Введение
Флаттоп Джонс Старший — вымышленный злодей, созданный Честером Гулдом для комикса о Дике Трейси. Его прозвище происходит от его большой головы, совершенно плоской сверху.
Flattop Jones, Sr. is a fictional villain created by Chester Gould for the Dick Tracy comic strip. His nickname comes from his large head that is perfectly flat on the top.
История вымышленного персонажа
Гулд мало рассказывал о личной жизни Флаттопа в комиксе, но детали его биографии, которые он всё же раскрывал, имеют сходство с реальным гангстером времён Великой депрессии Прети Боем Флойдом. Например, Флаттоп утверждает в комиксе, что он – независимый киллер из «Крукстон-Хиллз», пародийной версии родного города Флойда, Куксон-Хиллз в Оклахоме. В комиксе также упоминается участие Флаттопа в «Канзас-Ситийской бойне», инциденте 1933 года, в котором, как предполагалось, был замешан Флойд.
Gould revealed little about Flattop's personal life in the comic strip, but the background references that he did give the character share similarities to real life Depression era gangster Pretty Boy Floyd. For example, Flattop claims in the strip to be a freelance hitman from "Crookston Hills", a parody version of Floyd's hometown of Cookson Hills in Oklahoma. The comic strip also references Flattop's involvement in the "Kansas City Massacre," a 1933 incident in which Floyd was alleged to have been involved.
Появление в комиксе
Персонаж Гулда возглавляет банду из трех головорезов и известен как "ас-убийца" в одном из газетных заголовков, показанных в комиксе (совершив пять убийств). В сюжетной линии, где Флэттоп – главный злодей, дельцы с черного рынка нанимают его для устранения Дика Трейси за 5000 долларов: в пять раз больше обычной ставки. Флэттоп доказывает свою ценность, быстро организовав успешную операцию, включающую ссору из-за денег, чтобы захватить Трейси в машине убийцы, чтобы перевезти его туда, где его можно будет убить незамеченным. К счастью для Трейси, Флэттоп останавливается, когда понимает, что если его работодатели готовы заплатить такую высокую цену за смерть Трейси, то они наверняка будут достаточно отчаяны, чтобы заплатить гораздо больше. Поэтому Флэттоп решает шантажировать своих работодателей на дополнительные 50 000 долларов, чтобы он не выпустил детектива с информацией, необходимой Трейси для их ареста. Прячась в комнате, пока сделка завершается, Трейси узнает, что жительница, живущая с матерью внизу, – участница Женского армейского корпуса (WAC), изучающая азбуку Морзе. Используя доступное в комнате пианино, он играет на нем и отстукивает код на полу, как будто задавая ритм музыке, надеясь, что WAC внизу, Марджи Элонг, узнает сигнал бедствия. И действительно, Элонг и ее мать получают сообщение и вызывают полицию. Однако, даже когда напарник Трейси, Пэт Паттон, готовится к спасению, Флэттоп, заключив сделку о шантаже, готовится застрелить Трейси, окруженного своими подручными. На счет три Трейси прерывает убийство, бросаясь на убийцу и выхватывая у него пистолет. В схватке Трейси удается убить подручного "Пулеметного" Эдди из томмигана, используя его, чтобы расправиться с остальной бандой Флэттопа, пока полиция штурмует убежище. Пока полиция оказывает помощь Трейси, детектив предлагает публично объявить его мертвым, рассчитывая, что работодатели Флэттопа вскоре свяжутся с убийцей. Дельцы с черного рынка клюют на наживку, звонят Флэттопу, чтобы пригласить его на празднование, и полиция быстро прибывает, чтобы арестовать их всех. Однако Флэттоп сбегает и становится преследуемым беглецом, которому мешает его крайне отличительная внешность. Это приводит к долгой погоне, во время которой Флэттоп скрывается в пансионе, подвергаясь вымогательству со стороны хитрого ребенка Бада Дженкинса, который его прячет. Ребенок тонет в озере, катаясь на дорогих новых коньках, купленных на деньги от шантажа. Это приводит Трейси к пансиону, вынуждая Флэттопа бежать. В комическом эпизоде Флэттоп решает спрятать свои 50 000 долларов в старом семейном альбоме, который он выдолбил, опасаясь, что если он выйдет с такой суммой денег, его могут ограбить. Когда Трейси посещает пансион, чтобы допросить мать погибшего мальчика о том, что ее сын размахивал пятидесятидолларовыми купюрами по городу, репортер, нуждающийся в хорошей фотографии покойного, находит деньги в альбоме. На допросе мать понимает, что деньги могли принадлежать только ее жильцу, вынуждая Флэттопа бежать с места происшествия, когда Трейси штурмует комнату. Это начинается череда погонь, которая длится шесть месяцев, начиная с конца 1943 года. Сначала Флэттоп прячется в дымоходе и его жалят пчелы в улье, который он там потревожил. Затем, ускользнув, искусанный и покрытый медом, Флэттоп заставляет уличного торговца, продающего бензин под видом моющего средства, использовать его для очистки, а затем убивает торговца, чтобы инсценировать свою смерть и украсть военные облигации своей жертвы. В конце концов, Флэттоп прячется в отеле, но военные облигации вылетают из окна и выдают его местоположение. В отчаянии, когда полицейский сообщает об этом в штаб, он прячется в комнате Витамина Флинтхарта, стареющего актера. После попытки объяснить свое вторжение, Флэттоп нападает на Флинтхарта и использует его косметику для маскировки. Трейси, Паттон и Флинтхарт продолжают поиски и сражаются с Флэттопом, чуть не обманувшись ребенком, которому Флэттоп передал свою маскировку, надеясь сделать его приманкой. Флэттоп тяжело ранен, но успешно лечится под стражей. Не желая, чтобы Флэттоп канул в Лету, Гулду удалось найти способ продолжить историю. В комиксе подробно описывается побег Флэттопа из-под стражи, захват Флинтхарта в заложники и его укрытие в портовой зоне. В конечном итоге, 14 мая 1944 года, Флэттоп тонет, пытаясь сбежать от Трейси, застряв между двумя распорками реплики "Санта-Марии". В оригинальной истории комический эффект достигается благодаря Витамину Флинтхарту, который обманывает офицера Мерфи, а затем Флэттопа, заставляя их покупать ему витаминные таблетки и, когда его просят вернуть долг, всегда отвечает: "Запишите на мой счет". Дополнительный комизм создает Флинтхарт, который, оказавшись на реплике "Санта-Марии", утверждает, что не умеет плавать, так как в юном возрасте упал в пруд с кувшинками у своей тети. В сюжетной линии 1986 года репортер Венди Вичел обращается к Дику Трейси с новой информацией о Флэттопе и инциденте во время Второй мировой войны, который держался в секрете и в котором был замешан Трейси. До встречи с Трейси в 1944 году Флэттоп был нанят нацистским шпионом Боше, также известным как Прунефейс, чтобы похитить агента ФБР Джима Трейлера, близкого друга Дика Трейси, и ученого, которого Трейлер и Трейси охраняли: профессора Ролока Барда. Флэттопу было приказано убить Трейлера и передать профессора Прунефейсу. Бард предупредил Флэттопа, что его отправят за границу для создания смертоносного оружия для стран Оси, что заставило Флэттопа предать Прунефейса и выставить Барда и Трейлера на аукцион, кому предложит больше. Власти в Вашингтоне, округ Колумбия, якобы участвовавшие в аукционе, уполномочили Трейси вести переговоры, пока они отслеживали звонок Флэттопа. Трейси и его напарник, Пэт Паттон, ворвались в убежище Флэттопа и освободили Трейлера, в то время как Флэттоп сбежал с профессором. Флэттоп связал Барда на той же реплике "Санта-Марии", где он позже утонул. Последнее появление Флэттопа в этой сюжетной линии – его встреча с Прунефейсом, чтобы получить свои 50 000 долларов и сообщить ему, где найти Барда. Прунефейс поклялся, что убьет Флэттопа, если тот когда-либо посмеет предать его снова.
Gould's character leads a gang of three hoods and is known as an "ace killer" in one newspaper headline shown in the comic strip (having committed five murders). In the storyline in which Flattop is the featured villain, black marketeers hire him to eliminate Dick Tracy for a fee of $5000: five times his regular rate. Flattop proves his value by quickly orchestrating a successful setup involving an argument over money to capture Tracy in the killer's car, to be transported somewhere where he can be murdered undisturbed. Fortunately for Tracy, Flattop stops just short of doing the deed when he realizes that if his employers are willing to pay such a high price for Tracy's death, then they would surely be desperate enough to pay much more. As such, Flattop decides to blackmail his employers for an additional $50,000, lest he release the detective with the information Tracy needs to arrest them. Hiding in a boarding room while the transaction is completed, Tracy learns that a resident living with her mother downstairs is a WAC who is learning Morse code. Taking advantage of an available piano in the room, he plays it and stamps on the floor in code as if keeping time to his music, hoping that the WAC below, Margie Elong, will recognize the call for help. Sure enough, Elong and her mother get the message and alert the police. However, even as Tracy's partner, Pat Patton, is preparing for a rescue; Flattop, having closed his blackmail deal, prepares to shoot Tracy while he is surrounded by his henchmen. On Flattop's count of three, Tracy interrupts the assassination by lunging at the killer and wrestles for his gun. In the struggle, Tracy manages to kill a henchman, "Machine Gun" Eddie, with a Tommy gun, using it to kill the rest of Flattop's gang even as the police were storming the hideout. While the police tend to Tracy, the detective suggests that it be publicly announced that he was found dead, anticipating that Flattop's employers would contact the killer soon afterward. The black marketeers take the bait, call Flattop's number to invite him for a celebration and the police quickly arrive to arrest the lot of them. However, Flattop escapes and becomes a hunted fugitive hampered by his extremely distinctive appearance. This leads to a long chase, during which Flattop stays in a boarding house while being extorted by the crooked child, Bud Jenkins, who is hiding him. The child drowns in a lake while skating with expensive new skates he buys with the blackmail money. This leads Tracy to the boarding house, forcing Flattop to flee. In a comic relief episode Flattop decides to hide his $50,000 in an old family album that he has hollowed out, as he is afraid that if he goes out with this much money he might be mugged; when Tracy visits the boarding house to question the dead boy's mother about her son flashing $50 bills around town, a reporter in need of a good picture of the deceased finds the money in the album. When questioned, the mother realizes that the money could only have come from her roomer, forcing Flattop to flee the scene just as Tracy storms the room. This begins a chase sequence that lasts for six months beginning at the end of 1943. First, Flattop hides in a chimney and is stung by bees in a hive that he disturbs there. Then, slipping away stung and covered in honey, Flattop forces a street hawker selling gasoline as fraudulent cleaning fluid to use it to clean him, then murders the hawker to fake his own death and to steal his victim's war bonds. Eventually, Flattop hides out in a hotel, but the war bonds blow out a window and betray his location. In desperation as the police officer reports this to headquarters, he hides in the room of Vitamin Flintheart, an aging ham actor. After attempting to explain his trespass, Flattop assaults Flintheart and uses his makeup supplies for a disguise. Tracy, Patton and Flintheart continue the search and battle Flattop after almost being fooled by a child to whom Flattop had passed off his disguise in hopes of making him a decoy. Flattop is severely wounded, but is successfully treated in custody. Loath to let Flattop slip into oblivion, Gould managed to find a way to continue the story. The comic strip details Flattop's escape from custody, the taking of Flintheart hostage, and his hiding in the harbor area. Eventually, on May 14, 1944, Flattop is drowned attempting to flee Tracy, after getting trapped between two struts of a replica of the Santa Maria. In the original story, comic relief is afforded by Vitamin Flintheart, who cons Officer Murphy and then Flattop into buying him vitamin pills and, when asked to repay, always answers, "Charge it". More relief is afforded by Flintheart who, while trapped on the Santa Maria replica, claims he cannot swim since he fell into his aunt's lily pond at a tender age. In a 1986 storyline, reporter Wendy Wichel approaches Dick Tracy with new information concerning Flattop and an incident in World War II which was kept secret and in which Tracy was involved. Before Flattop encountered Tracy in 1944, Flattop was hired by the Nazi spy Boche, a. k. a. Pruneface, to kidnap FBI Agent Jim Trailer, a close friend of Dick Tracy's, and a scientist Trailer and Tracy were protecting: Professor Roloc Bard. Flattop's instructions were to kill Trailer and hand the professor over to Pruneface. Bard warned Flattop that he will be shipped overseas to make deadly weapons for the Axis cause, which caused Flattop to double cross Pruneface and auction Bard and Trailer off to the highest bidder. Authorities in Washington, DC, ostensibly participating in the auction, authorized Tracy to negotiate while they traced Flattop's call. Tracy and his partner, Pat Patton, broke into Flattop's hideout and freed Trailer, while Flattop escaped with the Professor. Flattop tied Bard up in the same replica of the Santa Maria where he would later drown. Flattop's last appearance in this storyline was his meeting with Pruneface to collect his $50,000 and tell him where to find Bard. Pruneface swore that he would kill Flattop if he ever dared to betray him again.
