Dick Tracy by Mike Curtis and Charles Ettinger for December 05, 2016

I didn’t want to spoil anything, but Sunday’s installment was a waste.

Dick deep in thought

Over the Christmas gifts he bought

When instead he really ought

Keep his mind on the task ahead

Falling for a trick

As old as Rocky’s trainer Mick

Proving Tracy’s not to slick

If to sweet Lena he ends up being fed

Feeling groggy what’s today

Is it Saturday, Sun or Monday

This blasted calendar gets in the way

All I want is a nice firm bed.

Hey, Bill !

Did you find today most shocking ?

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Good morning fellow DT fans!

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If that cattle prod hurts a large animal, how powerful is the current?

Poor Dick, and he’s not the cop on the street who would have occasion to use such things !

“If A Cattle Prod Appears In Act One …”

Sunday’s strip is still MIA

Even the best can be surprised it seems….

I almost didn’t see Selfy hiding behind the feed bags in the first frame. I guess Tracy didn’t see him either. So much for taking him downtown quietly.

Ruh roh, We know Tracy isn’t going to die, but I wouldn’t bet the farm on Selfy surviving.

With Tune (Dire Straits / MTV):

Where is my Sunday Strip ?

Please…

Thank you for the link.

Usually, KFS does not have the same colors :-{

You can find a short form (I assume it’s short) of Sunday’s strip on the Seattle PI site: http://www.seattlepi.com/comics-and-games/fun/Dick_Tracy/2016-12-04/

Time for an improvised death trap!

With THAT trench coat? Is that all you got?

You know, Selfy could have just stayed hidden until Tracy left, then sneaked out another way. Now, he’s going to draw even more attention to his actions with an attempt on the life of the city’s top cop, and probably get himself killed in the process. Outright stupidity, fed by panic, has likely killed more villains in this strip than Tracy’s sidearm.

Hey, Tracy – in panel 1 you passed something that said “DANGER – Cattle Prod” with the prod missing!

I don’t think there’s going to be a December 4th strip here at GoneComics.

Selfy had a sudden change of mind – opted for the prod instead of the poisoned selfie stick.

Tracy is wearing a yellow tie today to complete his color-coordinated ensemble with his yellow trench coat.

Thank you! I was unable to find any other place for the sunday strip.

Could Selfie try to shove Tracy in with the water buffalo?

Then the animal goes nuts, and Selfie tries to use the prod for self-defense, but there’s not enough power?

Now if that yellow trench coat doubled for a raincoat, the cattle prod would have lost its purpose. In the worst case, getting hit by a cattle prod isn’t disabling like getting tazed. Moral of the story, Selfy: don’t try to take down someone who packs a Sig Sauer with a cattle prod.

We seem to be back in business here. Will next Sunday’s strip show up?

Zapp!!

Sunday’s strip didn’t appear in my list. What’s up with that?

I think Tracy’s rubberized trench coat is going to prove more useful than just keeping the rain off.

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**For those that are still looking for Sunday’s strip, I read some of the comics as well as DT at azcentral:

http://comics.azcentral.com/slideshow?&feature_id=Dick_Tracy&feature_date=2016-12-04

does a trench coat conduct electricity?

There’s a difference between a trench coat and a rain slicker, I think …?

The colors in the Sunday strips are “Official” colors, and – In theory at least – Should be consistent across platforms.

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The daily strips are meant to be viewed in black-and-white, any colors added are entirely arbitrary.

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I’m beginning to wonder if GoComics has opted to drop the ‘Tracy’ Sunday strips entirely.

So, how disastrous is the beta software …?

When we get up to the crossover with The Spirit – Which is coming up fast – I hope Mike & Joe present a sweetened, condensed version of his origin in a Sunday strip.

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I also hope we’ll actually get to see it here.

Cattle prods have low aps (that’s what kills you) lots of volts (that just hurts like hell) grape a wire on a electric fence and you will find out. Also it will not make you unconscious.

Ok, you’re a seasoned, legendary cop, you’re searching for a murderer – probably armed and dangerous – in a zoo, and he…….manages to sneak up on you? Ummmm…….

For anyone still interested, Sunday 12/04 can be viewed at a very readable size if you are a member of the Dick Tracy fanclub on Facebook.

This is outrageous! Everybody knows that Tracy has a whole closet full of striped RED and black ties!

Where did this yellow-and-black one come from? The famous yellow trench coat does not like competing with a yellow tie!

The trench coat helped mitigate the Reichenbach Falls incident; can its sturdy thickness help here? Tracy’s shocked gesture is not exactly hopeful. Even so, what does Selfy think he’s going to do next that will actually help him escape?

I cannot find a Sunday installment!!!

“Shocking!”