Dick Tracy by Mike Curtis and Charles Ettinger for October 07, 2018

Kids do dream of free ice cream, come running to the bell

Scoop on cone leaves none alone. Together laugh and yell.

Pauly seems so generous. He hands out tasty treats

All approach to grab the goods, such unexpected sweets.

Epitome of savory, free ice cream is the best

‘Tis such a waste to miss a taste, let’s line up with the rest.

See Honeymoon the crime-stopper sense something is not right

Observe, deduce and calculate. She’s sharp, and quick, and bright.

Vortex vile. Ice cold smile. Should Honey interfere?

Consequences deadly if to truth she gets too near.

Good morning™, grabbers of free treats!

It’s a good thing that Crystal has eagle-eyed Honeymoon with her to warn her about this. Devil is trying to stay low-key for now.

You would think the teachers would have a meltdown if all their students come walking into class with melting, dripping cones! Wouldn’t it have made more sense to give them ice cream after school rather than before?

Good morning™, undercover drug purveyors !

I bet she gets served the eat-it-once-and-you’re-hooked recipe, warm up treat !

“Hey there Bribery chick, want somethin’ to keep you cool?

Don’t you know now, Bribery Chick, they’re gonna play you for a fool.

Better look out now though, ol’ Vortex set a trap for you…

Devil’s ice cream man, he’ll grab you when you’re passin’ by.

In that evil van, you’ll soon be goin’ for a ride.

You see all their plans are guaranteed to ter-ri-fy.”

~with apologies to Diamond Dave and the Van Halen boys…

Moon Chicks Spidey senses must be kicking in!

Ice cream trucks serve soft ice cream from a machine, not scooped as shown.

No self respecting school security guard would allow an ice cream truck to give free ice cream on school grounds right before classes begin.

Who can resist

An interesting twist

Dessert before the bell

The flavor she’ll choose

Might cause her to lose

It’s an answer only time will tell

The joy that she had

From knowing her dad

Can vanish like ice cream that melts off a cone

What evil will await

Is she destined to be bait

And again find herself completely alone

I don’t understand how they plan to transition from drug laced ice cream to straight up drugs? Or are the kids getting regular ice cream except for Crystal and Honeymoon?

the art work here lookjs more crude that the dailys

Mr. D’Heron is the purest meaning of the word hero, he even had, the much overused word, in his name!

Looks like Honey’s Moon sense is tingling! Look out UC!

Remember – never take ice cream from a stranger. And these mopes are stranger than most…. 8^)

I’m sorry, I’m having trouble with this. There are very few places where kids walk to school anymore. Even when they live right next door to the school there is adult supervision, 100% of the time. Schools know that this is an issue for student safety and something like this would never be allowed to happen. Every school is going to have staff and faculty posted out front. Bus drivers are always vigilant, with CB radios that local police monitor. And many, many schools now have a uniformed policeman in the area.

If a ice cream truck pulled up in front the school, either before or after class, there would be someone there to chase them off. Especially if they were giving away hand-dipped ice cream cones.

Hand dipped! Who sells ice cream like that from a truck these days? No one. It’s all factory made, pre-packaged goop. Our villain could make much more money selling quality ice cream like this than he could selling drugs. All he’d have to worry about then is paying off the health inspector.

Kids: Never take freebees from strangers!

I am fond of these fictional characters!

Uh-oh (to quote the Uh-Oh Baby, bearer of dire tidings in the Cul de Sac strip).

Crystal is being a bit naive and reckless. But most kids probably would do the same.

Would-be detective Honeymoon attempts to be more cautious. But it may be too late, and she also may be sucked into the ambush.

Uh-oh….