Dick Tracy by Mike Curtis and Charles Ettinger for August 01, 2014

Filling in some of the dotted lines.

I never thought I’d see the day when a proper Tracy/Annie team-up would exist. I am SO loving this!

Well, that makes three of the residents of Simmons Corners that we know were kidnapped in 2014 and brought there. I wonder if there are others. In fact, it’s possible that all of the people in Simmons Corners were brought there against their will. In that case, Belinda probably has the purpose of keeping them from realizing they shouldn’t be there and wanting to escape.

Since Kenyon’s disappearance was known to the FBI, I expect we might be seeing some FBI agent soon. I suppose, though, that they wouldn’t connect his disappearance to this scenario yet.

A police detective out standing in his field.

More wonderful art. The silhouettes in panel two and facial expressions in panel three are especially good, with Annie’s “Leapin’ Lizards!” face taking the prize. .So, Kenyon was reported missing “some months ago” in present-day Tracyville. We know that Thunder Island is “Privately owned by the US Government…rumored to be the site of a nuclear accident in 1944, during the development of the Atomic Bomb, causing an evacuation of all personnel. [It is] currently leased to the private sector.” We do not know what, if any, lingering effects exist from this accident. That the island was evacuated in 1944 would account for the buildings and trappings dating from that era. .We also know that Axel is controlling the citizens of the island through mass hypnosis conducted with the Belinda radio show and decoder badges (and barber shop poles?!). Diet Smith is working on time travel with his project Blue Image. Warbucks states that Smith is not the only one doing this kind of work. There is as of yet no evidence that anyone’s time travel research has succeeded or resulted in sending our characters to 1944, but this possibility is in play..I’m enjoying this complex crossover very much. I’m not convinced that anyone has traveled back in time, but I applaud the audacity of putting the R+D on the table. Axel is using Kenyon to conduct research he would undoubtedly use for ill. It is in Axel’s interest for Kenyon to believe it is 1944 and that his work will be used to fight the Nazis. I don’t know why Annie was brought to the island, but will wager that Axel will be sorry she ever set foot there. What a great story!

Reading deep between the lines, while Tess is having out all night long with Johnny Adonis, Tracy is out of town chasing after a young redhead. Hmmm sounds like France.

Even with The Asp and Punjab on his side, Warbucks did the right thing going to Tracy and his MCU. Well beyond the worth of any check written to the mayor. And yes, our favorite female FBI agent can’t be far behind.

Perhaps they’re all in Sulu’s holodeck. Hey that’s as good of an explanation as anything else I’ve heard regarding this long and winding road of a story.

KENYON’S, not KENYONS’.

ATTENTION, CARTOONISTS!!… Eh, what’s the point. They never sign up.

Good morning fans. Maybe their last name has a S on the end, pschearer. In which case the punctuation would be correct.

I wonder if the Butcher of the Balkans is in some kind of time space continuum that could find Thunder Island.

Picking up on Peqod’s assessment, maybe Axel invented this whole elaborate setup for the sole purpose of getting Kenyon to develop a weapon. He needed people to populate his town, so he kidnapped them and hypnotized them. Annie was brought there as a favor to the Butcher, to take her off the Butcher’s hands.

Loose Lips Sink Ships…TBC..

That’s it! That’s how Annie avoided being hypnotized! As soon as she found out that Axel wants everyone to listen to “Belinda,” Annie immediately rebelled and simply refused to listen from the start of her stay here at “Simmons Corners!” Later she found that her suspicions were correct when she saw people in a trance while listening to the broadcast!

Cockerham can, of course, speak for him/herself. But I think that’s what he/she was speaking of.

Why do I keep expecting to see No. 6 and “Rover” show up any minute now?

