a more mundane way than the Star Trek tricorder: If each Wizard monitors its wearer’s heart rate (as Apple Watches and Fitbits do today), it’s pretty easy to imagine one WW pinging another for a readout.

Happy Anniversary to Joe, Mike, and the rest of the gang. Thanks for the wonderful job you have done to make Dick Tracy great again.

Keep up the good work it is appreciated by the loyal readers.

Ever notice that the handguns are practically cannons in Tracyworld?

I particularly like that Tracy is doing all this under the greatest possible handicap — the shirt and the straw hat.

Congratulations Team Tracy on your fifth anniversary. My how time flies!

Pequod, you Amaze….Also, Love the profile in panel 2 Dick.

Mention “epic poetry,” and three examples come to mind:

The Iliad

The Odyssey

Pequod’s poem todayWhat a fitting way to pay tribute to Team Tracy after five years of excellent work.

.Happy anniversary Mike and Team Tracy from Vista Bill and Comet!

Hats off to Team Tracy for five years of high caliber work. It is always fun to read Tracy. I am especially fond of Mysta and Honeymoon. Their friendship is a very engaging dynamic of the revived strip. Their changeling Lunarian physiology is a fascinating element of the strip. Tracy, Sam and the whole MCU are a great team. The criminals, cast of characters and wide range of locations make for a satisfying, award-winning strip. Here’s to many more years of fun from the very talented Team Tracy.

Thanks to Any Face, cpalmeresq, Gweedo, Night-Gaunt49, Willy007, 22ph, Neil Wick, Vista Bill, M. Mitchell Marmel, JPuzzleWhiz, abdullahbaba999 and Jonathan K. for the kind words. Very much appreciated!

Good morning VB and all.

And as VB said, outstanding work, Pequod! A masterful work honoring Team Tracy.

Congratulations to team Tracy for 5 spectacular years of thrills and spills! Here’s hoping for 25 more!!!

Excellent tribute, Pequod!

Like, saying “I love you”? (An oldie but a goodie from Frank and Nancy!)…………………………………..

I remember it well!

The epitome of the revitalized Dick Tracy is excellent, Pequod!

Kiko will sweat a bit for Tracy, trying to dig out Wunbrow and Ivanov (it they really are buried beneath that rock slide). Too bad (as we now see) that Tracy was relieved of his Wrist Wizard….

How come Tracy isn’t sweating anymore? Must be the “Chill” of victory! LOL!

Very Nice tribute, Gweedo!.BTW, today is Dr. Albert Einstein’s birthday (Pi Day — 3.14).

Happy 5th Anniversary, Mike & Joe!Awesome poem, Pequod! You’re poems are always awesome, but this one might be among you’re very best. I think I’ll post at the Dick Tracy Fan Club while it’s still the 5th.

“If he doesn’t find a place to sit soon, Tracy may be suffering “de agony of de feet”!”

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LOL!

Five years ago this very day, Dick Tracy resurrected

Rejuvenated and renewed, vast differences detected.

Thrill to see comic history, a classic back in style

Lost track of Tracy years ago, Woo Gosh! It’d been a while.

Now in the land of Tracyville, stories captivating

Flaky Biscuits made some dough; Mr. Crime oscillating.

Shared his deep dark secret with Hot Rize’s sister, Blaze

Team Tracy so impressive, sets high the bar they raise.

Kadaver such a ghoulish fiend, his side-kick the cute Rikki

Blackjack such a Tracy fan, thus to harm him proves most tricky.

Phishface such a sushi fan, well known to feed his face

Sweatbox plain despicable, earned death for his disgrace.

The Jumbler had a little dog: Crypto, the loyal Scottie

Venus, Queen of Blackhearts, a voluptuous, gorgeous hottie.

Thunderchild, a wrestler wild, yet no match for the Mole

Little Princess, lost and found, Daddy Warbucks’ life now whole.

Gruesome, he took to the stage, big debut brought down the house

Apollo back from Europe, coiffed and tanned, was still a louse.

Méliès deadly and debonair. Cross him, tremble and cower

Angus such a violent foe, ‘til shot dead from the tower.

