Dick Tracy by Mike Curtis and Charles Ettinger for November 08, 2019

Good morning™, smash-up derby fans!

Someone was complaining yesterday that the police need to update their vehicles. If this continues, they won’t have any choice.

I love the art of the characters today.

Yowza! That is a surprise twist!!

Big mistake

At least my point from yesterday about Tracy’s seatbelt is confirmed today.

Kudos to team Tracy for a rare display of consistency!

Good morning™, T-boners !

If Tracy keeps a solid grip on the wheel he can reduce tendency to be thrown. Will the car land on its side or go all the way over ?

Best case scenario: Tracy’s car is driven off the road but smacks into the tree – Tracy is dazed for a second or two but then recovers and jams on the gas, maneuvering the car back onto the road and resuming the chase of the Howells (who are miserable despicable shills who deserve to spend the rest of their miserable lives in jail)…

“There’s the people we’re running from! Let’s cripple ourselves trying to get them!”

That’s video game enemy logic, right there.

Didn’t Tracy see them coming?

I just noticed something. Look closely at the station wagon in the last panel. It appears that the windshield on the driver’s side is heavily cracked?

Oh, dear. Where is the MCU going to find another 1980 Dodge Monaco?

Guess who wears the pants in that relationship?

Don’t think they will get too far away after this wreck!!!

“Hurry, Tracy. We’ve got to catch the Howells before they reach the marina and escape on the ‘Minnow’.”

Tracy should definitely be injured, so it’ll be up to Frisk to save the day.

Will Ms. Howell’s cigar/cigarette/cigarillo survive the impact?

This is a surprise!

Wow. These people are determined!

Mmm… t-bone.

Let’s smash our radiator/engine by going in head first to be sure to disable the station wagon.

Don’t let the back seat (or side seat) drivers make the decisions!

Can someone say ‘brilliant’? Criminals are a superstitious, cowardly lot.

Add stupid too. You don’t attack the police, people!

1-…and so it’s like, only this big! I kid you not!

DT: Ummm, seems about right to me…

2-Whadaya mean ya can’t see ‘em? I’m pointing right at ‘em. Funny, flashing lights right…

3-BAM! DAN: Oh yeah! It was a cop car! You ok Rosie? ROSIE?!?

ROSIE: I…hope…there’s…smokes in…heaven…

This looks bad, but I guess it depends on how much speed is involved. If the Howells weren’t going too fast, they might just push Tracy’s car into that tree, without doing too much injury to the occupants.

hopefully Tracey or Frisk are enough together to return fire and rid the world of these two.

Spoiler alert!!! Dicko survives, and Mrs. Howell, finally turns to vaping to kill that filter cigarette/cigar habit. Meanwhile, Our Town closes after 2 nights, so Vitamin is looking for work.

the sweatbox express is in full gear it seems!

I wonder if Dick drives a Crown VIc?

I wonder if there will be a car fire for the Howell’s ?

Regarding injuries… One’s body and internal organs are still travelling at the speed of the car and the “sudden stop” causes internal injuries/death…

Even walking into a wall at 5 mph. can “rock” you…

And here’s yet another example for the “Criminals Are Stupid” file….

Ramming the cop car – especially in a station wagon – is a level of world-class stupidity I’ve not seen in one of Tracy’s foes for a while.

But – at least there was an accident as many us guessed.

The Howells seem to be a some what ornery couple. T-Boning another car is really quite rude.

“It’s the Howells!” (makes finger sign) “…LOSERS!!”

she reminds me of ma barker from the old gangsters,lol

Whoa! Demolition Derby time! Tracy’s side of the squad car took the hit, and we saw no seatbelts, so this could be bad. But if he and Frisk can get out relatively unscathed, then the Howells will be toast (unless their car is able to speed off after the collision)….

BTW, the “compare and contrast” panels 1 & 2 are a nice touch.

Another rushed climax ….