The Billion Dollar Limited comes rolling down the tracksCarrying a heavy load, gold bullion stored in stacks..Sam and Tracy on the job, gold consignment front page newsOn the other side of town schemes stout Jimmy Choo ShoozThe rotund boss of the train heist, smart planning of his ruseTo seize the gold takes vision bold, an insider he can use.Some poor schmuck with bills to pay, nothing left to loseSwimming in self-pity, singing long and loud the blues..Jimmy used to living large, cigars and dames and boozeHatches now a brilliant scheme, steal gold yet leave no clues.Pays respects to BB-Eyes, crafty crook who’s paid his duesAsks a favor this one time, forbearance he’ll not abuse.BB touts Blackhearts’ depth chart, enables Shooz to chooseA rich deep pool of talent to assist Jimmy Choo Shooz..The Billion Dollar Limited went rolling down the trackGold car up and disappeared, no sign it’s coming back.
All Dick wanted was a cup of JoeRead the news, watch a showBut madness reigned in the Tracy houseHis time of rest playing cat and mouseTornado kids zipping in and outEven beautiful Tess was up and aboutWhat’s this the train has gone bye byeDick just found out he wondered whyHe might as well show Tess the newsJust then he felt a case of the bluesWhile he just wanted to have some down timeTess was dressed completely to the nines.
“Go sub Team Tracy !!!”I like that, Gweedo! AND, of course, I like both our poets today. Thank You, Pequod77 & avenger 09! You are always entertaining!`
Happy Sunday, DT fans!Homely blissA sunny morning coffeeTess has a jobMaybe finding out what happenedTo her Adonis collagueTracy’s section of the newsA nasty surprise brewsWho’s snatched the train’sGold section?
So… the gold car just disappeared? Jimmy does work fast.
As far as everyone grabbing sections of the paper, it reminds me of our family when I was younger. The Colour Comics have always been on Saturday in Toronto. (The newspapers didn’t use to publish on Sunday here.) The comics were 8 pages (two sheets folded). My two brothers and I usually took those apart into two sheets to read them because we couldn’t wait before any of the others read them first.
I don’t comment often but I do look forward to Pequod, Avenger & Ashmael’s artwork with prose. My skills do not lean toward the arts, but I do know art when I see it or in this case read it. Thanks to all of you for making the comments worth reading everyday! :)
Back in the day, our family really did enjoy various sections of the newspaper like that.Behind Joe Tracy’s hand in the second main panel – a portrait of a “family member” who looks very much like Chester Gould!
This is Mike and Joe’s nod to the hey day of newspapers, and i like it. But,even if the family had all TV and radio turned off, you’d think Tracy would know about this before he opened up the Sunday paper. After all, he and Sam were well aware of the potential for trouble with this train a couple of days ago. By the time the story got into print, the cops would already be on the job, wouldn’t they?But this is still a fun glimpse into Tracy’s home life.Tess must not realize Johnny is missing or hurt – she’s acting as if this is a routine assignment.
Why would Dick Tracy have to learn to learn about the gold theft from reading a newspaper? By the time it shows up in a newspaper, it’s old news. Wouldn’t his own police force have informed him of it right away?
Re: garage door openers — Also, make sure everything is reset. Too many people do NOT do this, which makes it easy for crooks to open their garage doors and, usually, gain access to the house.
Sounds like the gold car was sent off on a siding somewhere.Of course, hiding and moving a billion in gold is going to be pretty hard, and then there’s getting cash for it…The Blackhearts are sure to move in on the operation. I wonder if Jimmy will live long enough to see a dollar from his heist.That’s assuming he pulled it off, and not the Blackhearts!
The robbery has taken place off-panel, which I didn’t expect. We don’t know where in relation to Tracyville the robbery was discovered, nor do we know how Jimmy Choo Shooz pulled it off. Maybe Sgt. Doherty will share his expertise on jurisdiction as it relates to railroad lines and cargo. We know the train was scheduled to pass through Tracyville. I assume it was robbed within city limits..I like the glimpse of J. Straightedge Trustworthy, as Team Tracy celebrates the bygone era of the big Sunday paper being plucked apart by the family. Tess is off to work. As others have noted, she shows no sign of distress over a missing or hospitalized colleague. Johnny may be taking an extended dirt nap. If he is not yet missed, he soon will be..Unlike Tracy, Jumbler didn’t have to share his paper. Crypto is illiterate! Still, the pooch is no fool. He knows the word “pastry.” Wrrf!
Thanks to VistaBill, Gweedo, Night-Gaunt49, cpalmeresq, Neil Wick, William Weedman, Starman1948, Willy007, Sydney Phillips, John Russell and JPuzzleWhiz for the kind words. Very much appreciated.
Not only is that a picture of Chester Gould in the second panel, but if you look carefully at the comics page being taken away from Tracy, you see that the JSTrustworthy strip on the front mirrors what is in the top panel next to the Crimestoppers Textbook! Such attention to detail!