The Nitrates love the movies, they made films to scam old fools

Stiletta lived for her revenge, guided by misguided rules.

Ghote and Sail did not prevail nor know what they had wrought

Experiments with DNA, the consequences fraught.

Few would have seen it coming: inexorable genetic drift

Mysta’s rebirth ongoing, a supremely miraculous gift.

Honeymoon, her closest friend, dreams of fighting crime

Lizz deduces and kicks tail, her beauty so sublime.

Gravel Gertie and B.O. increase the Plenty brood

Untamable this offspring: demonic Attitude.

To read J. Straightedge Trustworthy I would sail the seven seas

My favorite tells of one bad pooch: infamous 88 Fleas.

Look to see Flintheart in love, whistling a happy tune

Feet just barely touch the ground, for Kandi he doth swoon.

Elsewhere, at the Willoughby, Stiletta she was mourned

Lifeless in a wooden box, can’t say she wasn’t warned.

Blowtop told her that her plan was simply suicide

Blackjack sent fresh flowers. Woo Gosh! How Blowtop cried.

The Nitrates under lock and key, to prison they were bound

Criminals face daunting odds when Tracy comes around.

Sam and Tracy in the sky, keen eyes spot a whirlpool

Jimmy purloins Teddy’s boat. Fat man such a fool.

Announced that he was out of here. Revved the outboard motor

Churning waters drew him in. Shooz not much of a boater.

Teddy cried for rescue, thus a ladder was dropped down

Tracy did his duty, saved the preening talk show clown.

Lake Pratchett quickly drained dry, the geyser touched the sky

Jimmy flushed like so much waste, the fat man he did cry.

Trouble at Ace Tower. Brave girls in the stairwell

Mysta set in motion when Honey rings the bell.

Those who would harm Honeymoon soon shall rue the day

Mysta melts the chopper blades. Nixes getaway.

Disarms the pilot with panache. High-heel boots hug her thighs

Zaps the lock until it melts: focused, fearless, true and wise.

Now exiting the rooftop, Mysta never hesitates

To save her dear Imoto-Chan she’ll face all that awaits.

Were Christine here she would not fear. She was a stand up gal

Sans his Kitty things sure aren’t pretty, a rose Bigg’s only pal.

Hard to lose the gold this way, easy come means easy go

Not like he’s now a pauper, globally exists stashed dough.

Climb into a rare Air Car, make haste from the Ace Tower

What Police put in mothballs, gives Bigg Houdini power.

Cool night air, a breeze so fair, Bigg cannot help but sigh

Death and danger in his wake, he sings “Live and Let Die.”

Tracy has connected dots from bank vault that was looted

To the bearer of the specs who pilfered stash and scooted.

Elsewhere Spicy Condiment in the glow of her iPad

Gets orders from a higher up in a voice just shy of mad.

Specs to stay off of the streets, not become a spectacle

Spicy wants more golden eggs, thus this is not practical.

Specs just wants what Spicy wants, ‘tis a well-worn, age-old story

Yet to defy the Ace of Spades, invites a fate most gory.

Notorious Notta so naughty, she peruses bold headline

Seems Tracy has left Tracyville, which suits Notta just fine.

In her skintight little suit, much flesh does it expose

Hot-blooded folk appraise her gifts, salute as interest grows.

Her body suit clings to her form just like a second skin

Hair piled high, sweet exposed thighs, Notta dressed for sin.

On the horn to Bribery, she sets her plan in motion

Revenge so long kept simmering, yet Notta has a notion.

Sam and Tracy on the case, fighting crime provides rewards

Team Tracy honored by their peers with three Harvey Awards.

My hat’s off to Team Tracy, for all these things and more

We loyal fans now clap our hands, voice approval with a roar.

As with the few stories I have posted over the past couple years, this 5th anniversary tribute was deleted by gocomics as part of the new length limit policy. As with the stories, I have re-posted this tribute to Team Tracy in multiple parts. The appreciation by fellow-Tracy fans will now make sense to those late to the fun.