Dick Tracy by Mike Curtis and Charles Ettinger for July 11, 2016

OMG!

The Phantom …?!

Mr Walker came to town?

Wow, what a way to start the summer arc!

Yes! The Phantom comes to town!

Phantom sounds good….Tracy always needs outside help to survive Abner…

Meanwhile, they forget and leave the Airtomb in baggage and Abner ends up in China, lol

Wish they still made these.

The blue coating was a color not found in nature!

He could be at the airport for almost any reason.

“Mr. Walker” …

… for THE GHOST WHO WALKS.

“The Phantom” is owned by King Features, so this will probably be a “Popeye”-style visit at most.

[ Assuming that Mike isn’t just yanking our chains here. ]

Where’s Bill? He’s missing this.

.Good morning fellow DT and Phantom fans!.I hope Abner is out of the airtomb by now.

Nevermind The Phantom, Dick survived both the Godzilla marathon AND Tess!

Actor Tom Tyler, looking pretty much pitch-perfect in the 1943 Columbia Pictures serial …

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Note that The Phantom’s headgear would effectively disguise any changes of hair color over the generations.

Always a pleasure to see Honeymoon. Tess and Junior pause for a selfie, missing both wolf and Phantom. That headgear would get old fast. Devil looks formidable.

Did Tribune get clearance from King Features to do this?

Of course, we’re all assuming the owner of that wolf is someone we’d recognize. Nudge-Nudge, Wink-Wink.

Don’t fall for it Gweedo…Bill is hoping Abner accidentally smothered himself so that he can have the crypt al to himself and his main squeeze Rikki ;) lol

BTW.. judging by yesterday’s edition, it looks like someone who’s name I wont mention (but it rhymes with bess) made a trip to joan river’s plastic surgeon

Any chance that this is the Asp with a wolf related to the Phantom’s? Also, what are the Tracys doing in a commercial airport terminal when they are taking Diet Smith’s plane, which should be at a separate hangar? (Probable answer: to facilitate the meeting with the wolf and its owner LOL.)

Note that Tracy’s shadow in panel 3 does not convey any surprise or concern.

Honey Moon …

I’d love to see how Honeymoon got those antennae past airport security…

I know of only one hero who travels with a wolf as his companion. The wolf is named Devil. Devil accompanies The Ghost Who Walks! The Phantom! The Man Who Cannot Die!

One of my favorites, also (read it every day at Comics Kingdom). And tsull2121, I agree that the late Paul Ryan’s art work was really great, deserving of recognition.I would certainly relish a Phantom/Dick Tracy crossover, though like others I wonder how the respective syndicates would deal with it….

Gweedo greeted,Good morning o’ ghost who types !-—————————————————————————-.Good afternoon Gweedo.

Alsatians also known as German Shepards do resemble wolves a bit.

Good point. Honeymoon thinks it’s a wolf, but it hasn’t been confirmed.

Heck, at the slow rate the Phantom and Kit Jr are traveling to the Himalayas (he’s taking his son to Tibet to learn to become the Phantom), if Tracy wanted to visit India after wrapping up his European tour, we could have a crossover. Only thing is that Devil isn’t with them as a Ghost Who Walks is fine, but a wolf that rides in mid-1940’s airplanes is sure to get really, really sick. No one wants to clean up after that!

Walt Wallet is the Kevin Bacon of comics…

i have a feeling this is going to be a great story

“The Ghost Who Cameos”!

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Clever, JPuzz!

Remember, in January at the detective convention Tracy talked to Internet detective Dethany Denrobia of “On the Fastrack” (who has met Rikki Mortis) about being part of this case. And Rikki has that as-yet-unseen mechanical monster…

I don’t know where he got a wolf. Certainly not in Africa.

Somewhat surprisingly, he did get the wolf in Africa. I can post more details when the new strip goes up because I don’t have time at the moment.

Whoopee, it’s Honeymoon!