Персонажи, созданные благодаря Flattop
В ответ на популярность Флэттопа, Гулд создал большую семью для этого персонажа, большинство из которых были столь же эксцентричными и закоренелыми преступниками. В их числе:
As a response to Flattop's popularity, Gould created a large family for the character, most of whom were also equally bizarre hardened criminals. These included:
Flattop Jr. – The son of Flattop, an engineering genius who had customized his car into an arsenal of equipment designed to keep him ahead of the law. His accomplice during his crime wave was Joe Period, who Flattop Jr. left to be captured by Dick Tracy and partner Sam Catchem. Flattop Jr. was driven insane by the ghost of a girl he killed, to the point that his hair turned white. He was killed in self defense by Tracy's new partner Lizz Worthington who was also the sister of the girl who was murdered by Flattop Jr.
Stilleta "Mrs. Flattop" Jones – The widow of Flattop Jones and the mother of Flattop Jr. and Angelica "Angeltop" Jones and a former circus performer bent on revenge for the deaths of her husband and children. She was recently killed while fighting with Sprocket Nitrate over trying to force her to be an accomplice on the planned kidnapping of Dick Tracy's grandson Dick "Trey" Tracy III, after which Sprocket killed her by throwing a 100 pound metal film can at her. Unnamed sister – Looks exactly like Flattop and Sharptop (possible triplet), real name was never given, but was referred to by Tracy as "Auntie Flattop". Took care of her nephew Flattop Jr. after Flattop drowned and, like her other cousin Sharptop, seemed like a law abiding person. She genuinely cared about her nephew and was heartbroken when he turned to crime. Blowtop – A brother of Flattop whose distinctive feature was an explosive temper that caused him to rage at the slightest provocation, but only on trivialities; he took legitimate criticism on important matters without complaint. Blowtop was responsible for the kidnapping of Junior Tracy and the arson of Tracy's home. Like his brother Flattop, he has dealt with Vitamin Flintheart, who traded his shirt full of money for a shrunken head. He served 20 years in jail and later reformed. He rejected his niece Angeltop's plan to kill Tracy with the Brow's son and has not been seen since. He recently resurfaced by having his sister in law Stilleta living with him and was nearly murdered by her after an argument with her on a planned kidnapping of Dick Tracy's newborn grandson Dick "Trey" Tracy III. Angeltop – Angelica "Angeltop" Jones, the daughter of Flattop who has a head of equivalent dimensions, not including her fuller hair, sought to murder Dick Tracy in revenge for the death of her father and Policewoman Lizz for killing her brother. Angelica had arrived to do a television interview about her book My Life as Flattop's Daughter. Junior Tracy and Vitamin Flintheart were in the same studio, and Angelica's boyfriend, the Brow's son, shot Vitamin Flintheart. After a fire on the Santa Maria replica in the lake (the same place where her father drowned under) nearly killed her after an attempt to murder Tracy, she had plastic surgery by crooked doctor Willis Carver, whom she later killed. She was arrested later but was broken out of jail by terrorists who wished to sabotage industrialist Diet Smith's nuclear power plant. When that scheme went awry, Angeltop committed suicide with dynamite. Hi Top – The son of Angeltop and an unnamed African American jazz musician who was murdered by Angeltop after she found out that he was planning to divorce her and also planned to take sole custody of the infant Hi Top. Hi Top is, consequently, the grandson of Flattop. He is introduced as the leader of a black street gang, and is recruited by "Little Boy", the alleged grandson of Tracy's original arch enemy "Big Boy" Caprice, alongside Restless Mahoney, the niece of another iconic Tracy villain; Breathless Mahoney. Together, the three form a brief triumvirate of legacies to Tracy's rogues gallery. Sharptop – A third Jones brother (Flattop's identical twin) who grew up right, became a college professor, and was apparently possessed by the ghost of his brother during a seance held by Gravel Gertie's vegan, female chauvinistic, New Age enthusiast niece, Crystal. Poptop – The beer guzzling father of Flattop, Auntie Flattop, Blowtop, and Sharptop, the father in law of Stilleta, the grandfather of Flattop Jr. and Angeltop, the uncle of Frizzletop, and the great grandfather of Hi Top. Considered the criminal members of the family a disgrace and kept his distance from all of them. Croptop Stylistically challenged sister of Flattop and daughter of Poptop. She sports short hair on top, a buzz cut on the sides, and a mullet. She has the puckered lips and general face shape of her family. She wears a crop top showing her midriff. She was first introduced in April, 2024, freshly released from prison with a backstory not previously covered by the strip. With this introduction so long after her siblings in the timeline of the family, her brother Blowtop indicated that there were only five siblings, making her the final sibling to be introduced.
Flattop Jr. – The son of Flattop, an engineering genius who had customized his car into an arsenal of equipment designed to keep him ahead of the law. His accomplice during his crime wave was Joe Period, who Flattop Jr. left to be captured by Dick Tracy and partner Sam Catchem. Flattop Jr. was driven insane by the ghost of a girl he killed, to the point that his hair turned white. He was killed in self defense by Tracy's new partner Lizz Worthington who was also the sister of the girl who was murdered by Flattop Jr.
Stilleta "Mrs. Flattop" Jones – The widow of Flattop Jones and the mother of Flattop Jr. and Angelica "Angeltop" Jones and a former circus performer bent on revenge for the deaths of her husband and children. She was recently killed while fighting with Sprocket Nitrate over trying to force her to be an accomplice on the planned kidnapping of Dick Tracy's grandson Dick "Trey" Tracy III, after which Sprocket killed her by throwing a 100 pound metal film can at her. Unnamed sister – Looks exactly like Flattop and Sharptop (possible triplet), real name was never given, but was referred to by Tracy as "Auntie Flattop". Took care of her nephew Flattop Jr. after Flattop drowned and, like her other cousin Sharptop, seemed like a law abiding person. She genuinely cared about her nephew and was heartbroken when he turned to crime. Blowtop – A brother of Flattop whose distinctive feature was an explosive temper that caused him to rage at the slightest provocation, but only on trivialities; he took legitimate criticism on important matters without complaint. Blowtop was responsible for the kidnapping of Junior Tracy and the arson of Tracy's home. Like his brother Flattop, he has dealt with Vitamin Flintheart, who traded his shirt full of money for a shrunken head. He served 20 years in jail and later reformed. He rejected his niece Angeltop's plan to kill Tracy with the Brow's son and has not been seen since. He recently resurfaced by having his sister in law Stilleta living with him and was nearly murdered by her after an argument with her on a planned kidnapping of Dick Tracy's newborn grandson Dick "Trey" Tracy III. Angeltop – Angelica "Angeltop" Jones, the daughter of Flattop who has a head of equivalent dimensions, not including her fuller hair, sought to murder Dick Tracy in revenge for the death of her father and Policewoman Lizz for killing her brother. Angelica had arrived to do a television interview about her book My Life as Flattop's Daughter. Junior Tracy and Vitamin Flintheart were in the same studio, and Angelica's boyfriend, the Brow's son, shot Vitamin Flintheart. After a fire on the Santa Maria replica in the lake (the same place where her father drowned under) nearly killed her after an attempt to murder Tracy, she had plastic surgery by crooked doctor Willis Carver, whom she later killed. She was arrested later but was broken out of jail by terrorists who wished to sabotage industrialist Diet Smith's nuclear power plant. When that scheme went awry, Angeltop committed suicide with dynamite. Hi Top – The son of Angeltop and an unnamed African American jazz musician who was murdered by Angeltop after she found out that he was planning to divorce her and also planned to take sole custody of the infant Hi Top. Hi Top is, consequently, the grandson of Flattop. He is introduced as the leader of a black street gang, and is recruited by "Little Boy", the alleged grandson of Tracy's original arch enemy "Big Boy" Caprice, alongside Restless Mahoney, the niece of another iconic Tracy villain; Breathless Mahoney. Together, the three form a brief triumvirate of legacies to Tracy's rogues gallery. Sharptop – A third Jones brother (Flattop's identical twin) who grew up right, became a college professor, and was apparently possessed by the ghost of his brother during a seance held by Gravel Gertie's vegan, female chauvinistic, New Age enthusiast niece, Crystal. Poptop – The beer guzzling father of Flattop, Auntie Flattop, Blowtop, and Sharptop, the father in law of Stilleta, the grandfather of Flattop Jr. and Angeltop, the uncle of Frizzletop, and the great grandfather of Hi Top. Considered the criminal members of the family a disgrace and kept his distance from all of them. Croptop Stylistically challenged sister of Flattop and daughter of Poptop. She sports short hair on top, a buzz cut on the sides, and a mullet. She has the puckered lips and general face shape of her family. She wears a crop top showing her midriff. She was first introduced in April, 2024, freshly released from prison with a backstory not previously covered by the strip. With this introduction so long after her siblings in the timeline of the family, her brother Blowtop indicated that there were only five siblings, making her the final sibling to be introduced.
Флэттоп-младший – сын Флэттопа, гениальный инженер, превративший свой автомобиль в арсенал оборудования, призванного держать его на шаг впереди закона. Его сообщником в серии преступлений был Джо Период, которого Флэттоп-младший оставил, чтобы его захватили Дик Трейси и его напарник Сэм Кэтчем. Флэттоп-младший сошел с ума от призрака девушки, которую он убил, настолько, что его волосы поседели. Он был убит при самообороне новой напарницей Трейси, Лизз Уортингтон, которая также была сестрой убитой Флэттопом-младшим.
As a response to Flattop's popularity, Gould created a large family for the character, most of whom were also equally bizarre hardened criminals. These included:
Flattop Jr. – The son of Flattop, an engineering genius who had customized his car into an arsenal of equipment designed to keep him ahead of the law. His accomplice during his crime wave was Joe Period, who Flattop Jr. left to be captured by Dick Tracy and partner Sam Catchem. Flattop Jr. was driven insane by the ghost of a girl he killed, to the point that his hair turned white. He was killed in self defense by Tracy's new partner Lizz Worthington who was also the sister of the girl who was murdered by Flattop Jr.
Stilleta "Mrs. Flattop" Jones – The widow of Flattop Jones and the mother of Flattop Jr. and Angelica "Angeltop" Jones and a former circus performer bent on revenge for the deaths of her husband and children. She was recently killed while fighting with Sprocket Nitrate over trying to force her to be an accomplice on the planned kidnapping of Dick Tracy's grandson Dick "Trey" Tracy III, after which Sprocket killed her by throwing a 100 pound metal film can at her. Unnamed sister – Looks exactly like Flattop and Sharptop (possible triplet), real name was never given, but was referred to by Tracy as "Auntie Flattop". Took care of her nephew Flattop Jr. after Flattop drowned and, like her other cousin Sharptop, seemed like a law abiding person. She genuinely cared about her nephew and was heartbroken when he turned to crime. Blowtop – A brother of Flattop whose distinctive feature was an explosive temper that caused him to rage at the slightest provocation, but only on trivialities; he took legitimate criticism on important matters without complaint. Blowtop was responsible for the kidnapping of Junior Tracy and the arson of Tracy's home. Like his brother Flattop, he has dealt with Vitamin Flintheart, who traded his shirt full of money for a shrunken head. He served 20 years in jail and later reformed. He rejected his niece Angeltop's plan to kill Tracy with the Brow's son and has not been seen since. He recently resurfaced by having his sister in law Stilleta living with him and was nearly murdered by her after an argument with her on a planned kidnapping of Dick Tracy's newborn grandson Dick "Trey" Tracy III. Angeltop – Angelica "Angeltop" Jones, the daughter of Flattop who has a head of equivalent dimensions, not including her fuller hair, sought to murder Dick Tracy in revenge for the death of her father and Policewoman Lizz for killing her brother. Angelica had arrived to do a television interview about her book My Life as Flattop's Daughter. Junior Tracy and Vitamin Flintheart were in the same studio, and Angelica's boyfriend, the Brow's son, shot Vitamin Flintheart. After a fire on the Santa Maria replica in the lake (the same place where her father drowned under) nearly killed her after an attempt to murder Tracy, she had plastic surgery by crooked doctor Willis Carver, whom she later killed. She was arrested later but was broken out of jail by terrorists who wished to sabotage industrialist Diet Smith's nuclear power plant. When that scheme went awry, Angeltop committed suicide with dynamite. Hi Top – The son of Angeltop and an unnamed African American jazz musician who was murdered by Angeltop after she found out that he was planning to divorce her and also planned to take sole custody of the infant Hi Top. Hi Top is, consequently, the grandson of Flattop. He is introduced as the leader of a black street gang, and is recruited by "Little Boy", the alleged grandson of Tracy's original arch enemy "Big Boy" Caprice, alongside Restless Mahoney, the niece of another iconic Tracy villain; Breathless Mahoney. Together, the three form a brief triumvirate of legacies to Tracy's rogues gallery. Sharptop – A third Jones brother (Flattop's identical twin) who grew up right, became a college professor, and was apparently possessed by the ghost of his brother during a seance held by Gravel Gertie's vegan, female chauvinistic, New Age enthusiast niece, Crystal. Poptop – The beer guzzling father of Flattop, Auntie Flattop, Blowtop, and Sharptop, the father in law of Stilleta, the grandfather of Flattop Jr. and Angeltop, the uncle of Frizzletop, and the great grandfather of Hi Top. Considered the criminal members of the family a disgrace and kept his distance from all of them. Croptop Stylistically challenged sister of Flattop and daughter of Poptop. She sports short hair on top, a buzz cut on the sides, and a mullet. She has the puckered lips and general face shape of her family. She wears a crop top showing her midriff. She was first introduced in April, 2024, freshly released from prison with a backstory not previously covered by the strip. With this introduction so long after her siblings in the timeline of the family, her brother Blowtop indicated that there were only five siblings, making her the final sibling to be introduced.
