Dick Tracy by Mike Curtis and Charles Ettinger for April 14, 2020

This Minute Mystery is not going to be a sleeper!

Good morning™, burn victims !

This “lady” shows no quarter, not even a dime. Mysta/Mindy may not make it out alive in this universe. Poor thing.

Good morning™, good guys!

Mysta is between a rock and a hard place here. There is no good choice she can make at this point.

Who’s doing the aargh? Is it Mysta or the blow torch lady?

Day 3 of the minutes mystery an so far the only clues are that the kidnapper knew Mysta back when she was Mindi and that Dick Tracy evidently likes jelly donuts

Someone just got the shock of her life… and it is not Mysta :)

Off screen torture?In a DT strip?

Finally smug, obnoxious fake Mysta gets it good! Alright!

3 days in and we’re already beyond anything in the past few years!So far a big THANKS!

Don’t ruin it! LOL!

Oo Oo! She’s at Professor X’s mansion! She’s in the Danger Room!

This is so much better than any other Minute Mystery to date.

Lemme guess… Torch Gal failed to read a few strips ago and learn that binding Mysta’s hands behind her doesn’t mean spit.

Well…this is rather serious.

The “fly on the ceiling perspective” is nice work.

I love Mr. Wise’ variety of “camera” angles.

This is getting real dark, real fast. Hopefully someone just got a face full of electric zap.

You fiend! SHE SAID ‘PLEASE’!

This is a real l Rick Dalton Once Upon a Time in Hollywood moment.

More great stuff! I love the fly-on-the-ceiling POV of the first panel. And the unseen-but-implied violence of the last panel carries a real kick.

Cliff hanger! —Just as in the Old Days. Who’s “ARRGH” is that? Did Looney Lady really torch our dear Mysta? Or did Mysta somehow zap Looney Lady? Or did Looney Lady accidentally torch herself while trying to re-light a ciggie?

Tune in tomorrow, troubled fans!