Dick Tracy by Mike Curtis and Charles Ettinger for April 07, 2015

Today’s strip put me to sleep so I hope you don’t mind me going off topic!

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A fearful hush consumes the landA Prince of Tracyville’s been bannedThe children cry they know not whyThe law demands the Prince say byeHis spirit helped in many a wayTo aid the citizens through each dayHe held no grudge or bitternessHis words gave all a sense of blissHis memory survives in all our livesNo rule can break the bond that tiesWe’ll carry on what else can we doLife goes on in Tracyville too!

Billion Dollar Limited is the third of the seventeen animated Technicolor short films based upon the DC Comics character Superman. Produced by Fleischer Studios, Billion Dollar Limited centers on a train carrying one billion dollars in gold to the US mint, which is sabotaged by robbers before Superman intervenes. The short was released by Paramount Pictures on January 9, 1942.1This might be a VERY interesting crossover!

Yes, indeed, Sam. That was a Superman cartoon. Apparently “some small South American” country has a lot of gold!

I’d thought for a moment this might tie into the gold Purdy had stashed.

Or was that gold stashed on the moon?

For those keeping track, this is Tracy’s first appearance in the strip in 17 days and Sam’s first in 19 days, but this strip is really about the criminals, not about Tracy and Sam. Not to worry. I’m sure they’ll be around quite a bit—they’ve got a train robbery to stop—or something. I wonder if they know Jimmy Choo Shooz.

If they didn’t before, they soon will.

Good morning Tracy fans. ___________@Avenger09: another good poem. ___________@cpalmeresq: thanks for the Superman info.___________Y’all have an awesome day everyone.

"At Ray and Willy.Left a note at the end of yesterday.I saw that. Thanks! I enjoyed putting that Notta presentation together, and I’m glad you found it helpful. I enjoy researching the characters I really like, so if there are any others from the 60s or 70s you’re ever wondering about, I’m always here to ask. I doubt my reply will be as long as the Notta Report, though. By the way, did you see my reply about what to do in Firefox? Were you able to open the full-size image files?

@Willy007: I copied your Notta posts into a Word document. Thanks for posting the good info on the high res comics. Be healthy and happy my friend.

Good morning everyone!

A South American country has a gold reserve. Heck, we don’t even have a gold reserve.

So I guess Jimmy Choo Shooz one of those small-timers.It would be funny if several of these small-timers were to try robbing the train at the same time. Chaos ensues…

“The Billion Dollar Limited” was one of the classic Superman cartoons by the Fleischer Bros. in the 1940s. They were a primary influence on the look and tone of the Bruce Timm Batman cartoons from the 1990s. But don’t take my word for how great they are, go to that tube video site and see for yourself.

Now we know exactly what the Billion dollar Train is carrying, and whence it comes.Would Tracy consider Jimmy Choo Shooz a “small-timer”? He is a big one….

Joe, Mike, Shelley, Shane and Jim just keep rockin’ the free world.

At Ray and Willy.Left a note at the end of yesterday._______________

Thanks Gweedo. I didn’t expect to see you today after you described the email you received yesterday.

The headlines read of gold to come thruTracy and Sam, they knew what to doGuard the train, with both of their livesSo citizens can sleep peacefully, for their 9-5’sBut what of the treasure the hopes of a plunderthat brings unsavory sorts up from downundercould maybe The Mole, in this story appear——to stash away the wealth with nothing to fearit could be a boon, for shortly to marrybut would the guilt be too much for him to carrynay- but on the side of the law now he toilsthe gold will not be part of the spoilsone has to wonder, headlines in the newsread both by Tracy and Jimmy Choo Shoozthe fate of the gold— rushed thru the townbe fenced, then again, on a merry go roundShooz has a plan, as most villains dowhich may yet be spoiled before “act two”The Blackhearts and Notta, a strange pair they do makeperhaps THEY will have a share of the takeBut what of Venus, Apollo and otherswhose bungling has gotten Bigg in a druthersof those we shall see their fates eventually unfoldperhaps all for a million in gold

Well, the link appeared here a couple of weeks ago when the story title first leaked out, but here it is again, for those who missed it the first time: Superman – Billion Dollar Limited (1942) (right-click and open in a new tab)

“To Morrow! To Morrow!This shout-out goes to Morrow!We hope you be back someday!”Totally agree, JPuzz!