Flattop Jr. – The son of Flattop, an engineering genius who had customized his car into an arsenal of equipment designed to keep him ahead of the law. His accomplice during his crime wave was Joe Period, who Flattop Jr. left to be captured by Dick Tracy and partner Sam Catchem. Flattop Jr. was driven insane by the ghost of a girl he killed, to the point that his hair turned white. He was killed in self defense by Tracy's new partner Lizz Worthington who was also the sister of the girl who was murdered by Flattop Jr.
Stilleta "Mrs. Flattop" Jones – The widow of Flattop Jones and the mother of Flattop Jr. and Angelica "Angeltop" Jones and a former circus performer bent on revenge for the deaths of her husband and children. She was recently killed while fighting with Sprocket Nitrate over trying to force her to be an accomplice on the planned kidnapping of Dick Tracy's grandson Dick "Trey" Tracy III, after which Sprocket killed her by throwing a 100 pound metal film can at her. Unnamed sister – Looks exactly like Flattop and Sharptop (possible triplet), real name was never given, but was referred to by Tracy as "Auntie Flattop". Took care of her nephew Flattop Jr. after Flattop drowned and, like her other cousin Sharptop, seemed like a law abiding person. She genuinely cared about her nephew and was heartbroken when he turned to crime. Blowtop – A brother of Flattop whose distinctive feature was an explosive temper that caused him to rage at the slightest provocation, but only on trivialities; he took legitimate criticism on important matters without complaint. Blowtop was responsible for the kidnapping of Junior Tracy and the arson of Tracy's home. Like his brother Flattop, he has dealt with Vitamin Flintheart, who traded his shirt full of money for a shrunken head. He served 20 years in jail and later reformed. He rejected his niece Angeltop's plan to kill Tracy with the Brow's son and has not been seen since. He recently resurfaced by having his sister in law Stilleta living with him and was nearly murdered by her after an argument with her on a planned kidnapping of Dick Tracy's newborn grandson Dick "Trey" Tracy III. Angeltop – Angelica "Angeltop" Jones, the daughter of Flattop who has a head of equivalent dimensions, not including her fuller hair, sought to murder Dick Tracy in revenge for the death of her father and Policewoman Lizz for killing her brother. Angelica had arrived to do a television interview about her book My Life as Flattop's Daughter. Junior Tracy and Vitamin Flintheart were in the same studio, and Angelica's boyfriend, the Brow's son, shot Vitamin Flintheart. After a fire on the Santa Maria replica in the lake (the same place where her father drowned under) nearly killed her after an attempt to murder Tracy, she had plastic surgery by crooked doctor Willis Carver, whom she later killed. She was arrested later but was broken out of jail by terrorists who wished to sabotage industrialist Diet Smith's nuclear power plant. When that scheme went awry, Angeltop committed suicide with dynamite. Hi Top – The son of Angeltop and an unnamed African American jazz musician who was murdered by Angeltop after she found out that he was planning to divorce her and also planned to take sole custody of the infant Hi Top. Hi Top is, consequently, the grandson of Flattop. He is introduced as the leader of a black street gang, and is recruited by "Little Boy", the alleged grandson of Tracy's original arch enemy "Big Boy" Caprice, alongside Restless Mahoney, the niece of another iconic Tracy villain; Breathless Mahoney. Together, the three form a brief triumvirate of legacies to Tracy's rogues gallery. Sharptop – A third Jones brother (Flattop's identical twin) who grew up right, became a college professor, and was apparently possessed by the ghost of his brother during a seance held by Gravel Gertie's vegan, female chauvinistic, New Age enthusiast niece, Crystal. Poptop – The beer guzzling father of Flattop, Auntie Flattop, Blowtop, and Sharptop, the father in law of Stilleta, the grandfather of Flattop Jr. and Angeltop, the uncle of Frizzletop, and the great grandfather of Hi Top. Considered the criminal members of the family a disgrace and kept his distance from all of them. Croptop Stylistically challenged sister of Flattop and daughter of Poptop. She sports short hair on top, a buzz cut on the sides, and a mullet. She has the puckered lips and general face shape of her family. She wears a crop top showing her midriff. She was first introduced in April, 2024, freshly released from prison with a backstory not previously covered by the strip. With this introduction so long after her siblings in the timeline of the family, her brother Blowtop indicated that there were only five siblings, making her the final sibling to be introduced.
Стилетта "Миссис Флэттоп" Джонс – вдова Флэттопа Джонса и мать Флэттопа-младшего и Анжелики "Ангельтоп" Джонс, бывшая цирковая артистка, жаждущая мести за смерть мужа и детей. Недавно она была убита во время схватки со Спрокетом Нитратом из-за попыток заставить ее стать сообщницей в планируемом похищении внука Дика Трейси, Дика "Трея" Трейси III, после чего Спрокет убил ее, бросив в нее 100-фунтовую металлическую канистру с пленкой.
As a response to Flattop's popularity, Gould created a large family for the character, most of whom were also equally bizarre hardened criminals. These included:
Flattop Jr. – The son of Flattop, an engineering genius who had customized his car into an arsenal of equipment designed to keep him ahead of the law. His accomplice during his crime wave was Joe Period, who Flattop Jr. left to be captured by Dick Tracy and partner Sam Catchem. Flattop Jr. was driven insane by the ghost of a girl he killed, to the point that his hair turned white. He was killed in self defense by Tracy's new partner Lizz Worthington who was also the sister of the girl who was murdered by Flattop Jr.
Stilleta "Mrs. Flattop" Jones – The widow of Flattop Jones and the mother of Flattop Jr. and Angelica "Angeltop" Jones and a former circus performer bent on revenge for the deaths of her husband and children. She was recently killed while fighting with Sprocket Nitrate over trying to force her to be an accomplice on the planned kidnapping of Dick Tracy's grandson Dick "Trey" Tracy III, after which Sprocket killed her by throwing a 100 pound metal film can at her. Unnamed sister – Looks exactly like Flattop and Sharptop (possible triplet), real name was never given, but was referred to by Tracy as "Auntie Flattop". Took care of her nephew Flattop Jr. after Flattop drowned and, like her other cousin Sharptop, seemed like a law abiding person. She genuinely cared about her nephew and was heartbroken when he turned to crime. Blowtop – A brother of Flattop whose distinctive feature was an explosive temper that caused him to rage at the slightest provocation, but only on trivialities; he took legitimate criticism on important matters without complaint. Blowtop was responsible for the kidnapping of Junior Tracy and the arson of Tracy's home. Like his brother Flattop, he has dealt with Vitamin Flintheart, who traded his shirt full of money for a shrunken head. He served 20 years in jail and later reformed. He rejected his niece Angeltop's plan to kill Tracy with the Brow's son and has not been seen since. He recently resurfaced by having his sister in law Stilleta living with him and was nearly murdered by her after an argument with her on a planned kidnapping of Dick Tracy's newborn grandson Dick "Trey" Tracy III. Angeltop – Angelica "Angeltop" Jones, the daughter of Flattop who has a head of equivalent dimensions, not including her fuller hair, sought to murder Dick Tracy in revenge for the death of her father and Policewoman Lizz for killing her brother. Angelica had arrived to do a television interview about her book My Life as Flattop's Daughter. Junior Tracy and Vitamin Flintheart were in the same studio, and Angelica's boyfriend, the Brow's son, shot Vitamin Flintheart. After a fire on the Santa Maria replica in the lake (the same place where her father drowned under) nearly killed her after an attempt to murder Tracy, she had plastic surgery by crooked doctor Willis Carver, whom she later killed. She was arrested later but was broken out of jail by terrorists who wished to sabotage industrialist Diet Smith's nuclear power plant. When that scheme went awry, Angeltop committed suicide with dynamite. Hi Top – The son of Angeltop and an unnamed African American jazz musician who was murdered by Angeltop after she found out that he was planning to divorce her and also planned to take sole custody of the infant Hi Top. Hi Top is, consequently, the grandson of Flattop. He is introduced as the leader of a black street gang, and is recruited by "Little Boy", the alleged grandson of Tracy's original arch enemy "Big Boy" Caprice, alongside Restless Mahoney, the niece of another iconic Tracy villain; Breathless Mahoney. Together, the three form a brief triumvirate of legacies to Tracy's rogues gallery. Sharptop – A third Jones brother (Flattop's identical twin) who grew up right, became a college professor, and was apparently possessed by the ghost of his brother during a seance held by Gravel Gertie's vegan, female chauvinistic, New Age enthusiast niece, Crystal. Poptop – The beer guzzling father of Flattop, Auntie Flattop, Blowtop, and Sharptop, the father in law of Stilleta, the grandfather of Flattop Jr. and Angeltop, the uncle of Frizzletop, and the great grandfather of Hi Top. Considered the criminal members of the family a disgrace and kept his distance from all of them. Croptop Stylistically challenged sister of Flattop and daughter of Poptop. She sports short hair on top, a buzz cut on the sides, and a mullet. She has the puckered lips and general face shape of her family. She wears a crop top showing her midriff. She was first introduced in April, 2024, freshly released from prison with a backstory not previously covered by the strip. With this introduction so long after her siblings in the timeline of the family, her brother Blowtop indicated that there were only five siblings, making her the final sibling to be introduced.
Flattop Jr. – The son of Flattop, an engineering genius who had customized his car into an arsenal of equipment designed to keep him ahead of the law. His accomplice during his crime wave was Joe Period, who Flattop Jr. left to be captured by Dick Tracy and partner Sam Catchem. Flattop Jr. was driven insane by the ghost of a girl he killed, to the point that his hair turned white. He was killed in self defense by Tracy's new partner Lizz Worthington who was also the sister of the girl who was murdered by Flattop Jr.
Stilleta "Mrs. Flattop" Jones – The widow of Flattop Jones and the mother of Flattop Jr. and Angelica "Angeltop" Jones and a former circus performer bent on revenge for the deaths of her husband and children. She was recently killed while fighting with Sprocket Nitrate over trying to force her to be an accomplice on the planned kidnapping of Dick Tracy's grandson Dick "Trey" Tracy III, after which Sprocket killed her by throwing a 100 pound metal film can at her. Unnamed sister – Looks exactly like Flattop and Sharptop (possible triplet), real name was never given, but was referred to by Tracy as "Auntie Flattop". Took care of her nephew Flattop Jr. after Flattop drowned and, like her other cousin Sharptop, seemed like a law abiding person. She genuinely cared about her nephew and was heartbroken when he turned to crime. Blowtop – A brother of Flattop whose distinctive feature was an explosive temper that caused him to rage at the slightest provocation, but only on trivialities; he took legitimate criticism on important matters without complaint. Blowtop was responsible for the kidnapping of Junior Tracy and the arson of Tracy's home. Like his brother Flattop, he has dealt with Vitamin Flintheart, who traded his shirt full of money for a shrunken head. He served 20 years in jail and later reformed. He rejected his niece Angeltop's plan to kill Tracy with the Brow's son and has not been seen since. He recently resurfaced by having his sister in law Stilleta living with him and was nearly murdered by her after an argument with her on a planned kidnapping of Dick Tracy's newborn grandson Dick "Trey" Tracy III. Angeltop – Angelica "Angeltop" Jones, the daughter of Flattop who has a head of equivalent dimensions, not including her fuller hair, sought to murder Dick Tracy in revenge for the death of her father and Policewoman Lizz for killing her brother. Angelica had arrived to do a television interview about her book My Life as Flattop's Daughter. Junior Tracy and Vitamin Flintheart were in the same studio, and Angelica's boyfriend, the Brow's son, shot Vitamin Flintheart. After a fire on the Santa Maria replica in the lake (the same place where her father drowned under) nearly killed her after an attempt to murder Tracy, she had plastic surgery by crooked doctor Willis Carver, whom she later killed. She was arrested later but was broken out of jail by terrorists who wished to sabotage industrialist Diet Smith's nuclear power plant. When that scheme went awry, Angeltop committed suicide with dynamite. Hi Top – The son of Angeltop and an unnamed African American jazz musician who was murdered by Angeltop after she found out that he was planning to divorce her and also planned to take sole custody of the infant Hi Top. Hi Top is, consequently, the grandson of Flattop. He is introduced as the leader of a black street gang, and is recruited by "Little Boy", the alleged grandson of Tracy's original arch enemy "Big Boy" Caprice, alongside Restless Mahoney, the niece of another iconic Tracy villain; Breathless Mahoney. Together, the three form a brief triumvirate of legacies to Tracy's rogues gallery. Sharptop – A third Jones brother (Flattop's identical twin) who grew up right, became a college professor, and was apparently possessed by the ghost of his brother during a seance held by Gravel Gertie's vegan, female chauvinistic, New Age enthusiast niece, Crystal. Poptop – The beer guzzling father of Flattop, Auntie Flattop, Blowtop, and Sharptop, the father in law of Stilleta, the grandfather of Flattop Jr. and Angeltop, the uncle of Frizzletop, and the great grandfather of Hi Top. Considered the criminal members of the family a disgrace and kept his distance from all of them. Croptop Stylistically challenged sister of Flattop and daughter of Poptop. She sports short hair on top, a buzz cut on the sides, and a mullet. She has the puckered lips and general face shape of her family. She wears a crop top showing her midriff. She was first introduced in April, 2024, freshly released from prison with a backstory not previously covered by the strip. With this introduction so long after her siblings in the timeline of the family, her brother Blowtop indicated that there were only five siblings, making her the final sibling to be introduced.
