Dick Tracy by Mike Curtis and Charles Ettinger for October 25, 2015

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    Pequod  about 9 years ago

    Chief springs into action with the death of 88 KeyesThugs and Mugs that roam the streets will do just as they please.Mayor gives him an earful. You know what rolls downhillBurden falls on Shoulders. Urgent mission to fulfill.Take it to the Tower, send Bud Jenkins to the bossRide up to the Penthouse to the man none dare to cross.Goes by the name of Chalice, to not know him marks you greenOf cops and robbers, crime and law, he’s top cat of the scene.Top so flat this cool cat is premier private eyeFerrets out the truth and secures justice by and by.Take his card. Turn it around. Identity now clear.Run afoul of Chalice, know that payment shall be dear.In the Midnite Mirror good is bad and wrong is rightGaze into the glass, see cops and crooks in a new light.

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    cpalmeresq  about 9 years ago

    Littleface, BB Eyes, and finally (!) FLATTOP! (And to think, I was happy with just the reappearance of Mr. Bribery! ) Sure, no one but Team Tracy actually knows what this “interlude” is really about, but it continues to entertain!

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    Vista Bill Raley and Comet™  about 9 years ago

    .Good morning 22ph, Gweedo, et al….➋ ② ➋ ② ➋ ② ➋ ② ➋ ② ➋ ② ➋ ② ➋

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    AnyFace  about 9 years ago

    This is feeling like a crime novel drawing inspiration from “real-life” characters.

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    Rod Gonzalez  about 9 years ago

    So the Chalice IS Flattop!

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    AnyFace  about 9 years ago

    Could this be a novel written by one of Flattop’s relatives?

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    Ashmael  about 9 years ago

    Good morning, DT Fans!What nice and suave Flattop! This Sunday we have a bounty! And if this is not a parallel Universe, alternate timeline, call it what you wish what could it be? An Halloween play?

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    AnyFace  about 9 years ago

    Also, The Yellow Coat of Justice!

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    boboscar  about 9 years ago

    For me, the big news of today’s strip is seeing Littleface and B-B Eyes, 2 characters prominent in the Curtis era, showing up, especially since some have speculated this might be from B-B’s POV. I wonder if there’s any significance to which characters Curtis & Staton are using.

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    Ashmael  about 9 years ago

    @Pequod, compliments for the beautiful poem!

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    willy007  about 9 years ago

    Upside down….

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    Vista Bill Raley and Comet™  about 9 years ago

    Gweedo made his comment clear,Me thinkest you reed too much into that. I used “Count” as in living in a graveyard…-—————————————————————————-.Please don’t fight over words about me and my upcoming birthday, guys! I do appreciate being defended when the occasion arises, though.

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    abdullahbaba999  about 9 years ago

    This is shaping up to be an adventure in the past…East is West and Up is Down…keep up the surprises. Luving It..

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    retropop  about 9 years ago

    Shouldn’t that be “Officer/Rank Eizlander” not Mr.?

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    Can't Sleep  about 9 years ago

    I’m enjoying this story even more than the last story!I love the business card gimmick. For the life of me, I couldn’t figure out how the name ‘the Chalice’ would fit in with anybody. -Does anyone remember if the Saint had a business card with the character’s haloed stick figure logo?

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    Ashmael  about 9 years ago

    It could be a story by Mysta, Honeymoon, or Vera Alldid (she could have even signed the story with the reference to Arev Alldid in the last Sunday). Or it could be a dream or a Second Life virtual reality created by Abner and Rikki, and I wager on this last one!

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    AnyFace  about 9 years ago

    Plus a theme composed by creator Leslie Charteris.

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    AnyFace  about 9 years ago

    By the way, in continuity “Littleface" Finney lost his ears due to frostbite.

    Here, his ears are prominent.

    Wish fulfillment much?

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    coratelli  about 9 years ago

    Flattop"!!!!!

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    cpalmeresq  about 9 years ago

    “Flatop & BB Eyes” together again! Amusining for those of us old enough to remember the classic “Dick Tracy” cartoon villain team-ups! Correct me if I’m wrong, please! The others were Sketch Paree & the Mole: Pruneface & Itchy; Stooge Viller & Mumbles; Oodles & the Brow; and the original character, Cheater Gunsmoke!

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    cpalmeresq  about 9 years ago

    “cpalmeresq said, about 14 ways of counting Up ago@Gweedo – It’s legal here !!! – Murray“Good morning to you Countdown boy !”"Gweed, if that happened to be in reference to my “count UP” comment to Vista Bill, I certainly meant it iwith the greatest respect to him: As in:“Onward and ever Upward”!“Me thinkest you reed too much into that. I used “Count” as in living in a graveyard you meet certain hungry types who Count for much. Remember back when Bill couldn’t see himself in a mirror ? Also, countdown was just carrying on the space monkey theme.”Gweedo, my Friend, I would never read ANYTHING negative into a comment you would make about Vista Bill Raley! Your appreciation of the gentrleman is utmost, and I would be humbled to say that I am next in line. When I first started commenting (after reading the posts for a whike), I found him to be a calmimg influence, as I’ve said many times over the years. Much peace to you,Sir, as our friend’s birthday approaches!

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    Ashmael  about 9 years ago

    I’d rather like Flattop as a good guy!

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    Tommygunner  about 9 years ago

    Very cool development. Flattop a good guy, Tracy bad. No idea what’s going on, but I’m sure it will all make sense soon. Rockin’ fun!

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    seanyj  about 9 years ago

    LOL! Oh yeah! It’s the #1 Tracy villain of all time..Flattop! You guys know I’ve been hoping for a Flatttop revival for a longtime and I finally get my wish! I wonder if he’s married to Stilletta now? And I see B.B Eyes is out off the hospital.

