Dick Tracy by Mike Curtis and Charles Ettinger for August 31, 2022

Yeah, because the Moonites have shown themselves to be a peaceful and cooperative group and humans have nothing to fear.

“The ring is mine! My precious!”

I think I know why Tracy doesn’t want to give it up!

Is that Tracy saying “no”? He keeps hopping from one side of Thorin to the other.

Good morning™, clean wrap ups !

All the jack’s are back in their boxes, and that ring stays with me, bub !  The distressed damsel, Mysta, was only here for window dressing and to tie that loose end of her meeting the rest of the Moonies.

Does Thorin want/need the ring because he’s been depowered? There’s no lightning on his antennae, and I don’t see any in recent strips.

Oh-oh. A thorn between DT and Thorin?

It’s just about a wrap

the train is nearly off the track

I’ll let brother Neil explain

why we once again

are having disappointment in a sack.

After all, he is Mr. Pessimistic! LOL!

Boy, if I was Tracy, at this point I’d really let Thorin have it, if you know what I mean.

Good morning™, everyone!

I’m very late today. Anyway, Thorin does need to have more control over his people, but he won’t get to have control of the ring. I suppose maybe he thinks it would be safer from being used for nefarious purposes if it were in his hands, but I think Tracy can make sure that it is kept safely. In the present situation, it’s a good thing that Tracy had it.

Green seems an odd choice for the puffs above the armsmen’s heads. I wonder why the unofficial colorist would have chosen green. I remember that someone said the other day that it looked like salad or something.

The ring is the only defense against the Lunarians the humans have, Tracy has to keep it in case it is needed again!

Don’t give up the ring Dick !!! What if it changes Thorin and makes him a despot and it’s the only defense against the Lunarians ???

Why is Honeymoone’s and Mysta’s antenae going off since I thought they were safe now ???

Does he also want his daughter’s doppelgänger to stay as well as his granddaughter so he needs the ring ???

“No, I can’t give you this one. But once I get back I’ll be asking Diet Smith to mass-produce these suckers in case any of the many followers of this joker bump you off and try to start their war again. Oh, I’ll send you a case of them in a month.”

Thorin: “l was only asking to be polite. Give me the ring.”

Dick:

“You want the ring? Sure, you can have it. ‘With this ring I thee DEAD!’”

uhoh, renewed tension between Dick and Thorin?…

You may ask…

“No.

It stays with me

As you can see

The ring is great defense.

So,

We never know

How things might go

To keep it just makes sense."

Any chances Marina is still alive?

I think he wants the ring so he can deal with any other rebels but tracy’s right, it’s humanity’s shield against the lunarians. Thorin couldn’t stop this group without human help.

excuse me, what? why?

(groan) My birthday celebration was trying the breakfast biscuits from Hardees. Ya’ wanna’ talk crumbly? I’ll be vacuuming the living room for most of the day, just playing catchup! Hmm. Idea for Sam’s tomato farming cousin,Sam Catsup.

“It’s MY preciousssssssssssssssssss!”

How did Thorin know the ring once belonged to Mr. Bribery?

See, I predicted Thorin would want the ring. You don’t want another country to possess something that could subdue your whole population.

will Thorin go so far as to stop short from detaining Dick but forcibly confiscating the Bribering from his person with the assistance of his loyal Armsmen?… I could see THAT happening…

Sure, Dick, let Thorin have it… because he’s always been on the up and up?

No. It’s the great equalizer between these two. Trust is sometime bought with the power to hold each other accountable.

1-POP POP POP POP POP The sound of Honey Moons stepping on eyeballs that were Ring-blasted out of the heads of the Armsmen BUT THEY’RE ALIVE SO IT’S ALL GOOD!

2-DT: Now which one of these Space Coupes has my luggage? THOR-IN: OWWWW! I think my spleen is ruptured. And I got such a crick in my neck…

3- …Now give up the Ring!

DT: NO NO, NEVER EVER, HUH UH UHHH!

THOR-IN: Enjoy your walk home then. DT: HA! I’ll stay here and annoy you until you beg me to go home!

THOR-IN: Fine. Don’t be surprised when you wake up one day and find you’re trying to scratch the “boys” with a bloody stump!

DT: Uh…would you accept this Two Way Wrist Radio instead?

THOR-IN: I’m sure it will come with the Ring AND YOUR HAND! BWHAA HA… cough cough. Owww! I think I broke a rib too…

I’ve enjoyed the story so far, but I’m confused as to why thorin thought the time when his people were planning to kill him take over earth was a good time to invite his preteen half-human granddaughter for a visit…

I hope Thorin doesn’t get his antennae up in a knot over D.T.’s refusal………I like Thorin acting nice………

MOVIE QUOTE—

“There’s only one thing worse than a crook.And that’s a clumsy crook”

5 CARD STUD—1968

The ring was invented on Earth,so the Moon civilization has no claim to it.

And I wouldn’t give the Moon Governor a slingshot,let alone the ring.

Can we stay long enough for Roz-An to get the death penalty?That’s MY happy ending.

So that’s it? Dicko kicks a little butt and stops the proposed insurrection. Wow, if only we could have done that here

From what I am getting from the comments…ring was on loan to Tracy. I do not know if he had to fill out triplicate forms for it. However let Thorin come to earth and go through a similar procedure. Then the responsibilty for this ring’s upkeep and security will be on him.

Does this ring have decoder capabilities? When did it first come into existence?

OH NO! The good ones are wearing brown too?!

Nope…my people are going to reverse engineer the technology if Bribery doesn’t give it up, so that the NEXT time YOU are asleep at the switch and some Genghis Khan wannabe tries this @#$% again, we’ll be PREPARED! Now…GET OUTTA MY FACE!!!! See you and the in-laws at Thangivings!

This has probably come up before, but if there is only one ring that can be used against the Lunarians, then why only one? Also, why hasn’t it been reverse engineered to make more of them? I’ve enjoyed this excursion into Moonyville by Tracy, by the way, and the storyline will likely end when Tracy and Thoren work something out with the ring and travel back home.

While in prison,Roz-An will be introduced to one of Earth’s greatest inventions—-Creamed Chipped Beef On Toast.

How about…. NO.

Why Batman kept a kryptonite weapon.

No, I’m going to advise diet Smith to mass produce the ring and provide one for every person on the planet in case your people ever decide to do this again

Thorin really knows how to spoil a tender moment. Just as Honeymoon embraces Pop Pop, the impetuous “Ambassador” has the gaul to demand The Ring! Fortunately, Tracy is wise enough and brave enough to say “no” despite the presence of Thorin’s Armsmen….