Безымянная сестра – выглядит в точности как Флэттоп и Шарптоп (возможно, тройняшки), ее настоящее имя так и не было названо, но Трейси называл ее "Тётя Флэттоп". Она заботилась о племяннике, Флэттопе-младшем, после того, как Флэттоп утонул, и, как и ее кузен Шарптоп, казалась законопослушным человеком. Она искренне заботилась о племяннике и была убита горем, когда он встал на путь преступлений.
As a response to Flattop's popularity, Gould created a large family for the character, most of whom were also equally bizarre hardened criminals. These included:
Flattop Jr. – The son of Flattop, an engineering genius who had customized his car into an arsenal of equipment designed to keep him ahead of the law. His accomplice during his crime wave was Joe Period, who Flattop Jr. left to be captured by Dick Tracy and partner Sam Catchem. Flattop Jr. was driven insane by the ghost of a girl he killed, to the point that his hair turned white. He was killed in self defense by Tracy's new partner Lizz Worthington who was also the sister of the girl who was murdered by Flattop Jr.
Stilleta "Mrs. Flattop" Jones – The widow of Flattop Jones and the mother of Flattop Jr. and Angelica "Angeltop" Jones and a former circus performer bent on revenge for the deaths of her husband and children. She was recently killed while fighting with Sprocket Nitrate over trying to force her to be an accomplice on the planned kidnapping of Dick Tracy's grandson Dick "Trey" Tracy III, after which Sprocket killed her by throwing a 100 pound metal film can at her. Unnamed sister – Looks exactly like Flattop and Sharptop (possible triplet), real name was never given, but was referred to by Tracy as "Auntie Flattop". Took care of her nephew Flattop Jr. after Flattop drowned and, like her other cousin Sharptop, seemed like a law abiding person. She genuinely cared about her nephew and was heartbroken when he turned to crime. Blowtop – A brother of Flattop whose distinctive feature was an explosive temper that caused him to rage at the slightest provocation, but only on trivialities; he took legitimate criticism on important matters without complaint. Blowtop was responsible for the kidnapping of Junior Tracy and the arson of Tracy's home. Like his brother Flattop, he has dealt with Vitamin Flintheart, who traded his shirt full of money for a shrunken head. He served 20 years in jail and later reformed. He rejected his niece Angeltop's plan to kill Tracy with the Brow's son and has not been seen since. He recently resurfaced by having his sister in law Stilleta living with him and was nearly murdered by her after an argument with her on a planned kidnapping of Dick Tracy's newborn grandson Dick "Trey" Tracy III. Angeltop – Angelica "Angeltop" Jones, the daughter of Flattop who has a head of equivalent dimensions, not including her fuller hair, sought to murder Dick Tracy in revenge for the death of her father and Policewoman Lizz for killing her brother. Angelica had arrived to do a television interview about her book My Life as Flattop's Daughter. Junior Tracy and Vitamin Flintheart were in the same studio, and Angelica's boyfriend, the Brow's son, shot Vitamin Flintheart. After a fire on the Santa Maria replica in the lake (the same place where her father drowned under) nearly killed her after an attempt to murder Tracy, she had plastic surgery by crooked doctor Willis Carver, whom she later killed. She was arrested later but was broken out of jail by terrorists who wished to sabotage industrialist Diet Smith's nuclear power plant. When that scheme went awry, Angeltop committed suicide with dynamite. Hi Top – The son of Angeltop and an unnamed African American jazz musician who was murdered by Angeltop after she found out that he was planning to divorce her and also planned to take sole custody of the infant Hi Top. Hi Top is, consequently, the grandson of Flattop. He is introduced as the leader of a black street gang, and is recruited by "Little Boy", the alleged grandson of Tracy's original arch enemy "Big Boy" Caprice, alongside Restless Mahoney, the niece of another iconic Tracy villain; Breathless Mahoney. Together, the three form a brief triumvirate of legacies to Tracy's rogues gallery. Sharptop – A third Jones brother (Flattop's identical twin) who grew up right, became a college professor, and was apparently possessed by the ghost of his brother during a seance held by Gravel Gertie's vegan, female chauvinistic, New Age enthusiast niece, Crystal. Poptop – The beer guzzling father of Flattop, Auntie Flattop, Blowtop, and Sharptop, the father in law of Stilleta, the grandfather of Flattop Jr. and Angeltop, the uncle of Frizzletop, and the great grandfather of Hi Top. Considered the criminal members of the family a disgrace and kept his distance from all of them. Croptop Stylistically challenged sister of Flattop and daughter of Poptop. She sports short hair on top, a buzz cut on the sides, and a mullet. She has the puckered lips and general face shape of her family. She wears a crop top showing her midriff. She was first introduced in April, 2024, freshly released from prison with a backstory not previously covered by the strip. With this introduction so long after her siblings in the timeline of the family, her brother Blowtop indicated that there were only five siblings, making her the final sibling to be introduced.
Flattop Jr. – The son of Flattop, an engineering genius who had customized his car into an arsenal of equipment designed to keep him ahead of the law. His accomplice during his crime wave was Joe Period, who Flattop Jr. left to be captured by Dick Tracy and partner Sam Catchem. Flattop Jr. was driven insane by the ghost of a girl he killed, to the point that his hair turned white. He was killed in self defense by Tracy's new partner Lizz Worthington who was also the sister of the girl who was murdered by Flattop Jr.
Stilleta "Mrs. Flattop" Jones – The widow of Flattop Jones and the mother of Flattop Jr. and Angelica "Angeltop" Jones and a former circus performer bent on revenge for the deaths of her husband and children. She was recently killed while fighting with Sprocket Nitrate over trying to force her to be an accomplice on the planned kidnapping of Dick Tracy's grandson Dick "Trey" Tracy III, after which Sprocket killed her by throwing a 100 pound metal film can at her. Unnamed sister – Looks exactly like Flattop and Sharptop (possible triplet), real name was never given, but was referred to by Tracy as "Auntie Flattop". Took care of her nephew Flattop Jr. after Flattop drowned and, like her other cousin Sharptop, seemed like a law abiding person. She genuinely cared about her nephew and was heartbroken when he turned to crime. Blowtop – A brother of Flattop whose distinctive feature was an explosive temper that caused him to rage at the slightest provocation, but only on trivialities; he took legitimate criticism on important matters without complaint. Blowtop was responsible for the kidnapping of Junior Tracy and the arson of Tracy's home. Like his brother Flattop, he has dealt with Vitamin Flintheart, who traded his shirt full of money for a shrunken head. He served 20 years in jail and later reformed. He rejected his niece Angeltop's plan to kill Tracy with the Brow's son and has not been seen since. He recently resurfaced by having his sister in law Stilleta living with him and was nearly murdered by her after an argument with her on a planned kidnapping of Dick Tracy's newborn grandson Dick "Trey" Tracy III. Angeltop – Angelica "Angeltop" Jones, the daughter of Flattop who has a head of equivalent dimensions, not including her fuller hair, sought to murder Dick Tracy in revenge for the death of her father and Policewoman Lizz for killing her brother. Angelica had arrived to do a television interview about her book My Life as Flattop's Daughter. Junior Tracy and Vitamin Flintheart were in the same studio, and Angelica's boyfriend, the Brow's son, shot Vitamin Flintheart. After a fire on the Santa Maria replica in the lake (the same place where her father drowned under) nearly killed her after an attempt to murder Tracy, she had plastic surgery by crooked doctor Willis Carver, whom she later killed. She was arrested later but was broken out of jail by terrorists who wished to sabotage industrialist Diet Smith's nuclear power plant. When that scheme went awry, Angeltop committed suicide with dynamite. Hi Top – The son of Angeltop and an unnamed African American jazz musician who was murdered by Angeltop after she found out that he was planning to divorce her and also planned to take sole custody of the infant Hi Top. Hi Top is, consequently, the grandson of Flattop. He is introduced as the leader of a black street gang, and is recruited by "Little Boy", the alleged grandson of Tracy's original arch enemy "Big Boy" Caprice, alongside Restless Mahoney, the niece of another iconic Tracy villain; Breathless Mahoney. Together, the three form a brief triumvirate of legacies to Tracy's rogues gallery. Sharptop – A third Jones brother (Flattop's identical twin) who grew up right, became a college professor, and was apparently possessed by the ghost of his brother during a seance held by Gravel Gertie's vegan, female chauvinistic, New Age enthusiast niece, Crystal. Poptop – The beer guzzling father of Flattop, Auntie Flattop, Blowtop, and Sharptop, the father in law of Stilleta, the grandfather of Flattop Jr. and Angeltop, the uncle of Frizzletop, and the great grandfather of Hi Top. Considered the criminal members of the family a disgrace and kept his distance from all of them. Croptop Stylistically challenged sister of Flattop and daughter of Poptop. She sports short hair on top, a buzz cut on the sides, and a mullet. She has the puckered lips and general face shape of her family. She wears a crop top showing her midriff. She was first introduced in April, 2024, freshly released from prison with a backstory not previously covered by the strip. With this introduction so long after her siblings in the timeline of the family, her brother Blowtop indicated that there were only five siblings, making her the final sibling to be introduced.
Блоутоп – брат Флэттопа, отличавшийся взрывным характером, который приводил его в ярость по малейшему поводу, но только по пустякам; он принимал обоснованную критику по важным вопросам без жалоб. Блоутоп был ответственен за похищение младшего Трейси и поджог дома Трейси. Как и его брат Флэттоп, он имел дело с Витамином Флинтхартом, который обменял рубашку, полную денег, на уменьшенную голову. Он отсидел 20 лет в тюрьме и впоследствии исправился. Он отверг план своей племянницы Ангельтоп убить Трейси с сыном Брау и с тех пор его не видели. Недавно он снова появился, когда его теща Стилетта поселилась у него, и чуть не был убит ею после спора о планируемом похищении новорожденного внука Дика Трейси, Дика "Трея" Трейси III.
As a response to Flattop's popularity, Gould created a large family for the character, most of whom were also equally bizarre hardened criminals. These included:
Flattop Jr. – The son of Flattop, an engineering genius who had customized his car into an arsenal of equipment designed to keep him ahead of the law. His accomplice during his crime wave was Joe Period, who Flattop Jr. left to be captured by Dick Tracy and partner Sam Catchem. Flattop Jr. was driven insane by the ghost of a girl he killed, to the point that his hair turned white. He was killed in self defense by Tracy's new partner Lizz Worthington who was also the sister of the girl who was murdered by Flattop Jr.
Stilleta "Mrs. Flattop" Jones – The widow of Flattop Jones and the mother of Flattop Jr. and Angelica "Angeltop" Jones and a former circus performer bent on revenge for the deaths of her husband and children. She was recently killed while fighting with Sprocket Nitrate over trying to force her to be an accomplice on the planned kidnapping of Dick Tracy's grandson Dick "Trey" Tracy III, after which Sprocket killed her by throwing a 100 pound metal film can at her. Unnamed sister – Looks exactly like Flattop and Sharptop (possible triplet), real name was never given, but was referred to by Tracy as "Auntie Flattop". Took care of her nephew Flattop Jr. after Flattop drowned and, like her other cousin Sharptop, seemed like a law abiding person. She genuinely cared about her nephew and was heartbroken when he turned to crime. Blowtop – A brother of Flattop whose distinctive feature was an explosive temper that caused him to rage at the slightest provocation, but only on trivialities; he took legitimate criticism on important matters without complaint. Blowtop was responsible for the kidnapping of Junior Tracy and the arson of Tracy's home. Like his brother Flattop, he has dealt with Vitamin Flintheart, who traded his shirt full of money for a shrunken head. He served 20 years in jail and later reformed. He rejected his niece Angeltop's plan to kill Tracy with the Brow's son and has not been seen since. He recently resurfaced by having his sister in law Stilleta living with him and was nearly murdered by her after an argument with her on a planned kidnapping of Dick Tracy's newborn grandson Dick "Trey" Tracy III. Angeltop – Angelica "Angeltop" Jones, the daughter of Flattop who has a head of equivalent dimensions, not including her fuller hair, sought to murder Dick Tracy in revenge for the death of her father and Policewoman Lizz for killing her brother. Angelica had arrived to do a television interview about her book My Life as Flattop's Daughter. Junior Tracy and Vitamin Flintheart were in the same studio, and Angelica's boyfriend, the Brow's son, shot Vitamin Flintheart. After a fire on the Santa Maria replica in the lake (the same place where her father drowned under) nearly killed her after an attempt to murder Tracy, she had plastic surgery by crooked doctor Willis Carver, whom she later killed. She was arrested later but was broken out of jail by terrorists who wished to sabotage industrialist Diet Smith's nuclear power plant. When that scheme went awry, Angeltop committed suicide with dynamite. Hi Top – The son of Angeltop and an unnamed African American jazz musician who was murdered by Angeltop after she found out that he was planning to divorce her and also planned to take sole custody of the infant Hi Top. Hi Top is, consequently, the grandson of Flattop. He is introduced as the leader of a black street gang, and is recruited by "Little Boy", the alleged grandson of Tracy's original arch enemy "Big Boy" Caprice, alongside Restless Mahoney, the niece of another iconic Tracy villain; Breathless Mahoney. Together, the three form a brief triumvirate of legacies to Tracy's rogues gallery. Sharptop – A third Jones brother (Flattop's identical twin) who grew up right, became a college professor, and was apparently possessed by the ghost of his brother during a seance held by Gravel Gertie's vegan, female chauvinistic, New Age enthusiast niece, Crystal. Poptop – The beer guzzling father of Flattop, Auntie Flattop, Blowtop, and Sharptop, the father in law of Stilleta, the grandfather of Flattop Jr. and Angeltop, the uncle of Frizzletop, and the great grandfather of Hi Top. Considered the criminal members of the family a disgrace and kept his distance from all of them. Croptop Stylistically challenged sister of Flattop and daughter of Poptop. She sports short hair on top, a buzz cut on the sides, and a mullet. She has the puckered lips and general face shape of her family. She wears a crop top showing her midriff. She was first introduced in April, 2024, freshly released from prison with a backstory not previously covered by the strip. With this introduction so long after her siblings in the timeline of the family, her brother Blowtop indicated that there were only five siblings, making her the final sibling to be introduced.
