Dick Tracy by Mike Curtis and Charles Ettinger for January 19, 2018

Good morning™, long-story-tellers! Looks like we won’t be hearing the story and it seems that Mr. Bribery’s ring is pretty effective.

Well, that went about as well as might be expected. ✨

What a not so fine mess they are in. Can Posie’s shootin’ arn save the day ?

The Lunarians have been significantly nerfed. ⚡️⚡️

I have to say, I didn’t think it would work on a true Lunarian. Bribery must have done his research well.

Well, I’ll be – Bribery DID share that ring and it’s a lot more powerful than I would imagined.

Wonder if Sawtooth noticed or forgot Posie and his gun?

Zap fling.

Bling ring.

Big sting.

Mood swing.

Anyone else think that Honeymoon has “felt” this assault and gonna alert Pop-Pop or Papa Smith?

Anyone else think that Honeymoon has “felt” this assault and gonna alert Pop-Pop or Papa Smith?

Bribery wants Posie too – but does Sawtooth know this?

Smith Industries may as well fire their security staff and put a revolving door in.

Although the Governor decries the “wicked earth criminals,” his holier-than-thou outrage is as misplaced now as it was when he decided to cut off all contact with the Earth years ago. Moon Gov is a brutal dictator and about as corrupt as they come himself. He has no respect for Earth laws and the only reason he followed them in the past was because Tracy and Diet Smith had him over a barrel financially.

I kind of hope Posie does shoot Sawtooth. This is a crime strip and we haven’t had a good shooting for quite a while.

There are actual bullet resistant clothes out there. I can see Sawtooth at least wearing such a jacket. Hope he isn’t.

Regarding “bullet proof clothes”… A “head shot” would easily negate them…

On September 14 and 15, 2015, we witnessed the power of Bribery’s deflective/reflective moon ring. Or is it a mood ring? The wearer goes from fearful to confident in a flash. Mysta was hurt by Bribery when he reflected her zap back upon her, yet she kept her fabulous legs under her. Bribery was reduced to crawling around on the floor when Honeymoon gave him a taste of Lunarian zappage. Toughness issue settled. Bribery called Mysta his property and said he would return to “collect” her. Sawtooth gets a ring and uses it to make good on Bribery’s boast. Or will he? Posie is a wild card. A joker in the deck.

Happy birthday, Joe Staton!

Happy Birthday Joe Staton.

Oooff! That’s not good.

Since Smith Industries Security are nowhere to be found, at the moment the only hope for Mysta and Moon Governor would seem to be a reflexively shooting Posie, taking out Sawtooth, at least for a time. Of course, it would be nice if some of the Good Guys were to show up. T-Bolt could handle Sawtooth. Or maybe Tracy and Sam might just coincidentally drive up having intended to chat with Diet.

Otherwise, it looks like Bribery will have himself some hostages….

Sawtooth probably doesn’t even realize how apt his insult really is.