Dick Tracy by Mike Curtis and Charles Ettinger for July 04, 2019

Wow! I’m really impressed with BB eyes. His magic is right up there with Punjab’s! The way he switched guns without flinching is astonishing indeed!!

Good morning™, gas gunners!

I’ve been reading some old Little Orphan Annie strips and this is far from the first time that friends of Annie have been able to mysteriously get through locked doors. It was done by a Chinese “lynch mob” (my description) after Annie was sent to a reformatory in the guise of a boarding school by Trixie Tinkle, and also by the Asp, in his first storyline, who seemingly appeared in a villain’s locked hideouts. This is all the mysterious knowledge possessed by people of “the Orient.” I will try to post a couple of examples later today.

Happy Independence Day to all my American friends!

Yep, B-B-Eyes switched out rifles see if he can take a cop or two out at extreme range. Nice of him to let is men go as he gets ready for his suicide attack.

Looks as if Bill O’Reilly’s finally gonna get what he deserves!

Good morning™, lone holdouts !

BB is a pop gun pariah and self-destructin’ man…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wRpAANsoG8I

Gotta give B-B Eyes credit for his courage (or is it suicidal bravery?)…..should be interesting seeing how this all plays out…….

“Every exit in this place was locked! How could Gypsy Gay and the Warbucks brat get out?”They must have gone out the entrance! (BA-DUMP!)

There is a secret passage in the building and B-B Eyes is not willing to share it with his underlings. The escape of the two will serve as a decoy to clear the way for his escape.

Happy 4th of July.

I was expecting a 4th of July strip today. And go here to see the fireworks https://www.google.com/search?q=4th+of+July :)

If this were my movie, Steely Dan would be playing on the soundtrack: ”Got a case of dynamite, I could hold out here all night. Well I crossed my old man back in Oregon, Don’t Take Me Alive…”

…..killing off a classic Gould character? Naw, I don’t think so this time around…..and “getting out while they can” doesn’t actually appear to be an option anymore….

He has a plan, if he is staying put!!! Whether its suicidal or an escape we will find out tomorrow!!!

Who says bad guys don’t have a heart? B-B-Eyes is telling his henchman to leave! Wow.

How did BB eyes find out that Annie is Warbuck’s ward? It’s not like he even knew her name when his Mercedes stealing henchmen brought her in. Have you got some sort of gas mask, BB? Because once those gas shells explode, someone is going to be doing a whole lot of choking, otherwise.

Annie: Eh, he don’t know me vewy well, do he?

(After the henchmen beat it out the back) Big Boy! Pruneface! Brow! Shaky! The entire Jones Family! I’M COMING, BOYS!

a sawed off shot gun is probably the worst weapon he could choose to shoot out the window at a distant target

1-BB: Some of the cops left boys but there’s still some who are miffed at us. 2-FLUNKY: They got gas boss! 3-BB: Well that can be uncomfortable and frankly embarrassing but probably not enough to make them leave to go get Gas-X. You boys get out if you can. I’m going to try to convince them that I inherited this chin from Popeye. They wouldn’t shoot Popeye’s great grandson. Ack ack ack ack. (Cough). Better work on that…

I must admit, there is a certain respect for him. He’s letting the others go, and he stays? Maybe that’s why he’s been popular as a gang boss. He has a code of honor.

Killing a classic Gould character(who was actually killed in the forties) off? Surely you jest. Like Marvel, which these artists obviously like to emulate, no one ever dies. BTW, Please Mr. Wick, with all due respect, we really don’t need any more Punjab magic

With B-B and his gang silhouetted in the window, Tracy and the cops could just pick them off.

I can’t wait to see what happens!

BB Eyes, how did the girls get out? PFM as we geeks used to say!

Say “hello” to B.B. Eyes’ little friend.

Wait a minute!! The gun B. B. Eyes has looks like an 8-gauge, double barreled, sawed off, pump shotgun!!! WOW! Ain’t never seen one a them before!

At this late date we learn that The Hideout has a Weapons Locker. B-B Eyes intends to make a stand, and has holstered his pistol in favor of an odd-looking sawed-off shotgun. The two underlings can flee if they wish/dare, but not the boss. Frustrated that Gypsy and “the Warbucks brat” somehow got away, he is now guided by his anger, which is not a very good guide….

Been away from Tracy for a while. Very much enjoy the looser style.