Flattop Jr. – The son of Flattop, an engineering genius who had customized his car into an arsenal of equipment designed to keep him ahead of the law. His accomplice during his crime wave was Joe Period, who Flattop Jr. left to be captured by Dick Tracy and partner Sam Catchem. Flattop Jr. was driven insane by the ghost of a girl he killed, to the point that his hair turned white. He was killed in self defense by Tracy's new partner Lizz Worthington who was also the sister of the girl who was murdered by Flattop Jr.
Stilleta "Mrs. Flattop" Jones – The widow of Flattop Jones and the mother of Flattop Jr. and Angelica "Angeltop" Jones and a former circus performer bent on revenge for the deaths of her husband and children. She was recently killed while fighting with Sprocket Nitrate over trying to force her to be an accomplice on the planned kidnapping of Dick Tracy's grandson Dick "Trey" Tracy III, after which Sprocket killed her by throwing a 100 pound metal film can at her. Unnamed sister – Looks exactly like Flattop and Sharptop (possible triplet), real name was never given, but was referred to by Tracy as "Auntie Flattop". Took care of her nephew Flattop Jr. after Flattop drowned and, like her other cousin Sharptop, seemed like a law abiding person. She genuinely cared about her nephew and was heartbroken when he turned to crime. Blowtop – A brother of Flattop whose distinctive feature was an explosive temper that caused him to rage at the slightest provocation, but only on trivialities; he took legitimate criticism on important matters without complaint. Blowtop was responsible for the kidnapping of Junior Tracy and the arson of Tracy's home. Like his brother Flattop, he has dealt with Vitamin Flintheart, who traded his shirt full of money for a shrunken head. He served 20 years in jail and later reformed. He rejected his niece Angeltop's plan to kill Tracy with the Brow's son and has not been seen since. He recently resurfaced by having his sister in law Stilleta living with him and was nearly murdered by her after an argument with her on a planned kidnapping of Dick Tracy's newborn grandson Dick "Trey" Tracy III. Angeltop – Angelica "Angeltop" Jones, the daughter of Flattop who has a head of equivalent dimensions, not including her fuller hair, sought to murder Dick Tracy in revenge for the death of her father and Policewoman Lizz for killing her brother. Angelica had arrived to do a television interview about her book My Life as Flattop's Daughter. Junior Tracy and Vitamin Flintheart were in the same studio, and Angelica's boyfriend, the Brow's son, shot Vitamin Flintheart. After a fire on the Santa Maria replica in the lake (the same place where her father drowned under) nearly killed her after an attempt to murder Tracy, she had plastic surgery by crooked doctor Willis Carver, whom she later killed. She was arrested later but was broken out of jail by terrorists who wished to sabotage industrialist Diet Smith's nuclear power plant. When that scheme went awry, Angeltop committed suicide with dynamite. Hi Top – The son of Angeltop and an unnamed African American jazz musician who was murdered by Angeltop after she found out that he was planning to divorce her and also planned to take sole custody of the infant Hi Top. Hi Top is, consequently, the grandson of Flattop. He is introduced as the leader of a black street gang, and is recruited by "Little Boy", the alleged grandson of Tracy's original arch enemy "Big Boy" Caprice, alongside Restless Mahoney, the niece of another iconic Tracy villain; Breathless Mahoney. Together, the three form a brief triumvirate of legacies to Tracy's rogues gallery. Sharptop – A third Jones brother (Flattop's identical twin) who grew up right, became a college professor, and was apparently possessed by the ghost of his brother during a seance held by Gravel Gertie's vegan, female chauvinistic, New Age enthusiast niece, Crystal. Poptop – The beer guzzling father of Flattop, Auntie Flattop, Blowtop, and Sharptop, the father in law of Stilleta, the grandfather of Flattop Jr. and Angeltop, the uncle of Frizzletop, and the great grandfather of Hi Top. Considered the criminal members of the family a disgrace and kept his distance from all of them. Croptop Stylistically challenged sister of Flattop and daughter of Poptop. She sports short hair on top, a buzz cut on the sides, and a mullet. She has the puckered lips and general face shape of her family. She wears a crop top showing her midriff. She was first introduced in April, 2024, freshly released from prison with a backstory not previously covered by the strip. With this introduction so long after her siblings in the timeline of the family, her brother Blowtop indicated that there were only five siblings, making her the final sibling to be introduced.
Анжелика "Ангельтоп" Джонс – дочь Флэттопа, с головой сопоставимых размеров (не считая более пышных волос), стремилась убить Дика Трейси в отместку за смерть отца и полицейской Лизз за убийство ее брата. Анжелика приехала на телевидение для интервью о своей книге "Моя жизнь как дочь Флэттопа". Джуниор Трейси и Витамин Флинтхарт находились в той же студии, и парень Анжелики, сын Брау, застрелил Витамина Флинтхарта. После пожара на реплике "Санта-Марии" в озере (в том же месте, где утонул ее отец) она чуть не погибла при попытке убить Трейси, после чего ей сделали пластическую операцию у недобросовестного доктора Уиллиса Карвера, которого она позже убила. Позже она была арестована, но террористы, желавшие саботировать атомную электростанцию промышленника Дита Смита, освободили ее из тюрьмы. Когда эта схема провалилась, Ангельтоп покончила с собой динамитом.
As a response to Flattop's popularity, Gould created a large family for the character, most of whom were also equally bizarre hardened criminals. These included:
Flattop Jr. – The son of Flattop, an engineering genius who had customized his car into an arsenal of equipment designed to keep him ahead of the law. His accomplice during his crime wave was Joe Period, who Flattop Jr. left to be captured by Dick Tracy and partner Sam Catchem. Flattop Jr. was driven insane by the ghost of a girl he killed, to the point that his hair turned white. He was killed in self defense by Tracy's new partner Lizz Worthington who was also the sister of the girl who was murdered by Flattop Jr.
Stilleta "Mrs. Flattop" Jones – The widow of Flattop Jones and the mother of Flattop Jr. and Angelica "Angeltop" Jones and a former circus performer bent on revenge for the deaths of her husband and children. She was recently killed while fighting with Sprocket Nitrate over trying to force her to be an accomplice on the planned kidnapping of Dick Tracy's grandson Dick "Trey" Tracy III, after which Sprocket killed her by throwing a 100 pound metal film can at her. Unnamed sister – Looks exactly like Flattop and Sharptop (possible triplet), real name was never given, but was referred to by Tracy as "Auntie Flattop". Took care of her nephew Flattop Jr. after Flattop drowned and, like her other cousin Sharptop, seemed like a law abiding person. She genuinely cared about her nephew and was heartbroken when he turned to crime. Blowtop – A brother of Flattop whose distinctive feature was an explosive temper that caused him to rage at the slightest provocation, but only on trivialities; he took legitimate criticism on important matters without complaint. Blowtop was responsible for the kidnapping of Junior Tracy and the arson of Tracy's home. Like his brother Flattop, he has dealt with Vitamin Flintheart, who traded his shirt full of money for a shrunken head. He served 20 years in jail and later reformed. He rejected his niece Angeltop's plan to kill Tracy with the Brow's son and has not been seen since. He recently resurfaced by having his sister in law Stilleta living with him and was nearly murdered by her after an argument with her on a planned kidnapping of Dick Tracy's newborn grandson Dick "Trey" Tracy III. Angeltop – Angelica "Angeltop" Jones, the daughter of Flattop who has a head of equivalent dimensions, not including her fuller hair, sought to murder Dick Tracy in revenge for the death of her father and Policewoman Lizz for killing her brother. Angelica had arrived to do a television interview about her book My Life as Flattop's Daughter. Junior Tracy and Vitamin Flintheart were in the same studio, and Angelica's boyfriend, the Brow's son, shot Vitamin Flintheart. After a fire on the Santa Maria replica in the lake (the same place where her father drowned under) nearly killed her after an attempt to murder Tracy, she had plastic surgery by crooked doctor Willis Carver, whom she later killed. She was arrested later but was broken out of jail by terrorists who wished to sabotage industrialist Diet Smith's nuclear power plant. When that scheme went awry, Angeltop committed suicide with dynamite. Hi Top – The son of Angeltop and an unnamed African American jazz musician who was murdered by Angeltop after she found out that he was planning to divorce her and also planned to take sole custody of the infant Hi Top. Hi Top is, consequently, the grandson of Flattop. He is introduced as the leader of a black street gang, and is recruited by "Little Boy", the alleged grandson of Tracy's original arch enemy "Big Boy" Caprice, alongside Restless Mahoney, the niece of another iconic Tracy villain; Breathless Mahoney. Together, the three form a brief triumvirate of legacies to Tracy's rogues gallery. Sharptop – A third Jones brother (Flattop's identical twin) who grew up right, became a college professor, and was apparently possessed by the ghost of his brother during a seance held by Gravel Gertie's vegan, female chauvinistic, New Age enthusiast niece, Crystal. Poptop – The beer guzzling father of Flattop, Auntie Flattop, Blowtop, and Sharptop, the father in law of Stilleta, the grandfather of Flattop Jr. and Angeltop, the uncle of Frizzletop, and the great grandfather of Hi Top. Considered the criminal members of the family a disgrace and kept his distance from all of them. Croptop Stylistically challenged sister of Flattop and daughter of Poptop. She sports short hair on top, a buzz cut on the sides, and a mullet. She has the puckered lips and general face shape of her family. She wears a crop top showing her midriff. She was first introduced in April, 2024, freshly released from prison with a backstory not previously covered by the strip. With this introduction so long after her siblings in the timeline of the family, her brother Blowtop indicated that there were only five siblings, making her the final sibling to be introduced.
Flattop Jr. – The son of Flattop, an engineering genius who had customized his car into an arsenal of equipment designed to keep him ahead of the law. His accomplice during his crime wave was Joe Period, who Flattop Jr. left to be captured by Dick Tracy and partner Sam Catchem. Flattop Jr. was driven insane by the ghost of a girl he killed, to the point that his hair turned white. He was killed in self defense by Tracy's new partner Lizz Worthington who was also the sister of the girl who was murdered by Flattop Jr.
Stilleta "Mrs. Flattop" Jones – The widow of Flattop Jones and the mother of Flattop Jr. and Angelica "Angeltop" Jones and a former circus performer bent on revenge for the deaths of her husband and children. She was recently killed while fighting with Sprocket Nitrate over trying to force her to be an accomplice on the planned kidnapping of Dick Tracy's grandson Dick "Trey" Tracy III, after which Sprocket killed her by throwing a 100 pound metal film can at her. Unnamed sister – Looks exactly like Flattop and Sharptop (possible triplet), real name was never given, but was referred to by Tracy as "Auntie Flattop". Took care of her nephew Flattop Jr. after Flattop drowned and, like her other cousin Sharptop, seemed like a law abiding person. She genuinely cared about her nephew and was heartbroken when he turned to crime. Blowtop – A brother of Flattop whose distinctive feature was an explosive temper that caused him to rage at the slightest provocation, but only on trivialities; he took legitimate criticism on important matters without complaint. Blowtop was responsible for the kidnapping of Junior Tracy and the arson of Tracy's home. Like his brother Flattop, he has dealt with Vitamin Flintheart, who traded his shirt full of money for a shrunken head. He served 20 years in jail and later reformed. He rejected his niece Angeltop's plan to kill Tracy with the Brow's son and has not been seen since. He recently resurfaced by having his sister in law Stilleta living with him and was nearly murdered by her after an argument with her on a planned kidnapping of Dick Tracy's newborn grandson Dick "Trey" Tracy III. Angeltop – Angelica "Angeltop" Jones, the daughter of Flattop who has a head of equivalent dimensions, not including her fuller hair, sought to murder Dick Tracy in revenge for the death of her father and Policewoman Lizz for killing her brother. Angelica had arrived to do a television interview about her book My Life as Flattop's Daughter. Junior Tracy and Vitamin Flintheart were in the same studio, and Angelica's boyfriend, the Brow's son, shot Vitamin Flintheart. After a fire on the Santa Maria replica in the lake (the same place where her father drowned under) nearly killed her after an attempt to murder Tracy, she had plastic surgery by crooked doctor Willis Carver, whom she later killed. She was arrested later but was broken out of jail by terrorists who wished to sabotage industrialist Diet Smith's nuclear power plant. When that scheme went awry, Angeltop committed suicide with dynamite. Hi Top – The son of Angeltop and an unnamed African American jazz musician who was murdered by Angeltop after she found out that he was planning to divorce her and also planned to take sole custody of the infant Hi Top. Hi Top is, consequently, the grandson of Flattop. He is introduced as the leader of a black street gang, and is recruited by "Little Boy", the alleged grandson of Tracy's original arch enemy "Big Boy" Caprice, alongside Restless Mahoney, the niece of another iconic Tracy villain; Breathless Mahoney. Together, the three form a brief triumvirate of legacies to Tracy's rogues gallery. Sharptop – A third Jones brother (Flattop's identical twin) who grew up right, became a college professor, and was apparently possessed by the ghost of his brother during a seance held by Gravel Gertie's vegan, female chauvinistic, New Age enthusiast niece, Crystal. Poptop – The beer guzzling father of Flattop, Auntie Flattop, Blowtop, and Sharptop, the father in law of Stilleta, the grandfather of Flattop Jr. and Angeltop, the uncle of Frizzletop, and the great grandfather of Hi Top. Considered the criminal members of the family a disgrace and kept his distance from all of them. Croptop Stylistically challenged sister of Flattop and daughter of Poptop. She sports short hair on top, a buzz cut on the sides, and a mullet. She has the puckered lips and general face shape of her family. She wears a crop top showing her midriff. She was first introduced in April, 2024, freshly released from prison with a backstory not previously covered by the strip. With this introduction so long after her siblings in the timeline of the family, her brother Blowtop indicated that there were only five siblings, making her the final sibling to be introduced.
