Dick Tracy by Mike Curtis and Charles Ettinger for December 09, 2015

TAKE YOUR BEST SHOT, SAM!

Who will DIE…….?

.Good morning guys!.G’mawnin’ Gweedo, 22ph, cpalmeresq, avenger09, and all the other early birds.

@JonahHex:“Who will DIE…….?”The Hangman, of course, but that would be giving away the plot……

Yikes~!!

B&W is the new normal.

Sam looks worried, but I’m not. Also, bring back the color, please!

Tracy? Yes, he’s on his way down in the harness, soon to be passed by the Hangman without a harness……but at least having contributed more to his capture than Tracy did, lol.

Wow! What a powerful set of art these three panels are! All tight shots, all meaningful. And a textbook cliffhanger, too (although I think most of us— Bobarion excepted—are confident that Tracy will survive, but probably The Hangman not)….

Morning, Tracy Fans!

The action we’ve seen for the past several days, has been absolutely fabulous! And for those who just don’t like the B&W, you might do what I do, even I like the B&W. Read the strip twice, once here, and once at Comics Kingdom, which has the same strip in color.

Sam’s face in Panel three—these guys have been partners a long time I get his fear

Good morning, all.I still don’t know who the Hangman is. I know Orlock is the best suspect, but he’s dead (I think).The writer Austin is the only one I can think who hates Tracy, and the victims’ deaths have barely slowed production, much less halted it.Besides, after killing the agent, shouldn’t the writer have been next?

Terrific artwork. This could’ve worked as a wordless strip — and it nearly is one. Very dramatic. I do miss the color, but the glare of the klieg lights would render the scene much the way it appears here, anyway. Hang on, everyone!

This is suspenseful!

Hang in there, Dick!!!

Unless Tracy can hold on to him and Hangman doesn’t try to shoot him!

The Hangman can’t shoot him. If you check the middle panel of yesterday’s strip, you’ll see that The Hangman dropped his gun.

I hope the people who are disappointed when Tracy sits around his office a lot are enjoying this because I think this is one of the best action sequences I can remember in any recent Tracy strip.

Keep the black and white. Please! Dailies were always meant for black and white.

I think Tracy slipped out of the noose and he would be able to put it on The Hangman’s neck and you know what will happen next…All the B/W strips will be colored tomorrow. Save a copy if you prefer to see it in B/W

Gould Naming Traditions …

It just occurred to me that “Orlock” is a homophone of “Oarlock” – That little gimlet which holds an oar in place as one rows.

Certain types greatly resemble a hangman’s noose …

32 ’ per second, per second…

The color has arrived.

Much more frightening in B&W.

I don’t think the noose can do any damage because it isn’t connected to anything. Yesterday’s strip shows the rope falling freely with the two of them. Only Tracy is connected through his harness.

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I did.