I like how ancillary characters and events are given space. Not terribly fond of shows etc. where a main character hoggs it all.I totally agree. Neil just pointed out that Tracy had not appeared for 17 days, and maybe that was a bit long. But the Dick Tracy strip has always been told from a “third person” point of view, so that we can see here, there, and in Gould’s famous phrase “On the other side of town.” And I do enjoy that form of story telling. Ed McBain was a master at that in he 87th Precinct books. Interestingly, Lee Child varies between first person and third person in his Jack Reacher series. (Some books are one, some are the other) Getting back to Tracy, I miss him if he’s gone too long, but I do like stories with varying points of view.

I’m hoping this new story ties in with the Blackhearts.

No gweedo, i have to sit in the corner of the classroom.. something about behavior problems :)

@tsull2121: good poem my friend. Be healthy and happy.

Hey, Willy!

Just double-checked, looks like yesterday’s re-posts of the Notta history remain, at least they’re still available for viewing as of right now.

Best guess is that the site’s issue with your initial posting was length, it’s possible there could even be some automatic function at GoComics which purges very long posts, thinking that they might be spam.

So far, so good.

"Hey, Willy!

Just double-checked, looks like yesterday’s re-posts of the Notta history remain, at least they’re still available for viewing as of right now.

Best guess is that the site’s issue with your initial posting was length, it’s possible there could even be some automatic function at GoComics which purges very long posts, thinking that they might be spam.

So far, so good."Thanks, AnyFace! I’m glad to hear that. I’m actually planning to add to the Notta Report later tonight, if you can believe that! I realized after I posted everything that I barely mentioned what is probably the most memorable and significant part of her story — the chase in space, the fate of the $100,000, and how the Chin Chillars found their way to Piggy’s farm. The new material will be intended to fill in that gap. I’ll post it on Monday’s comments page, and that way we’ll have everything in one place. Kind of a one-stop Notta Shoppe. And thanks once again for your kind encouragement yesterday. I have to admit I was pretty down after my original long post suddenly disappeared. It was people like you and Pequod77 and Gweedo and Ray Toler and JPuzzleWhiz and Starman1948 and Neil Wick who picked me up and got me motivated to give it another go. Thanks again for your kind support! Appreciate it!

Sam already knew What Tracy would do And sayDick was far too old to change

Sam the Man with the deformed handSure knew Dicky boy wellThe talk of all this choo choo gold Would really ring his bell“Nothing like a massive spike In chatter among

Sam the Man with the deformed handSure knew Dicky boy wellThe talk of all this choo choo gold Would really ring his bell“Nothing like a massive spike In talks with every snitchTo prove to Tracy fast and hastyCharlie’ll have a hitchSam just grinned and laughed withinHe knew he pegged it rightGood to know that cup of JoeWould help him through the night.

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Not for nothing but Mike and Joe aren’t giving me much to work with these days. Come on guys, give a dude a break and pick things up! LOL!

Sam the Man with the deformed handSure knew Dicky boy wellThe talk of all this choo choo gold Would really ring his bellNothing like a massive spike In talks with every snitchTo prove to Tracy fast and hastyCharlie’ll have a hitchSam just grinned and laughed withinHe knew he pegged it rightGood to know that cup of JoeWould help him through the night.

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Not for nothing but Mike and Joe aren’t giving me much to work with these days. Come on guys, give a dude a break and pick things up! LOL!

Sam the Man with the deformed handSure knew this Dicky boy wellThe talk of all this choo choo gold Would really ring his bellNothing like a massive spike In talks with every snitchTo prove to Tracy fast and hastyCharlie’ll have a hitchSam just grinned and laughed withinHe knew he pegged it rightGood to know that cup of JoeWould help him through the night.

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Not for nothing but Mike and Joe aren’t giving me much to work with these days. Come on guys, give a dude a break and pick things up! LOL!

Sam the Man with the deformed handSure knew this Dicky boy wellThe talk of all this choo choo gold Would really ring his bellNothing like a massive spike In talks with every snitchTo prove to Tracy fast and hastyCharlie’ll have a hitchSam just grinned and laughed withinHe knew he pegged it rightGood to know that cup of JoeWould help him through the night.

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Not for nothing but Mike and Joe aren’t giving me much to work with these days. Come on guys, give a dude a break and pick things up! LOL!

i hope he can figure it out soon