Хай Топ – сын Ангельтоп и неназванного афроамериканского джазового музыканта, убитого Ангельтоп после того, как она узнала, что он планирует развод и единоличную опеку над младенцем Хай Топом. Следовательно, Хай Топ – внук Флэттопа. Он представлен как лидер уличной банды чернокожих и завербован "Маленьким мальчиком", предполагаемым внуком извечного врага Трейси "Большого мальчика" Каприса, наряду с Беспокойной Махони, племянницей другого культового злодея Трейси, Беспокойной Махони. Вместе они образуют кратковременный триумвират наследников галереи злодеев Трейси.
As a response to Flattop's popularity, Gould created a large family for the character, most of whom were also equally bizarre hardened criminals. These included:
Flattop Jr. – The son of Flattop, an engineering genius who had customized his car into an arsenal of equipment designed to keep him ahead of the law. His accomplice during his crime wave was Joe Period, who Flattop Jr. left to be captured by Dick Tracy and partner Sam Catchem. Flattop Jr. was driven insane by the ghost of a girl he killed, to the point that his hair turned white. He was killed in self defense by Tracy's new partner Lizz Worthington who was also the sister of the girl who was murdered by Flattop Jr.
Stilleta "Mrs. Flattop" Jones – The widow of Flattop Jones and the mother of Flattop Jr. and Angelica "Angeltop" Jones and a former circus performer bent on revenge for the deaths of her husband and children. She was recently killed while fighting with Sprocket Nitrate over trying to force her to be an accomplice on the planned kidnapping of Dick Tracy's grandson Dick "Trey" Tracy III, after which Sprocket killed her by throwing a 100 pound metal film can at her. Unnamed sister – Looks exactly like Flattop and Sharptop (possible triplet), real name was never given, but was referred to by Tracy as "Auntie Flattop". Took care of her nephew Flattop Jr. after Flattop drowned and, like her other cousin Sharptop, seemed like a law abiding person. She genuinely cared about her nephew and was heartbroken when he turned to crime. Blowtop – A brother of Flattop whose distinctive feature was an explosive temper that caused him to rage at the slightest provocation, but only on trivialities; he took legitimate criticism on important matters without complaint. Blowtop was responsible for the kidnapping of Junior Tracy and the arson of Tracy's home. Like his brother Flattop, he has dealt with Vitamin Flintheart, who traded his shirt full of money for a shrunken head. He served 20 years in jail and later reformed. He rejected his niece Angeltop's plan to kill Tracy with the Brow's son and has not been seen since. He recently resurfaced by having his sister in law Stilleta living with him and was nearly murdered by her after an argument with her on a planned kidnapping of Dick Tracy's newborn grandson Dick "Trey" Tracy III. Angeltop – Angelica "Angeltop" Jones, the daughter of Flattop who has a head of equivalent dimensions, not including her fuller hair, sought to murder Dick Tracy in revenge for the death of her father and Policewoman Lizz for killing her brother. Angelica had arrived to do a television interview about her book My Life as Flattop's Daughter. Junior Tracy and Vitamin Flintheart were in the same studio, and Angelica's boyfriend, the Brow's son, shot Vitamin Flintheart. After a fire on the Santa Maria replica in the lake (the same place where her father drowned under) nearly killed her after an attempt to murder Tracy, she had plastic surgery by crooked doctor Willis Carver, whom she later killed. She was arrested later but was broken out of jail by terrorists who wished to sabotage industrialist Diet Smith's nuclear power plant. When that scheme went awry, Angeltop committed suicide with dynamite. Hi Top – The son of Angeltop and an unnamed African American jazz musician who was murdered by Angeltop after she found out that he was planning to divorce her and also planned to take sole custody of the infant Hi Top. Hi Top is, consequently, the grandson of Flattop. He is introduced as the leader of a black street gang, and is recruited by "Little Boy", the alleged grandson of Tracy's original arch enemy "Big Boy" Caprice, alongside Restless Mahoney, the niece of another iconic Tracy villain; Breathless Mahoney. Together, the three form a brief triumvirate of legacies to Tracy's rogues gallery. Sharptop – A third Jones brother (Flattop's identical twin) who grew up right, became a college professor, and was apparently possessed by the ghost of his brother during a seance held by Gravel Gertie's vegan, female chauvinistic, New Age enthusiast niece, Crystal. Poptop – The beer guzzling father of Flattop, Auntie Flattop, Blowtop, and Sharptop, the father in law of Stilleta, the grandfather of Flattop Jr. and Angeltop, the uncle of Frizzletop, and the great grandfather of Hi Top. Considered the criminal members of the family a disgrace and kept his distance from all of them. Croptop Stylistically challenged sister of Flattop and daughter of Poptop. She sports short hair on top, a buzz cut on the sides, and a mullet. She has the puckered lips and general face shape of her family. She wears a crop top showing her midriff. She was first introduced in April, 2024, freshly released from prison with a backstory not previously covered by the strip. With this introduction so long after her siblings in the timeline of the family, her brother Blowtop indicated that there were only five siblings, making her the final sibling to be introduced.
Flattop Jr. – The son of Flattop, an engineering genius who had customized his car into an arsenal of equipment designed to keep him ahead of the law. His accomplice during his crime wave was Joe Period, who Flattop Jr. left to be captured by Dick Tracy and partner Sam Catchem. Flattop Jr. was driven insane by the ghost of a girl he killed, to the point that his hair turned white. He was killed in self defense by Tracy's new partner Lizz Worthington who was also the sister of the girl who was murdered by Flattop Jr.
Stilleta "Mrs. Flattop" Jones – The widow of Flattop Jones and the mother of Flattop Jr. and Angelica "Angeltop" Jones and a former circus performer bent on revenge for the deaths of her husband and children. She was recently killed while fighting with Sprocket Nitrate over trying to force her to be an accomplice on the planned kidnapping of Dick Tracy's grandson Dick "Trey" Tracy III, after which Sprocket killed her by throwing a 100 pound metal film can at her. Unnamed sister – Looks exactly like Flattop and Sharptop (possible triplet), real name was never given, but was referred to by Tracy as "Auntie Flattop". Took care of her nephew Flattop Jr. after Flattop drowned and, like her other cousin Sharptop, seemed like a law abiding person. She genuinely cared about her nephew and was heartbroken when he turned to crime. Blowtop – A brother of Flattop whose distinctive feature was an explosive temper that caused him to rage at the slightest provocation, but only on trivialities; he took legitimate criticism on important matters without complaint. Blowtop was responsible for the kidnapping of Junior Tracy and the arson of Tracy's home. Like his brother Flattop, he has dealt with Vitamin Flintheart, who traded his shirt full of money for a shrunken head. He served 20 years in jail and later reformed. He rejected his niece Angeltop's plan to kill Tracy with the Brow's son and has not been seen since. He recently resurfaced by having his sister in law Stilleta living with him and was nearly murdered by her after an argument with her on a planned kidnapping of Dick Tracy's newborn grandson Dick "Trey" Tracy III. Angeltop – Angelica "Angeltop" Jones, the daughter of Flattop who has a head of equivalent dimensions, not including her fuller hair, sought to murder Dick Tracy in revenge for the death of her father and Policewoman Lizz for killing her brother. Angelica had arrived to do a television interview about her book My Life as Flattop's Daughter. Junior Tracy and Vitamin Flintheart were in the same studio, and Angelica's boyfriend, the Brow's son, shot Vitamin Flintheart. After a fire on the Santa Maria replica in the lake (the same place where her father drowned under) nearly killed her after an attempt to murder Tracy, she had plastic surgery by crooked doctor Willis Carver, whom she later killed. She was arrested later but was broken out of jail by terrorists who wished to sabotage industrialist Diet Smith's nuclear power plant. When that scheme went awry, Angeltop committed suicide with dynamite. Hi Top – The son of Angeltop and an unnamed African American jazz musician who was murdered by Angeltop after she found out that he was planning to divorce her and also planned to take sole custody of the infant Hi Top. Hi Top is, consequently, the grandson of Flattop. He is introduced as the leader of a black street gang, and is recruited by "Little Boy", the alleged grandson of Tracy's original arch enemy "Big Boy" Caprice, alongside Restless Mahoney, the niece of another iconic Tracy villain; Breathless Mahoney. Together, the three form a brief triumvirate of legacies to Tracy's rogues gallery. Sharptop – A third Jones brother (Flattop's identical twin) who grew up right, became a college professor, and was apparently possessed by the ghost of his brother during a seance held by Gravel Gertie's vegan, female chauvinistic, New Age enthusiast niece, Crystal. Poptop – The beer guzzling father of Flattop, Auntie Flattop, Blowtop, and Sharptop, the father in law of Stilleta, the grandfather of Flattop Jr. and Angeltop, the uncle of Frizzletop, and the great grandfather of Hi Top. Considered the criminal members of the family a disgrace and kept his distance from all of them. Croptop Stylistically challenged sister of Flattop and daughter of Poptop. She sports short hair on top, a buzz cut on the sides, and a mullet. She has the puckered lips and general face shape of her family. She wears a crop top showing her midriff. She was first introduced in April, 2024, freshly released from prison with a backstory not previously covered by the strip. With this introduction so long after her siblings in the timeline of the family, her brother Blowtop indicated that there were only five siblings, making her the final sibling to be introduced.
Шарптоп – третий брат Джонса (идентичный близнец Флэттопа), который вырос порядочным человеком, стал профессором колледжа и, по-видимому, был одержим призраком своего брата во время спиритического сеанса, проведенного веганской, феминисткой и поклонницей Нью-Эйдж племянницей Грейвл Герти, Кристал.
As a response to Flattop's popularity, Gould created a large family for the character, most of whom were also equally bizarre hardened criminals. These included:
Flattop Jr. – The son of Flattop, an engineering genius who had customized his car into an arsenal of equipment designed to keep him ahead of the law. His accomplice during his crime wave was Joe Period, who Flattop Jr. left to be captured by Dick Tracy and partner Sam Catchem. Flattop Jr. was driven insane by the ghost of a girl he killed, to the point that his hair turned white. He was killed in self defense by Tracy's new partner Lizz Worthington who was also the sister of the girl who was murdered by Flattop Jr.
