Dick Tracy by Mike Curtis and Charles Ettinger for August 14, 2015

Not ONLY a look at a great selection of our fascinating cast of characters, but also a 5-PANEL weekday strip! CLASSIC!

Holy Toledo the news is just inThe buildings surrounded is there anyway to winThere’s always tomorrow to skin a rat or twoThe executions are placed on hold what else can we really doIt makes no sense to proceed as planned and split the crew in halfTogether we are stronger as we face the MCU staffDiet’s the perfect hostage he’s an excellent bargaining chipWhile the cops are busy freeing him we’ll give the fuzz the slipI’m sure Dick Tracy’s right in front prepared to lead his troopsHopefully we can distract him and make him leap through hoopsI only wish we captured one to put fear in Tracy’s heartA child or youth that calls him kin would be the perfect start.

“The Enemy of My Enemy is My Friend.”

Will The Blackhearts Buddy Up?

Good morning guys!.Nice poetry, avenger09! I still don’t like seeing Honeymoon and Annie in the midst of those killers. I foresee them as being captured and held hostage along with Diet Smith. Then to the rooftop and the big helicopter to whisk the bad guys away to safety.

Joe needs to be mindful about how greatly he elongates Bribery’s neck.

He’s “Mr. Bigg,” not Plastic Man. :)

All of a sudden there’s a change of plan. I doubt if Mr. Bigg is wiling to take everyone on his helicopter.

Somebody was saying that you almost need a scorecard to identify all the characters. There they are, all laid out for us (except the Munro brothers, who we saw yesterday). I not that T-Bolt is all alone, not even with Mr. Bigg today.

Aside from the “bigg” boss, all the people we know in the building are grouped into threes, except T-Bolt and the two girls, who are right beside each other, but not together. Interesting.

Who called the cops?

But… It can’t come to this yet. We haven’t met Nah Tay’s brother, Ix Nay, yet!What about threatening Diet Smith with head shrinking?

And they’re off!!!!!! Time to get the party started…..

BB eyes is without scars. Plastic surgery?

Very interesting…..All the certain Blackhearts, regardless of faction, look alarmed or at least worried by Sputnik Munro’s message. But, while the junior detectives seem oblivious to this development, T-Bolt alone looks not alarmed but concerned in another sense—as if she had called in the cops. T-Bolt is, to me, looking good as being an undercover LEO, and very possibly Lee Ebony….Does the shooting start tomorrow, or hold off for Sunday’s strip?

Not all the Principals—Blaze is out of the picture againIS T-Bolt Lee?—sure looks it

But the billion dollar question is this…Will the Blackhearts band together, or will it be every thug for themself?

The end has begun.

I just realized Sputnik Munro (sic) was the name of a “professional” wrestler years ago.

OK, kids – I think you can leave, now…

Fabulous five panel goodness. All the players are in place as the noose tightens on the Blackhearts. All except Blaze, that is…

Quick, eat the gold!

Looks like Sunday could be quite action-packed.

Good poem, Av! I’ve a suggestion for the guys and gals who are being surrounded….. Next time you pick a hideout, don’t make it the tallest skyscraper in town with your logo on all four sides. And to Mr. B in particular: don’t hire a bodyguard without doing a better background check.

Sputnik Munro was the name of a wrestler and some claim he integrated wrestling in memphis with whites and blacks being fans of this notorious heel!

Ok, Biggy, we got you surrounded, come out with your hands up…

Good afternoon everyone.-———————FYI Animal lovers: Breaking Cat News is a good comic. -———————@avenger09: Well written my friend.-———————-Be happy and healthy my friends.

Why do I expect a hand to land on Honeymoon’s shoulder?I guess it’s just their pose in that last panel, but if they’re just outside Bribery’s office… and everything is hitting the fan…

@Gweedo – It’s legal here !!! – Murray

Set the bomb then to the ROOF!____________________

But … what of the Treasures of the Great Am …?

Glad they took my advice and used their cell phones!

You think Tracy might finally make an appearance this weekend?

I’m sure that stuff will be safe in the basement. You only need to blow out the floors above the gallery to keep the cops from getting to you before lifting off.

That’s true, they could blow off the top floors and still keep the ground floor safe. Hopefully the building isn’t built like the “twin towers” were, though.

Note taking can help greatly.

I’m sure I have more notes than most people, but some more casual readers need a bit of extra help.

YE GODS!

A FIVE-panel strip on a weekday! 5 threads coming together! And thanks to avenger09 for the poem!

Tomorrow I’m guessing is thread #6; the MCU’s perspective: Tracy arriving (perhaps with Mysta, who got Honeymoon’s telepathic message), SWAT teams setting up, etc.

Then on Sunday is when the you-know-what hits the fan, the junior detectives in the midst of a crossfire, Diet being Mr. Bigg’s ace-in-the-hole, T-Bolt showing her true colors, etc, etc…

Of course, so many possibilities, you can only put so much in, even on the Sunday strip. Next couple of days and weeks ought to be good!

NOOOOOO…….don’t end it like THIS! With Tracy and company just arresting everybody….……no chance to see Melies & Co. trying to kill Bribery…..no chance to see BB & company knocking off Melies group….no chance to see Diet perilously close to being a shrunken head…..no chance to see Honeymoon and Annie captured……all these subplots and more, all ended with a simple “everybody, you’re under arrest”…..

@Neil Wick: I decided to add my real name. (I’m thinking about changing my avatar also). -——- I missed the meteor show. There is too much light pollution where I live to see any meteors or comets. I can spot a few planets on occasion. Have a peaceful night my friend.

Sputnik Monroe, the wrestler?

Isn’t that the way things went in Tombstone Arizona in 1881?

Tracy rubbed his eyes, he found it very hard to believeWas he really in the strip today or again was he deceivedOnce or twice beforeHe’d appear of this he was sureOnly to realizeSomeone else got the desired prizeHow long had it been, two weeks maybe threeSo many others got the joy and experienced all the gleeTubby zappy curly, bully whoopie TWhippy bros and chiro, everyone but me Today’s my special day Just try and take it awayI know tomorrow I might be gone once againThat’s why I live for the now and never worry about the when.