And, is that a Sunday strip of Sawdust below JST on that page, perhaps?
A terrific Sunday strip today. I like seeing these slice of life side trips into the lives of our characters. It is timed so that it is not interrupting the flow of the story. I have a lot of memories of the Sunday papers and would often get out of town papers for the great of comic strips available then. The NY Daily News just isn’t the same without Dick Tracy on the front page or even inside.
Pequod over 9 years ago
The Billion Dollar Limited comes rolling down the tracksCarrying a heavy load, gold bullion stored in stacks..Sam and Tracy on the job, gold consignment front page newsOn the other side of town schemes stout Jimmy Choo ShoozThe rotund boss of the train heist, smart planning of his ruseTo seize the gold takes vision bold, an insider he can use.Some poor schmuck with bills to pay, nothing left to loseSwimming in self-pity, singing long and loud the blues..Jimmy used to living large, cigars and dames and boozeHatches now a brilliant scheme, steal gold yet leave no clues.Pays respects to BB-Eyes, crafty crook who’s paid his duesAsks a favor this one time, forbearance he’ll not abuse.BB touts Blackhearts’ depth chart, enables Shooz to chooseA rich deep pool of talent to assist Jimmy Choo Shooz..The Billion Dollar Limited went rolling down the trackGold car up and disappeared, no sign it’s coming back.
avenger09 over 9 years ago
All Dick wanted was a cup of JoeRead the news, watch a showBut madness reigned in the Tracy houseHis time of rest playing cat and mouseTornado kids zipping in and outEven beautiful Tess was up and aboutWhat’s this the train has gone bye byeDick just found out he wondered whyHe might as well show Tess the newsJust then he felt a case of the bluesWhile he just wanted to have some down timeTess was dressed completely to the nines.
Vista Bill Raley and Comet™ over 9 years ago
Good morning guys!
Jimmy works quickly… as does Pequod77 and avenger09. Too fast for my weary old brain! Good night all.
cpalmeresq over 9 years ago
“Go sub Team Tracy !!!”I like that, Gweedo! AND, of course, I like both our poets today. Thank You, Pequod77 & avenger 09! You are always entertaining!`
AnyFace over 9 years ago
What job does the Tracy Agency have?
And whither Johnny Adonis?
Ashmael over 9 years ago
Happy Sunday, DT fans!Homely blissA sunny morning coffeeTess has a jobMaybe finding out what happenedTo her Adonis collagueTracy’s section of the newsA nasty surprise brewsWho’s snatched the train’sGold section?
cpalmeresq over 9 years ago
Well, your welcome, Murray!
nighthawk1 over 9 years ago
AnyFace said, about 1 hour ago
And whither Johnny Adonis?-————————————————————-Maybe we’ll get to find out soon. I hope so.
Neil Wick over 9 years ago
Thanks to all three poets. All are great.
So… the gold car just disappeared? Jimmy does work fast.
As far as everyone grabbing sections of the paper, it reminds me of our family when I was younger. The Colour Comics have always been on Saturday in Toronto. (The newspapers didn’t use to publish on Sunday here.) The comics were 8 pages (two sheets folded). My two brothers and I usually took those apart into two sheets to read them because we couldn’t wait before any of the others read them first.
Sisyphos over 9 years ago
Striking resemblance between the harried daddy Tracy in the last panel and the J.S. Trustworthy in the throwaway panel….
It appears as though all the security measures weren’t enough to foil Jimmy’s grand scheme. Now what, detective?
William Weedman over 9 years ago
I don’t comment often but I do look forward to Pequod, Avenger & Ashmael’s artwork with prose. My skills do not lean toward the arts, but I do know art when I see it or in this case read it. Thanks to all of you for making the comments worth reading everyday! :)
crobinson019 over 9 years ago
Jimmy ChooShooz must have David Copperfield on his payroll…
Ken in Ohio over 9 years ago
Back in the day, our family really did enjoy various sections of the newspaper like that.Behind Joe Tracy’s hand in the second main panel – a portrait of a “family member” who looks very much like Chester Gould!
davidf42 over 9 years ago
Morning, Tracyville!
I’m really curious to find out how Jimmy pulled it off. How did he make the train car just disappear?
Ken in Ohio over 9 years ago
This is Mike and Joe’s nod to the hey day of newspapers, and i like it. But,even if the family had all TV and radio turned off, you’d think Tracy would know about this before he opened up the Sunday paper. After all, he and Sam were well aware of the potential for trouble with this train a couple of days ago. By the time the story got into print, the cops would already be on the job, wouldn’t they?But this is still a fun glimpse into Tracy’s home life.Tess must not realize Johnny is missing or hurt – she’s acting as if this is a routine assignment.