Stilleta "Mrs. Flattop" Jones – The widow of Flattop Jones and the mother of Flattop Jr. and Angelica "Angeltop" Jones and a former circus performer bent on revenge for the deaths of her husband and children. She was recently killed while fighting with Sprocket Nitrate over trying to force her to be an accomplice on the planned kidnapping of Dick Tracy's grandson Dick "Trey" Tracy III, after which Sprocket killed her by throwing a 100 pound metal film can at her. Unnamed sister – Looks exactly like Flattop and Sharptop (possible triplet), real name was never given, but was referred to by Tracy as "Auntie Flattop". Took care of her nephew Flattop Jr. after Flattop drowned and, like her other cousin Sharptop, seemed like a law abiding person. She genuinely cared about her nephew and was heartbroken when he turned to crime. Blowtop – A brother of Flattop whose distinctive feature was an explosive temper that caused him to rage at the slightest provocation, but only on trivialities; he took legitimate criticism on important matters without complaint. Blowtop was responsible for the kidnapping of Junior Tracy and the arson of Tracy's home. Like his brother Flattop, he has dealt with Vitamin Flintheart, who traded his shirt full of money for a shrunken head. He served 20 years in jail and later reformed. He rejected his niece Angeltop's plan to kill Tracy with the Brow's son and has not been seen since. He recently resurfaced by having his sister in law Stilleta living with him and was nearly murdered by her after an argument with her on a planned kidnapping of Dick Tracy's newborn grandson Dick "Trey" Tracy III. Angeltop – Angelica "Angeltop" Jones, the daughter of Flattop who has a head of equivalent dimensions, not including her fuller hair, sought to murder Dick Tracy in revenge for the death of her father and Policewoman Lizz for killing her brother. Angelica had arrived to do a television interview about her book My Life as Flattop's Daughter. Junior Tracy and Vitamin Flintheart were in the same studio, and Angelica's boyfriend, the Brow's son, shot Vitamin Flintheart. After a fire on the Santa Maria replica in the lake (the same place where her father drowned under) nearly killed her after an attempt to murder Tracy, she had plastic surgery by crooked doctor Willis Carver, whom she later killed. She was arrested later but was broken out of jail by terrorists who wished to sabotage industrialist Diet Smith's nuclear power plant. When that scheme went awry, Angeltop committed suicide with dynamite. Hi Top – The son of Angeltop and an unnamed African American jazz musician who was murdered by Angeltop after she found out that he was planning to divorce her and also planned to take sole custody of the infant Hi Top. Hi Top is, consequently, the grandson of Flattop. He is introduced as the leader of a black street gang, and is recruited by "Little Boy", the alleged grandson of Tracy's original arch enemy "Big Boy" Caprice, alongside Restless Mahoney, the niece of another iconic Tracy villain; Breathless Mahoney. Together, the three form a brief triumvirate of legacies to Tracy's rogues gallery. Sharptop – A third Jones brother (Flattop's identical twin) who grew up right, became a college professor, and was apparently possessed by the ghost of his brother during a seance held by Gravel Gertie's vegan, female chauvinistic, New Age enthusiast niece, Crystal. Poptop – The beer guzzling father of Flattop, Auntie Flattop, Blowtop, and Sharptop, the father in law of Stilleta, the grandfather of Flattop Jr. and Angeltop, the uncle of Frizzletop, and the great grandfather of Hi Top. Considered the criminal members of the family a disgrace and kept his distance from all of them. Croptop Stylistically challenged sister of Flattop and daughter of Poptop. She sports short hair on top, a buzz cut on the sides, and a mullet. She has the puckered lips and general face shape of her family. She wears a crop top showing her midriff. She was first introduced in April, 2024, freshly released from prison with a backstory not previously covered by the strip. With this introduction so long after her siblings in the timeline of the family, her brother Blowtop indicated that there were only five siblings, making her the final sibling to be introduced.
Flattop Jr. – The son of Flattop, an engineering genius who had customized his car into an arsenal of equipment designed to keep him ahead of the law. His accomplice during his crime wave was Joe Period, who Flattop Jr. left to be captured by Dick Tracy and partner Sam Catchem. Flattop Jr. was driven insane by the ghost of a girl he killed, to the point that his hair turned white. He was killed in self defense by Tracy's new partner Lizz Worthington who was also the sister of the girl who was murdered by Flattop Jr.
Stilleta "Mrs. Flattop" Jones – The widow of Flattop Jones and the mother of Flattop Jr. and Angelica "Angeltop" Jones and a former circus performer bent on revenge for the deaths of her husband and children. She was recently killed while fighting with Sprocket Nitrate over trying to force her to be an accomplice on the planned kidnapping of Dick Tracy's grandson Dick "Trey" Tracy III, after which Sprocket killed her by throwing a 100 pound metal film can at her. Unnamed sister – Looks exactly like Flattop and Sharptop (possible triplet), real name was never given, but was referred to by Tracy as "Auntie Flattop". Took care of her nephew Flattop Jr. after Flattop drowned and, like her other cousin Sharptop, seemed like a law abiding person. She genuinely cared about her nephew and was heartbroken when he turned to crime. Blowtop – A brother of Flattop whose distinctive feature was an explosive temper that caused him to rage at the slightest provocation, but only on trivialities; he took legitimate criticism on important matters without complaint. Blowtop was responsible for the kidnapping of Junior Tracy and the arson of Tracy's home. Like his brother Flattop, he has dealt with Vitamin Flintheart, who traded his shirt full of money for a shrunken head. He served 20 years in jail and later reformed. He rejected his niece Angeltop's plan to kill Tracy with the Brow's son and has not been seen since. He recently resurfaced by having his sister in law Stilleta living with him and was nearly murdered by her after an argument with her on a planned kidnapping of Dick Tracy's newborn grandson Dick "Trey" Tracy III. Angeltop – Angelica "Angeltop" Jones, the daughter of Flattop who has a head of equivalent dimensions, not including her fuller hair, sought to murder Dick Tracy in revenge for the death of her father and Policewoman Lizz for killing her brother. Angelica had arrived to do a television interview about her book My Life as Flattop's Daughter. Junior Tracy and Vitamin Flintheart were in the same studio, and Angelica's boyfriend, the Brow's son, shot Vitamin Flintheart. After a fire on the Santa Maria replica in the lake (the same place where her father drowned under) nearly killed her after an attempt to murder Tracy, she had plastic surgery by crooked doctor Willis Carver, whom she later killed. She was arrested later but was broken out of jail by terrorists who wished to sabotage industrialist Diet Smith's nuclear power plant. When that scheme went awry, Angeltop committed suicide with dynamite. Hi Top – The son of Angeltop and an unnamed African American jazz musician who was murdered by Angeltop after she found out that he was planning to divorce her and also planned to take sole custody of the infant Hi Top. Hi Top is, consequently, the grandson of Flattop. He is introduced as the leader of a black street gang, and is recruited by "Little Boy", the alleged grandson of Tracy's original arch enemy "Big Boy" Caprice, alongside Restless Mahoney, the niece of another iconic Tracy villain; Breathless Mahoney. Together, the three form a brief triumvirate of legacies to Tracy's rogues gallery. Sharptop – A third Jones brother (Flattop's identical twin) who grew up right, became a college professor, and was apparently possessed by the ghost of his brother during a seance held by Gravel Gertie's vegan, female chauvinistic, New Age enthusiast niece, Crystal. Poptop – The beer guzzling father of Flattop, Auntie Flattop, Blowtop, and Sharptop, the father in law of Stilleta, the grandfather of Flattop Jr. and Angeltop, the uncle of Frizzletop, and the great grandfather of Hi Top. Considered the criminal members of the family a disgrace and kept his distance from all of them. Croptop Stylistically challenged sister of Flattop and daughter of Poptop. She sports short hair on top, a buzz cut on the sides, and a mullet. She has the puckered lips and general face shape of her family. She wears a crop top showing her midriff. She was first introduced in April, 2024, freshly released from prison with a backstory not previously covered by the strip. With this introduction so long after her siblings in the timeline of the family, her brother Blowtop indicated that there were only five siblings, making her the final sibling to be introduced.
Поптоп – любитель пива, отец Флэттопа, Тёти Флэттоп, Блоутопа и Шарптопа, тесть Стилетты, дед Флэттопа-младшего и Ангельтоп, дядя Фризлтопа и прадед Хай Топа. Считал преступных членов семьи позором и держался от них подальше.
As a response to Flattop's popularity, Gould created a large family for the character, most of whom were also equally bizarre hardened criminals. These included:
Flattop Jr. – The son of Flattop, an engineering genius who had customized his car into an arsenal of equipment designed to keep him ahead of the law. His accomplice during his crime wave was Joe Period, who Flattop Jr. left to be captured by Dick Tracy and partner Sam Catchem. Flattop Jr. was driven insane by the ghost of a girl he killed, to the point that his hair turned white. He was killed in self defense by Tracy's new partner Lizz Worthington who was also the sister of the girl who was murdered by Flattop Jr.
Stilleta "Mrs. Flattop" Jones – The widow of Flattop Jones and the mother of Flattop Jr. and Angelica "Angeltop" Jones and a former circus performer bent on revenge for the deaths of her husband and children. She was recently killed while fighting with Sprocket Nitrate over trying to force her to be an accomplice on the planned kidnapping of Dick Tracy's grandson Dick "Trey" Tracy III, after which Sprocket killed her by throwing a 100 pound metal film can at her. Unnamed sister – Looks exactly like Flattop and Sharptop (possible triplet), real name was never given, but was referred to by Tracy as "Auntie Flattop". Took care of her nephew Flattop Jr. after Flattop drowned and, like her other cousin Sharptop, seemed like a law abiding person. She genuinely cared about her nephew and was heartbroken when he turned to crime. Blowtop – A brother of Flattop whose distinctive feature was an explosive temper that caused him to rage at the slightest provocation, but only on trivialities; he took legitimate criticism on important matters without complaint. Blowtop was responsible for the kidnapping of Junior Tracy and the arson of Tracy's home. Like his brother Flattop, he has dealt with Vitamin Flintheart, who traded his shirt full of money for a shrunken head. He served 20 years in jail and later reformed. He rejected his niece Angeltop's plan to kill Tracy with the Brow's son and has not been seen since. He recently resurfaced by having his sister in law Stilleta living with him and was nearly murdered by her after an argument with her on a planned kidnapping of Dick Tracy's newborn grandson Dick "Trey" Tracy III. Angeltop – Angelica "Angeltop" Jones, the daughter of Flattop who has a head of equivalent dimensions, not including her fuller hair, sought to murder Dick Tracy in revenge for the death of her father and Policewoman Lizz for killing her brother. Angelica had arrived to do a television interview about her book My Life as Flattop's Daughter. Junior Tracy and Vitamin Flintheart were in the same studio, and Angelica's boyfriend, the Brow's son, shot Vitamin Flintheart. After a fire on the Santa Maria replica in the lake (the same place where her father drowned under) nearly killed her after an attempt to murder Tracy, she had plastic surgery by crooked doctor Willis Carver, whom she later killed. She was arrested later but was broken out of jail by terrorists who wished to sabotage industrialist Diet Smith's nuclear power plant. When that scheme went awry, Angeltop committed suicide with dynamite. Hi Top – The son of Angeltop and an unnamed African American jazz musician who was murdered by Angeltop after she found out that he was planning to divorce her and also planned to take sole custody of the infant Hi Top. Hi Top is, consequently, the grandson of Flattop. He is introduced as the leader of a black street gang, and is recruited by "Little Boy", the alleged grandson of Tracy's original arch enemy "Big Boy" Caprice, alongside Restless Mahoney, the niece of another iconic Tracy villain; Breathless Mahoney. Together, the three form a brief triumvirate of legacies to Tracy's rogues gallery. Sharptop – A third Jones brother (Flattop's identical twin) who grew up right, became a college professor, and was apparently possessed by the ghost of his brother during a seance held by Gravel Gertie's vegan, female chauvinistic, New Age enthusiast niece, Crystal. Poptop – The beer guzzling father of Flattop, Auntie Flattop, Blowtop, and Sharptop, the father in law of Stilleta, the grandfather of Flattop Jr. and Angeltop, the uncle of Frizzletop, and the great grandfather of Hi Top. Considered the criminal members of the family a disgrace and kept his distance from all of them. Croptop Stylistically challenged sister of Flattop and daughter of Poptop. She sports short hair on top, a buzz cut on the sides, and a mullet. She has the puckered lips and general face shape of her family. She wears a crop top showing her midriff. She was first introduced in April, 2024, freshly released from prison with a backstory not previously covered by the strip. With this introduction so long after her siblings in the timeline of the family, her brother Blowtop indicated that there were only five siblings, making her the final sibling to be introduced.
Flattop Jr. – The son of Flattop, an engineering genius who had customized his car into an arsenal of equipment designed to keep him ahead of the law. His accomplice during his crime wave was Joe Period, who Flattop Jr. left to be captured by Dick Tracy and partner Sam Catchem. Flattop Jr. was driven insane by the ghost of a girl he killed, to the point that his hair turned white. He was killed in self defense by Tracy's new partner Lizz Worthington who was also the sister of the girl who was murdered by Flattop Jr.
