Shoot on through to the other side.

It would seem that not content to show up on the weekends in beautiful technicolor, Rick Tracy has decided that Dick could use some help and has come on to the scene with guns blazing.  Meanwhile, Dick has decided to dive for cover, leaving it up to Rick to take over the fight.  This is quite an interesting development, but couldn't their meeting tear a hole in the spacetime continuum, dooming us all to cease to exist, or are there different rules for when you meet your counterpart from another dimension?  (Ah well, I'm sure it will become clearer in time.  Perhaps the two versions will simply meld seamlessly into a new hybrid life form.)  The more pressing business is whether Rick will be able to hit the little slot that represents Magnum's mouth, and end this robot rampage.  (Speaking of Magnum, is anyone else reminded of those fair games where you have to shoot water into the clown's mouth, or is it just me?)
Wait, wait, wait.  You're just now calling for backup?  Shouldn't you have done that before you ran inside of the building to start the fight?  Isn't that part of the procedure?  (Perhaps they do things differently in the brightly colored Sunday Dimension.)  Ah yes, Rick, I'm sure that in your dimension tanks are plentiful and each police station has several parked outside for just such an occasion, but this isn't your dimension and you've got to work with what you can get your hands on.  The thing that I actually find most troubling about this strip is the fact that the Chief seems reluctant to send people to help out.  (Could it be that she's been looking for an excuse to get rid of Tracy, or does she somehow know that Dick isn't the one speaking to her?)  I do feel sorry for TRAZE-R though, who appears to have been given the "He's dead off screen" treatment.  Poor guy.  Maybe he'll come back and save the day.  (Maybe not.)

Meanwhile, in the safety of the bush outside of the building, Dick continues to endure Magnum's assault (which means that somehow the fight has moved outside.  I'm not sure when or how, but little differences in details like that are expected in fast moving situations like these, if this were a fast moving situation, that is.).  You know, you'd figure that if Magnum was able to shoot out TRAZE-R's tiny eyes from a distance, he wouldn't have any trouble taking care of a man hiding behind a bush.  (You'd think so, but it's harder than it looks.  Please refer to the case of Legolas Greenleaf, who could easily shoot a goblin in the eye deep within the dimly lit Mines of Moria, but couldn't shoot one orc carrying a torch before it blew up a very important wall.)  We can only hope that it's a laser proof bush, or else Rick may have to stay in this dimension permanently, or jump back and forth between dimensions to keep both worlds going.

(And what is with this repeated use of "Yi!"?  Have characters nothing better to do than say letters of the Cyrillic alphabet while they're being chased or shot at?)