Starman1948 over 9 years ago
Good Sunday morning my friends. Pequod , avenger and Ashmael excellent poetry. Y’all have an uplifting day everyone.
sixam over 9 years ago
Why would Dick Tracy have to learn to learn about the gold theft from reading a newspaper? By the time it shows up in a newspaper, it’s old news. Wouldn’t his own police force have informed him of it right away?
Sportymonk over 9 years ago
Yep, that’s the way Sunday’s used to be with a nice fat Sunday paper and a relaxing afternoon. Now the paper looks like a ad circular in the mail.
SKJAM! Premium Member over 9 years ago
Bonnie is looking for either a job or an apartment, I guess.
cripplious over 9 years ago
Tess’ hairdo looks like Notty
abdullahbaba999 over 9 years ago
Ye Gods, Its the Sunday Funnies…
tripwire45 over 9 years ago
Who reads newspapers anymore? I even read the comic strips online.
Kim Metzger Premium Member over 9 years ago
Re: garage door openers — Also, make sure everything is reset. Too many people do NOT do this, which makes it easy for crooks to open their garage doors and, usually, gain access to the house.
BeniHanna6 Premium Member over 9 years ago
got to be the dumbest security in the world.
johnrussco over 9 years ago
Good morning sir. from yesterday did you mean that time has softened your armor too?
Can't Sleep over 9 years ago
Sounds like the gold car was sent off on a siding somewhere.Of course, hiding and moving a billion in gold is going to be pretty hard, and then there’s getting cash for it…The Blackhearts are sure to move in on the operation. I wonder if Jimmy will live long enough to see a dollar from his heist.That’s assuming he pulled it off, and not the Blackhearts!
Pequod over 9 years ago
The robbery has taken place off-panel, which I didn’t expect. We don’t know where in relation to Tracyville the robbery was discovered, nor do we know how Jimmy Choo Shooz pulled it off. Maybe Sgt. Doherty will share his expertise on jurisdiction as it relates to railroad lines and cargo. We know the train was scheduled to pass through Tracyville. I assume it was robbed within city limits..I like the glimpse of J. Straightedge Trustworthy, as Team Tracy celebrates the bygone era of the big Sunday paper being plucked apart by the family. Tess is off to work. As others have noted, she shows no sign of distress over a missing or hospitalized colleague. Johnny may be taking an extended dirt nap. If he is not yet missed, he soon will be..Unlike Tracy, Jumbler didn’t have to share his paper. Crypto is illiterate! Still, the pooch is no fool. He knows the word “pastry.” Wrrf!
Thanks to VistaBill, Gweedo, Night-Gaunt49, cpalmeresq, Neil Wick, William Weedman, Starman1948, Willy007, Sydney Phillips, John Russell and JPuzzleWhiz for the kind words. Very much appreciated.
Chris Sherlock over 9 years ago
Very nice job on today’s poetry, Pequod and Avenger!
William Neal McPheeters over 9 years ago
And whither Johnny Adonis, indeed!!! ………………………………………………….. great job Team Tracy!!!
LouW over 9 years ago
Not only is that a picture of Chester Gould in the second panel, but if you look carefully at the comics page being taken away from Tracy, you see that the JSTrustworthy strip on the front mirrors what is in the top panel next to the Crimestoppers Textbook! Such attention to detail!
And, is that a Sunday strip of Sawdust below JST on that page, perhaps?
avenger09 over 9 years ago
Thanks everyone for your kind words.
Jerryjohn52 over 9 years ago
A terrific Sunday strip today. I like seeing these slice of life side trips into the lives of our characters. It is timed so that it is not interrupting the flow of the story. I have a lot of memories of the Sunday papers and would often get out of town papers for the great of comic strips available then. The NY Daily News just isn’t the same without Dick Tracy on the front page or even inside.
K M over 9 years ago
How is it that the news knows about the disappearance of this rail car and the cops don’t!?
s.gottlieb over 9 years ago
How did Billy Batson get in there?
celeste0416 over 9 years ago
wow he has kids and a wife to take care of him
Pequod almost 8 years ago
The Billion Dollar Limited comes rolling down the tracks
Carrying a heavy load, gold bullion stored in stacks.
Sam and Tracy on the job, gold consignment front page news
On the other side of town schemes stout Jimmy Choo Shooz
The rotund boss of the train heist, smart planning of his ruse
To seize the gold takes vision bold, an insider he can use.
Some poor schmuck with bills to pay, nothing left to lose
Swimming in self-pity, singing long and loud the blues.
Jimmy used to living large, cigars and dames and booze
Hatches now a brilliant scheme, steal gold yet leave no clues.
Pays respects to BB-Eyes, crafty crook who’s paid his dues
Asks a favor this one time, forbearance he’ll not abuse.
BB touts Blackhearts’ depth chart, enables Shooz to choose
A rich deep pool of talent to assist Jimmy Choo Shooz.
The Billion Dollar Limited went rolling down the track
Gold car up and disappeared, no sign it’s coming back.