Dick Tracy by Mike Curtis and Charles Ettinger for July 24, 2022

Underground there is a world, bustling yet hidden

Look to see outsiders here. By whom have they been bidden?

Ambassador, he did reach out. A helping hand he needs

Called on Tracy for his skills, his courage, and good deeds.

Tracy walks the streets alone, observant, calm, and wise

Ro-Zan feels superior yet fears the guests are spies.

‘Tis the calm before the storm. Soon conquest shall begin

A despot seeks to have his way and he must never win.

Good morning™, all!

“The first rule of world invasion is: You do not talk about world invasion.

“The second rule of world invasion is: You DO NOT talk about world invasion.”

(Fight Club, sort of)

Tracy’s investigation is not going too smoothly when people don’t want to talk. It does seem that the red top is some sort of uniform and the symbol on each one seems to be different.

It’s interesting that there is enough room there for buildings that are a few stories high. I wonder if the hole we are looking down through in the optional panel is actually a hole in the ground and not just there for our benefit.

“It’ll be your pride???”

Is she part of a lion pack?

loose lips on Sor-Ay’s part sinks space coupes…

“Sorry Sor-Ay.”

The “visitor” is called Tracy, that should be common knowledge

the chest emblem now resembles the Riddler’s question mark…

Oh, the joy

For every moon girl and boy

To know that the day

They don’t have to stay

In Superman’s old place

Will soon be here in haste

The earthlings are no match

Their freedom they will snatched

We’ll make brand new start

Fill the earth with moonie phart!

in every panel, Lunarians are staring at Dick as if they’ve never seen a human…

Good morning™, suspicious characters !

That guy gave himself away good and the lady’s reaction to the sudden departure only confirms it. Throwaway panel shows a rocky outcropping with a hole in it which gives a very high up “street view” and how small Tracy looks from this height.

aww; talkative moon gal just wants to talk .. u_u

I like the new varieties of lunarian fashions we’ve been seeing in this story.

Sor-Ay looks to be a cutie… a bit scatterbrained and lacking on the proper conspiratorial procedures, but still a cutie, nonetheless…

Who’s Sor-ay now?

It sounds like some moon people are for joining the Earth as brethren and not conquerors.

That should get Tracy’s antenna tingling!

Liking this story so far!

The first ( top right ) image is super great , I’m sorry but I’m not able to get into the characters with the " electrons " coming out of their heads . : (

Rule #1: Never shoot first at Tracy.

Rule #2: Never suddenly cut Tracy off in the middle of an innocent conversation.

The Lunarians are finding out that a detective is always on the job.

the guy in red doesn’t seem too oblivious to what Tracy was hinting at. :\

Does she think Dick Tracy is a willing participant the way she acts ?

The day we join the outside world? Many will know what it is like to be roasted in the depths of the Slor that day, I can tell you!

So what happened to the lightning bolt on the guy’s tunic? (Or is this his good twin?)

The colors seem at full saturation today. Was the problem of the faded colors resolved?

Now, does “MOON DICK” ever turn into a werewolf if moon is full?

1-DT: You sure keep it cold around here. RAY-DAR: That’s because we’re all so hot, Earthling.

2- …May I suggest WAL-EYE’s Walrus Burger Emporium as a fine dining experience for you. DT: No,….

3- …Don’t you have any pork or beef around here???

4-SOR-AY: You will have to be more specific. We have heard those words on the Earthling television programs we pirate and know that they can either refer to your farm animals or that they can refer to human sexual activity. I would like to explore the latter with you, Earthling.

5-RAY-DAR: THE ANSWER IS “NO”, EARTHLING! Come along, Sor-Ay. I’ve got to install a parental filter on our television set.

SOR-AY: WAIT! I want to explore the double meaning of the Earthling’s given name! And why are they “Spotted” in England? STOP PUSHING ME!

“Join the outside world” doesn’t seem like a safe topic.

I must say, D.T.’s got his balls with him to stroll all around the strange city, seeming so nonchalant with everybody gawking at him like that………I would have insisted on a tour guide……

Tracy is a visitor. Where are his guides? Where is the Ambassador? And incidentally, Sor-ay looks hot!

Tracy is showing his pirate side on the 2nd panel

What on earth are the moon couple doing with their hands in the righthand panel in the center row? (Not sure how to count the panels here.)

Yeah…..Sor-ay and friend are expected at the big “take over the world (which # plan from outer space, this time?….) meeting” to discuss battle plans and necessary weaponry…..probably got a pack of Topps Mars Attacks cards handy for ideas…….

cue more ominous music

Yes I do believe I like Lunarian fashion :D

Where’s Dick’s heavy coat?

Lunarians must be easy to draw since they all look alike. Very creative.

It looks like Tracy “spooked” them by mentioning a “reveal” coming since they didn’t expect Tracy ( or any other “earthling” ) to know that…And Tracy has suspects to keep tabs on…

No one seems to have mentioned yet that Sor-Ay has lovely violet eyes whereas most of the other moon people have blue eyes.

Also anyone else notice that judging from the extras in the background, moon men tend to carry purses/bags of some sort?

“Thank you, But I’m just exploring. Your city is wonderful”. In reading between the lines, I presume Tracy is conducting a low key investigaton.

Tracy must have hit a nerve. He also is a person of interest to the Moon Valley residents. One would think he is a celebrity.

Sorry, Sor-Ay, but your nervous boyfriend is one of the xenophobic cabal, as we can tell from his tunic—it seems to be a kind of uniform they all wear. And that, naturally, should help Tracy and Ambassador in detecting them and breaking up the ring before they launch their attack on the Outside World. That’s not to say it will be easy. We still cannot accurately assess their numbers, and if Ro-Zan isn’t distracted by Mysta Chimera he could be a bump in the road….

I don’t trust these new moon geeks.

iF YOU’RE GOING TO KEEP A CONSPIRACY A SECRET,YOU DON’T DO James Finlayson “double takes” every time you’re thrown off guard.