Stilleta "Mrs. Flattop" Jones – The widow of Flattop Jones and the mother of Flattop Jr. and Angelica "Angeltop" Jones and a former circus performer bent on revenge for the deaths of her husband and children. She was recently killed while fighting with Sprocket Nitrate over trying to force her to be an accomplice on the planned kidnapping of Dick Tracy's grandson Dick "Trey" Tracy III, after which Sprocket killed her by throwing a 100 pound metal film can at her. Unnamed sister – Looks exactly like Flattop and Sharptop (possible triplet), real name was never given, but was referred to by Tracy as "Auntie Flattop". Took care of her nephew Flattop Jr. after Flattop drowned and, like her other cousin Sharptop, seemed like a law abiding person. She genuinely cared about her nephew and was heartbroken when he turned to crime. Blowtop – A brother of Flattop whose distinctive feature was an explosive temper that caused him to rage at the slightest provocation, but only on trivialities; he took legitimate criticism on important matters without complaint. Blowtop was responsible for the kidnapping of Junior Tracy and the arson of Tracy's home. Like his brother Flattop, he has dealt with Vitamin Flintheart, who traded his shirt full of money for a shrunken head. He served 20 years in jail and later reformed. He rejected his niece Angeltop's plan to kill Tracy with the Brow's son and has not been seen since. He recently resurfaced by having his sister in law Stilleta living with him and was nearly murdered by her after an argument with her on a planned kidnapping of Dick Tracy's newborn grandson Dick "Trey" Tracy III. Angeltop – Angelica "Angeltop" Jones, the daughter of Flattop who has a head of equivalent dimensions, not including her fuller hair, sought to murder Dick Tracy in revenge for the death of her father and Policewoman Lizz for killing her brother. Angelica had arrived to do a television interview about her book My Life as Flattop's Daughter. Junior Tracy and Vitamin Flintheart were in the same studio, and Angelica's boyfriend, the Brow's son, shot Vitamin Flintheart. After a fire on the Santa Maria replica in the lake (the same place where her father drowned under) nearly killed her after an attempt to murder Tracy, she had plastic surgery by crooked doctor Willis Carver, whom she later killed. She was arrested later but was broken out of jail by terrorists who wished to sabotage industrialist Diet Smith's nuclear power plant. When that scheme went awry, Angeltop committed suicide with dynamite. Hi Top – The son of Angeltop and an unnamed African American jazz musician who was murdered by Angeltop after she found out that he was planning to divorce her and also planned to take sole custody of the infant Hi Top. Hi Top is, consequently, the grandson of Flattop. He is introduced as the leader of a black street gang, and is recruited by "Little Boy", the alleged grandson of Tracy's original arch enemy "Big Boy" Caprice, alongside Restless Mahoney, the niece of another iconic Tracy villain; Breathless Mahoney. Together, the three form a brief triumvirate of legacies to Tracy's rogues gallery. Sharptop – A third Jones brother (Flattop's identical twin) who grew up right, became a college professor, and was apparently possessed by the ghost of his brother during a seance held by Gravel Gertie's vegan, female chauvinistic, New Age enthusiast niece, Crystal. Poptop – The beer guzzling father of Flattop, Auntie Flattop, Blowtop, and Sharptop, the father in law of Stilleta, the grandfather of Flattop Jr. and Angeltop, the uncle of Frizzletop, and the great grandfather of Hi Top. Considered the criminal members of the family a disgrace and kept his distance from all of them. Croptop Stylistically challenged sister of Flattop and daughter of Poptop. She sports short hair on top, a buzz cut on the sides, and a mullet. She has the puckered lips and general face shape of her family. She wears a crop top showing her midriff. She was first introduced in April, 2024, freshly released from prison with a backstory not previously covered by the strip. With this introduction so long after her siblings in the timeline of the family, her brother Blowtop indicated that there were only five siblings, making her the final sibling to be introduced.
Кроптоп – стилистически неряшливая сестра Флэттопа и дочь Поптопа. Она носит короткие волосы сверху, выбритые виски и "маллет". У нее запавшие губы и общее выражение лица, как у ее семьи. Она носит кроп-топ, открывающий живот. Она впервые появилась в апреле 2024 года, сразу после освобождения из тюрьмы с предысторией, ранее не освещенной в комиксе. С этим представлением, спустя долгое время после появления ее братьев и сестер в семейной хронологии, ее брат Блоутоп указал, что она последний из пяти братьев и сестер.
As a response to Flattop's popularity, Gould created a large family for the character, most of whom were also equally bizarre hardened criminals. These included:
Flattop Jr. – The son of Flattop, an engineering genius who had customized his car into an arsenal of equipment designed to keep him ahead of the law. His accomplice during his crime wave was Joe Period, who Flattop Jr. left to be captured by Dick Tracy and partner Sam Catchem. Flattop Jr. was driven insane by the ghost of a girl he killed, to the point that his hair turned white. He was killed in self defense by Tracy's new partner Lizz Worthington who was also the sister of the girl who was murdered by Flattop Jr.
Stilleta "Mrs. Flattop" Jones – The widow of Flattop Jones and the mother of Flattop Jr. and Angelica "Angeltop" Jones and a former circus performer bent on revenge for the deaths of her husband and children. She was recently killed while fighting with Sprocket Nitrate over trying to force her to be an accomplice on the planned kidnapping of Dick Tracy's grandson Dick "Trey" Tracy III, after which Sprocket killed her by throwing a 100 pound metal film can at her. Unnamed sister – Looks exactly like Flattop and Sharptop (possible triplet), real name was never given, but was referred to by Tracy as "Auntie Flattop". Took care of her nephew Flattop Jr. after Flattop drowned and, like her other cousin Sharptop, seemed like a law abiding person. She genuinely cared about her nephew and was heartbroken when he turned to crime. Blowtop – A brother of Flattop whose distinctive feature was an explosive temper that caused him to rage at the slightest provocation, but only on trivialities; he took legitimate criticism on important matters without complaint. Blowtop was responsible for the kidnapping of Junior Tracy and the arson of Tracy's home. Like his brother Flattop, he has dealt with Vitamin Flintheart, who traded his shirt full of money for a shrunken head. He served 20 years in jail and later reformed. He rejected his niece Angeltop's plan to kill Tracy with the Brow's son and has not been seen since. He recently resurfaced by having his sister in law Stilleta living with him and was nearly murdered by her after an argument with her on a planned kidnapping of Dick Tracy's newborn grandson Dick "Trey" Tracy III. Angeltop – Angelica "Angeltop" Jones, the daughter of Flattop who has a head of equivalent dimensions, not including her fuller hair, sought to murder Dick Tracy in revenge for the death of her father and Policewoman Lizz for killing her brother. Angelica had arrived to do a television interview about her book My Life as Flattop's Daughter. Junior Tracy and Vitamin Flintheart were in the same studio, and Angelica's boyfriend, the Brow's son, shot Vitamin Flintheart. After a fire on the Santa Maria replica in the lake (the same place where her father drowned under) nearly killed her after an attempt to murder Tracy, she had plastic surgery by crooked doctor Willis Carver, whom she later killed. She was arrested later but was broken out of jail by terrorists who wished to sabotage industrialist Diet Smith's nuclear power plant. When that scheme went awry, Angeltop committed suicide with dynamite. Hi Top – The son of Angeltop and an unnamed African American jazz musician who was murdered by Angeltop after she found out that he was planning to divorce her and also planned to take sole custody of the infant Hi Top. Hi Top is, consequently, the grandson of Flattop. He is introduced as the leader of a black street gang, and is recruited by "Little Boy", the alleged grandson of Tracy's original arch enemy "Big Boy" Caprice, alongside Restless Mahoney, the niece of another iconic Tracy villain; Breathless Mahoney. Together, the three form a brief triumvirate of legacies to Tracy's rogues gallery. Sharptop – A third Jones brother (Flattop's identical twin) who grew up right, became a college professor, and was apparently possessed by the ghost of his brother during a seance held by Gravel Gertie's vegan, female chauvinistic, New Age enthusiast niece, Crystal. Poptop – The beer guzzling father of Flattop, Auntie Flattop, Blowtop, and Sharptop, the father in law of Stilleta, the grandfather of Flattop Jr. and Angeltop, the uncle of Frizzletop, and the great grandfather of Hi Top. Considered the criminal members of the family a disgrace and kept his distance from all of them. Croptop Stylistically challenged sister of Flattop and daughter of Poptop. She sports short hair on top, a buzz cut on the sides, and a mullet. She has the puckered lips and general face shape of her family. She wears a crop top showing her midriff. She was first introduced in April, 2024, freshly released from prison with a backstory not previously covered by the strip. With this introduction so long after her siblings in the timeline of the family, her brother Blowtop indicated that there were only five siblings, making her the final sibling to be introduced.
Flattop Jr. – The son of Flattop, an engineering genius who had customized his car into an arsenal of equipment designed to keep him ahead of the law. His accomplice during his crime wave was Joe Period, who Flattop Jr. left to be captured by Dick Tracy and partner Sam Catchem. Flattop Jr. was driven insane by the ghost of a girl he killed, to the point that his hair turned white. He was killed in self defense by Tracy's new partner Lizz Worthington who was also the sister of the girl who was murdered by Flattop Jr.
Stilleta "Mrs. Flattop" Jones – The widow of Flattop Jones and the mother of Flattop Jr. and Angelica "Angeltop" Jones and a former circus performer bent on revenge for the deaths of her husband and children. She was recently killed while fighting with Sprocket Nitrate over trying to force her to be an accomplice on the planned kidnapping of Dick Tracy's grandson Dick "Trey" Tracy III, after which Sprocket killed her by throwing a 100 pound metal film can at her. Unnamed sister – Looks exactly like Flattop and Sharptop (possible triplet), real name was never given, but was referred to by Tracy as "Auntie Flattop". Took care of her nephew Flattop Jr. after Flattop drowned and, like her other cousin Sharptop, seemed like a law abiding person. She genuinely cared about her nephew and was heartbroken when he turned to crime. Blowtop – A brother of Flattop whose distinctive feature was an explosive temper that caused him to rage at the slightest provocation, but only on trivialities; he took legitimate criticism on important matters without complaint. Blowtop was responsible for the kidnapping of Junior Tracy and the arson of Tracy's home. Like his brother Flattop, he has dealt with Vitamin Flintheart, who traded his shirt full of money for a shrunken head. He served 20 years in jail and later reformed. He rejected his niece Angeltop's plan to kill Tracy with the Brow's son and has not been seen since. He recently resurfaced by having his sister in law Stilleta living with him and was nearly murdered by her after an argument with her on a planned kidnapping of Dick Tracy's newborn grandson Dick "Trey" Tracy III. Angeltop – Angelica "Angeltop" Jones, the daughter of Flattop who has a head of equivalent dimensions, not including her fuller hair, sought to murder Dick Tracy in revenge for the death of her father and Policewoman Lizz for killing her brother. Angelica had arrived to do a television interview about her book My Life as Flattop's Daughter. Junior Tracy and Vitamin Flintheart were in the same studio, and Angelica's boyfriend, the Brow's son, shot Vitamin Flintheart. After a fire on the Santa Maria replica in the lake (the same place where her father drowned under) nearly killed her after an attempt to murder Tracy, she had plastic surgery by crooked doctor Willis Carver, whom she later killed. She was arrested later but was broken out of jail by terrorists who wished to sabotage industrialist Diet Smith's nuclear power plant. When that scheme went awry, Angeltop committed suicide with dynamite. Hi Top – The son of Angeltop and an unnamed African American jazz musician who was murdered by Angeltop after she found out that he was planning to divorce her and also planned to take sole custody of the infant Hi Top. Hi Top is, consequently, the grandson of Flattop. He is introduced as the leader of a black street gang, and is recruited by "Little Boy", the alleged grandson of Tracy's original arch enemy "Big Boy" Caprice, alongside Restless Mahoney, the niece of another iconic Tracy villain; Breathless Mahoney. Together, the three form a brief triumvirate of legacies to Tracy's rogues gallery. Sharptop – A third Jones brother (Flattop's identical twin) who grew up right, became a college professor, and was apparently possessed by the ghost of his brother during a seance held by Gravel Gertie's vegan, female chauvinistic, New Age enthusiast niece, Crystal. Poptop – The beer guzzling father of Flattop, Auntie Flattop, Blowtop, and Sharptop, the father in law of Stilleta, the grandfather of Flattop Jr. and Angeltop, the uncle of Frizzletop, and the great grandfather of Hi Top. Considered the criminal members of the family a disgrace and kept his distance from all of them. Croptop Stylistically challenged sister of Flattop and daughter of Poptop. She sports short hair on top, a buzz cut on the sides, and a mullet. She has the puckered lips and general face shape of her family. She wears a crop top showing her midriff. She was first introduced in April, 2024, freshly released from prison with a backstory not previously covered by the strip. With this introduction so long after her siblings in the timeline of the family, her brother Blowtop indicated that there were only five siblings, making her the final sibling to be introduced.
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В эпизоде радиошоу Дика Трейси появился Флэттоп. Этот эпизод под названием «Флэттоп» теперь доступен бесплатно на archive.org. В эпизоде раннего телесериала с Ральфом Бердом Джон Клифф сыграл Флэттопа в получасовом эпизоде, довольно близко основанном на истории из комикса. Вместо того чтобы делать актеру плоскую голову или стрижку, создающую иллюзию плоской макушки, Клифф носил большой берет, намекающий на плоский верх. В фильме 1990 года, основанном на комиксе, его сыграл Уильям Форсайт. В этой адаптации он был подручным главного злодея, Альфонса «Большого парня» Каприса (Аль Пачино), и был убит во время перестрелки с Трейси. Флэттоп появляется в мультфильме с Даффи Даком «Великое ограбление копилки», где аниматоры изобразили несколько миниатюрных самолетов, взлетающих с его головы, а также среди мертвых злодеев, выпадающих из шкафа после того, как Даффи в них стреляет. В мультсериале «Дик Трейси» его озвучивал Бенни Рубин, и он почти всегда действовал в паре с Б. Б. Глазами при совершении ограблений.
An episode of the Dick Tracy radio show featured Flattop. Titled "Flattop", this broadcast is now available for free from archive. org. In an episode of the early TV series starring Ralph Byrd, John Cliff portrayed Flattop in a half hour episode based fairly closely on the comic strip story. Rather than giving the actor a flat head, or a haircut that made his head look flat, Cliff wore a large beret that suggested a flat top. In the 1990 film adaptation of the comic strip, he is played by William Forsythe. In this adaptation, he was a henchman of the main villain, Alphonse "Big Boy" Caprice (Al Pacino) and is killed during a shootout with Tracy. Flattop appears in the Daffy Duck short "The Great Piggy Bank Robbery", in which the animators portrayed several mini aircraft taking off from his head, he is also seen among the dead villains falling out of the closet after Daffy shoots them. In The Dick Tracy Show, he was voiced by Benny Rubin and was paired up with B. B. Eyes in almost all his heists.