The Dr. Magpie Chronicles.Chapter 7Dick could feel the plane hitting the runway and then lifting back up in the air. He suddenly had the sensation of being on an amusement park roller coaster. He never liked roller coasters since they always made his stomach feel queasy. “Feels like I’m in the front car of the Cyclone in Coney Island”, he thought as he kept trying to stay upright. After what seemed like an eternity but was really no more than a few seconds he could feel that the plane was finally on the ground, although it felt like the plane wanted to roll over. “Pilot still doesn’t have total control of the plane”, he thought as he grimaced due to a book that was flying through the cabin hitting him on his right shoulder. “Might need to sue Warbucks over my medical bills”! He managed to joke to himself..Annie, both hands pressed as hard as possible against the wire fence that kept the public away from the runway held her breath as she witnessed the planes front wheel touch the ground and then lift back up, doing this several times until it finally stayed on the ground. “Gee, it keeps looking like the plane wants to tip over”! Annie yelled out loud in great fear to the crowd that had gathered around her to watch the landing attempt.. Finally it became apparent that the pilot was able to get control of the plane which began to rapidly slow down, quickly coming to a halt. Dick, looking out the window could see that flames and smoke were still pouring out of the damaged engine. “Please make your way to the emergency exit”! Came the urgent message over the planes intercom. “Can’t get off this flying bottle rocket soon enough”! Tracy muttered while helping usher the others on the plane towards the exit. “Please Mr. Tracy, slide down the chute quickly”! The stewardess urgently appealed to Dick when he approached the door. As he placed himself on the chute and began sliding down towards the ground, it suddenly occurred to him that if the girl Annie had somehow heard about this emergency happening to a Warbucks plane she might have come to the airport to see if the plane would land safely. Upon reaching the ground he quickly sprang up and began to search for Annie. “Shouldn’t be too hard to find a young Red haired girl”. .Annie, breathing a sigh of relief that the plane landed safely ran over to an isolated area where, being less than 100 feet away from the plane she would be able to get a better view of the passengers as they slide down the emergency chute. After a few minutes those on the plane began to leave it. “I don’t recognize anyone who was on the plane”. She thought, relieved that no one close to her was in such danger. She suddenly noticed an older, somewhat tall man wearing a bright yellow hat, red tie and snazzy suit who emerged from the plane. She quickly decided she didn’t know who he was but even from this distance she sensed an air of confidence that seemed to engulf him. “I wonder who he is”? She pondered just as the man who was scanning the area suddenly looked directly at her. Startled, Annie backed up a few steps only to be grabbed from behind by two large hands that wrapped around her throat and began to squeeze the life out of her..As Dick scanned the area suddenly his attention was directed towards a fence about 100 feet towards his right. “That has to be her”! He said right at the moment he saw someone jump up from behind Annie and place their hands tightly around her throat..To Be Continued,,,,,

Good moning guys!

What a peaceful scene!

I’m thinking FBI Agent Ennen.

Shudder! A though just came to me! I hope Vera Alldid doesn’t show up to ruin this great story!

I think they’re actually inside Kenyon’s memories.The town – and everyone in it – is built according to his memories.His favorite radio show was “Belinda.” At 4:45, he stopped work, and was glued to the radio. (And so would everyone else in his memories.)The calendar may be off because he would get so wrapped in his work, he lost track of the days.Axel brought Annie with him into Kenyon’s mindscape because he needed her to spy on his work.Axel has speeded up the memories, so a day in Simmons Corners is only, say 8 hours real time.Kenyon must have made some remarkable discovery that, like Tesla’s work, has been kept locked up for decades.Or not.

Oh oh, I hope Morrow hasn’t gotten himself banished to the Tracyville of 1944! It was tough being a goat in those prehistoric days!

No, not yet. Despite efforts from the dark side to put me in the “penalty box”, I still stay on the good side of GC. The problem with the Dark Side is that they, themselves, got on GC’s list big time! And, my new avatar shows respect to the original artist, as do others on this board, causing no collateral damages. Thus, without proof of damages yields one without standing.

Can you say “Fritz Ann”?

It probably will be Fritz Ann, but I wanted to keep my options open.

Nope — Henrik Willemse met his fate at the hands on Punjab and his magic blanket.

What happens to people with the magi blanket? I take it that this is not its first appearance. Do they just disintegrate, or are they transported somewhere?

Betcha annie comes back thru the time warp of simmons corner circa 1944 as VENUS circa 2014 :)