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    Jonathan K. and the Elusive Dream Girl  about 9 years ago

    @Gweedo – It’s legal here !!! – Murray said: “I used ‘Count’ as in living in a graveyard you meet certain hungry types who Count for much.”Like Count Dracula?

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    kantuck-nadie  about 9 years ago

    Osiyo everyone, including Vista Bill. I hope you have a fine birthday! Just remember; spirits, and cake in moderation, dancing and enjoyment in full.

    At last, Flattop makes an appearance and it looks to be the equal of Tracy in this mirror universe; which makes sense. If this was a Batman universe I’d see the Joker as Batman (although hard to disguise himself.) After all their greatest enemy.

    But did anyone else get the feeling that Flattop Tracy is more than a detective, but in the realm of consolidating detective? Just the way he said “Chief Boche needs my assistance?”

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    FFosdick   about 9 years ago

    Reminds me of Gotham this season; Rise of the Villans

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    jrankin1959  about 9 years ago

    Man, the hoops you gotta jump through just to bring back a popular character! (I bet every artist/writer that came after Gould is secretly cursing him for killing off Flattop…)

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    LouW  about 9 years ago

    Could this be the hell that all criminals go to when they die? Forced to live lives of good over and over again?

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    Neil Wick  about 9 years ago

    Well, the people who have been clamouring to have Flattop back have got their wish (some of), at least for a few short days, but there are others who think this whole sequence is stupid and want to move on as soon as possible. You can’t please all of the people all of the time.

    It looks like the GoComics colour guy got the yellow coat right in yesterday’s strip, assuming that Alfred was getting down the coat for Flattop and not for himself, which I’m sure is the case.

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    Paul1963  about 9 years ago

    “Big Ears” instead of “Little Face.” Nice!

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    punchydugan  about 9 years ago

    This story line is reminding me of a two part episode of the much missed Batman: The Brave and the Bold.(Among others) In that 2 parter the Joker was the city’s savior as The Red Hood.

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    22ph  about 9 years ago

    Since we’ve been seeing bad-guys-then-good-guys-now are all dead in real time, does that mean that BB Eyes died after the raid in Ace Tower?Nice one, Pequod.Two more days till BDay, Vista Bill. I am <going to bake a cake for you. :)

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    Pequod  about 9 years ago

    Classic Gould characters as rendered by Joe Staton? Yes, please. My eye is on the “midnight mirror” and I like what eye see. Flattop looks spiffy as Chalice. A visual feast, even as questions abound. Will patience on plot points be rewarded? If the past predicts the future, the answer will be yes.

    Words of wisdom from Sgt. Doherty in today’s “Crimestoppers.” Thanks to cpalmeresq, Ashmael, Gweedo, Night-Gaunt49, Jonathan K., orbenjawell, Neil Wick, Chris Sherlock, JPuzzleWhiz, Ray Toler, rvidejung (not to my ear, but thank you) and 22ph for the kind words. Very much appreciated.

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    HAL69  about 9 years ago

    “Take his card. Turn it around. Identity now clear.Run afoul of Chalice, know that payment shall be dear.”

    Excellent line, Pequod—as well as the rest of the poem, but that one really stood out. Thank you!

    So Flattop plays our Tracy’s ‘dark mirror’ in this universe (good guys are bad, bad guys are good), and he looks like as a Sherlock Holmes-type, coming to the aid of the police. As for the timeline, it looks like classic Gould’s 1940s era.

    Most intriguing cast of characters playing “dark mirror” roles, so who else are going to surprise us? We already saw a blonde Lizz as a moll, so how about Tess Trueheart? Diet Smith? Junior Tracy?

    Well done, Team Tracy!

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    Neil Wick  about 9 years ago
    … a totally different lightI think that has too many syllables for the meter.
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    Vista Bill Raley and Comet™  about 9 years ago

    Thanks guys for clearing things up as I approach my happy and peaceful day with you.

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    mikeg52  about 9 years ago

    I guess now we wait for Tracy to emerge from the shower as Tess says “I had the weirdest dream last night…”

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    sjsczurek  about 9 years ago

    I hate to say it, but this is starting to get old.

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    Sisyphos  about 9 years ago

    Cool! B-B Eyes, Littleface, and, as crimefighting consulting detective The Chalice, Flattop, in the iconic yellow trenchcoat! The strange topsy-turvy universe of the Midnite Mirror is surely entertaining, if perplexing. It appears as though this tale-within-a-tale will play out before we learn the secret of the Midnite Mirror. But that’s just fine!

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    436rge  about 9 years ago

    That’s right . Jimmy Durante said “Everybodys got to be in the act” The whole mishpujah is here.

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    Jim Kerner  about 9 years ago

    What the hell is going on?! Even Flat Top has joined the law? What in heaven’s name is going on?

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    jrankin1959  about 9 years ago

    Never mind Tess – I’m half afraid to see what becomes of Mysta…

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    436rge  about 9 years ago

    Sorry. How the heck did that happened?

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    Pequod  almost 8 years ago

    Chief springs into action with the death of 88 Keyes

    Thugs and Mugs that roam the streets will do just as they please.

    Mayor gives him an earful. You know what rolls downhill

    Burden falls on Shoulders. Urgent mission to fulfill.

    Take it to the Tower, send Bud Jenkins to the boss

    Ride up to the Penthouse to the man none dare to cross.

    Goes by the name of Chalice, to not know him marks you green

    Of cops and robbers, crime and law, he’s top cat of the scene.

    Top so flat this cool cat is premier private eye

    Ferrets out the truth and secures justice by and by.

    Take his card. Turn it around. Identity now clear.

    Run afoul of Chalice, know that payment shall be dear.

    In the Midnite Mirror good is bad and wrong is right

    Gaze into the glass, see cops and crooks in a new light.

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