Dick Tracy by Mike Curtis and Charles Ettinger for September 30, 2014

The Magic Blanket!!!

Yes, let’s hear the explanations first before Punjab poofs him!

Maybe he also has something like a magic sheet or a pillowcase that when put over his head makes Axel fess up to what’s going on.

Good morning guys!

I guess we’ll have to hold it ’till tomorrow!Good morning, Vista Bill!

Well, at least he didn’t “disappear” Axel. That would have been tragic. We do have to hear some explaining.

:>)

Wake me when any member of the Dick Tracy cast appears in this strip again. Lately it should be called Orphan Annie.

Punjab and “Friend Asp” have got to be the most loveable assassins I’ve ever seen.

OK, so what are the bets that the speaker of the words: “Hold it, right there!” are:1) Daddy Warbucks2) Dick Tracy3) Fritz Ann4) Sam5) The Asp6) Annie7) Sandy

Yeah; mine, too! Go Fritzy; you rock, girl!

Down, Punjab!!! Easy, big fellow. Look, Ma Silo cooked you up a nice plate of curry for breakfast, with a large mango lassi. You will feel much better once you eat.

I was thinking it’s Tracy…. it IS his strip, after all…. kind of

When one intends to sellA comic book, it’s wellAll swear words to expel.However, you impelThis servant, you to tellWhat land these crooks now dwell.If tell I must, I shell!I sent them down to…SAHIB…

“Little Orphan Melvin,” Kurtzmann and Wood, Mad #9, 1954

Aaaaaaand the Feds join the party!

Here’s the problem with crossover stories; The Asp and Punjab are coming across in today’s strip as thugs who happen to be on the “right” side! I mean Punjab looks like he’s almost possessed by something in panel 3. Any fan of Annie knows he’ll use force as a last resort. You’re incorporating characters in a story that you aren’t that familiar with. In other news I’m too old for these DC walking tours! LOL!

Ann8ie and Warbucks? Boring. More Asp and Punjab!

Good morning DT and Annie fans. Good suggestions all. IThe voice in the last panel doesn’t sound like Warbucks nor Tracy. I think that it is possibly the professor. Maybe tomorrow we will find out?

It’s got to be Tracy. He is with them, and he’ll want Axel to get due process. Besides, there are a lot of questions we need answers to, and, as we’ve learned, that carpet doesn’t give up it’s secrets.

To those complaining about Punjab’s behavior today —He’s just trying to reunite Axel with his troops.

I wonder if Axel will reveal that they’re all in 1942, and that he’s really working for Ming the Merciless.

Maybe a magic lasso will do the trick to get the truth…oh wait wrong comic!

Hey, Avenger, old buddy! Wanna make your visit to DC interesting? Try hopping across the fence @ 1600 Pennsylvania and sprinting toward the finish line (hint: it’s at the big door on the building in front of you).

It has been a fairly interesting trip. But PLEEEZE, can we have Dick Tracy back? I never really cared for Annie even as a kid. And “Tomorrow, Tomorrow…a day away” drives me crazy.

Tracy, proper police man that he is would try to stop Punjab from taking the law into his own hands.

The Asp is from Istanbul. They sell these kinds of carpets there..

They don’t really disappear. Punjab sends them to Scottsdale.

Mike Curtis posted on Facebook that the Annie story will end on Oct. 9.

Nightgaunt, concentrating on the VILLAIN is fine, but when the SUPPORTING CAST completely overshadows the SUPPOSED main character, then theres a problem. (and i dont mean the 2nd string like sam, lee, lizz, etc.. but the 3rd or 4th string of guest stars like p-jabby, ollie and the asp)

This is quality stuff. Everyday I look forward to seeing what’s going on up here. Thanks so much for a great comic!

So only now you figure out the difference?

.I can’t even figure out what you mean?

That sound you hear is Chester Gould spinning in his grave…