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Who knew? the ideal girl is from Kansas??
Ok, so normally Dick Tracey is before my time.
I was watching Ghostbusters, now considering I was born in 1981 I could see how this classic is also before many of the teens and early 20s ‘time’.
Oh, so much more fun suff! Be careful what you wish for – a plain farm girl from Kansas could be…SuperGirl!! Oh, wrong gender….
The moon folks seem pretty cold; they already have one of the coupes on display! Moon Maid doesn’t seem bothered by Junior’s broken heart. Hmm, I won’t jump to any conclusion, though.
For a second there, I thought Diet was one of them with what looks like his antenae in the second row there.
The moon folks are being foolish. What happens if those two ships get damaged or destroyed? What they need is to establish a trade relationship with Earth like Diet (how do you pronounce that?) proposed. That way, they can get a sustained supply of titanium and can build a lot more than two ships. But they’ll never establish that kind of trade relationship if they begin with an act of piracy like this.
Of course, the real tragedy is that the moon people are overlooking the large quantities of titanium that can in fact be found on the near side of the Moon:
http://www.lunarrepublic.com/atlas/titan_map.shtml
I guess they’re not as advanced as they think if they’ve missed those!
Christopher, a trade relationship may be smarter, but where’s the fun in that? I’d rather have the guys sweat it out in the barless prison and provide some more entertaining musings, and who knows what else!!
It *is* a comic strip, after all!
“Its back to the barless prison for us.”
I’m gonna rememeber that when I go back into the office on Tuesday morn.
Poor Junior! Not only does Moon Maid break his heart, but then she mocks him as well! Here’s a little lemon juice in your eye, Junior. Never fear, though. What goes around, comes around!
Love it!
Hi Richard! That’s strange!
lol Jay, I’m there now! Well, I work at home, but during working hours it certainly is a barless prison. Especially when I know most everyone else is out doing something of their choosing today!
Richard, that sounds like a very interesting comic. Was it a comic book or a stip? There’s not much to go on, but I’d like to take a stab at finding some more information.
Andorians on the moon!
Richard: I agree, and I am aware of the various sci-fi tropes used, but they also have white hair and that lady has such an especially big ‘do that I couldn’t help but think of Trek.
Since even the Sunday strips are being reproduced in black and white here, we can’t be sure the Moon people’s hair is actually white. Wikipedia says:
“The Moon race looked like Caucasian humans except for having abnormally large eyes and giraffe-like horns on their foreheads.”
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moon_Maid_(comic)
So I expect Moon Maid’s hair was probably blond. Note that there’s a black-haired Moon woman appearing in the first few panels.
On the other hand, those are clearly your classic ’50s “little green man” antennae, not giraffe horns.
Oh, and beware — that Wikipedia link in my last post contains spoilers for this storyline.
Man… Talk about a trip down memory lane….
I recall that after we landed on the Moon for real in 1969… Chester Gould wrote a story in Tracy that ended the contact with the Moon People. Something to the effect “You violated our trust and came here. We are cutting off all contact with you.” Or, something to that effect.
Can’t wait for you to post more (I’m wondering about that body in the tree…)
Rob
I could never trust a girl with eyes like that in the first place…LOL
A Dick Tracy strip from 1982 I clipped mentions “The Wrath of Khan” here…
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_s8l-yu7AZLM/SNJK49_4gyI/AAAAAAAADts/y2DJ-A_oUQw/s1600-h/dick_tracy.jpg
Frederick: That’s hilarious!
At least it was TWOK and not TMP, as those prints weren’t quite dry yet, as legend has it.
True.. I think the editors were cutting in effects even as it was being loaded onto the projector at the premiere!
I always thought that Moon Maid and her race were the inspiration for the Andorians on TOS. I’m sure I’m not the first to say that now or think it way back then. Moon Maid was hot in my young book as a kid. And those thigh-high boots! They made me want to roll around on the floor naked, cause I didn’t know anything else at the time.
Hahaha! Gooch – good call!
Love that Dick Tracy 80’s reference, nice shout out.
Frederick, HAA! rolling on the floor naked!! Funny stuff!!!
ROFL oh Frederick
Whoa… whatta dish… (catching up on DT)
LLP,
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