Dick Tracy by Mike Curtis and Charles Ettinger for July 23, 2020

Good morning™, backup units!

Tracy is going to do some research! At least that’s better than just sitting waiting for something to happen. Of course, he’s waiting anyway, but at least he’s investigating while he waits.

I wonder what kind of “rackets” Coney is usually into.

Ohhh, I just love it when we get to the part of the story when Dick does his RESEARCH!

It’s such an exciting part of the sto,,,,,ZZZZZzzzz,,,,

Quarantine over! Can’t go back to work until I get another test. I’m concerned about going back and getting reinfected. I might not be so blessed the next time with just the loss of smell.

Good morning™, men of procedure !

Make haste, flat foot !  If Conehead is Shaky level cocky he will be there when Tracy, Deth and uniforms show up or … he will be gone like a dust devil blow.

Gweedo’s bakery joke, above, has to do with Dethany s comic strip, where “auto correct” (aka Otto Keurig) changed a call for backup to a call to the bakery!

Definitely having more fun at Comics Kingdom today!

Nice story, until now.

I don’t understand the issue Tracy is having here. A quick check of city records would tell him the truth.

Love the third panel, reminds me of late 80s-Early 90s comics.

so having reasonable concerns tracy does…sod all.

So Dick Tracy is going to do some title research.Good move. Will this morph into a lesson on the loopholes in the public records system?

1-DETH WARMEDOVER: Would you smile if I told you joke, Dick? I just realized that I’ve never seen your teeth.

2-DT: There’s nothing funny about this line of work, Deth. But thanks for reminding me that I have a dentist appointment today. At tooth-hurty.

3-…Get it? DETH: Yeah. I get the feeling your humor has killed more people than your gun. DT: I got more! How did the Midnight Biter get caught? He left an incisor insider!!! DETH: You can drop me off here…

Huh. Here, I thought Tracy was going to get in the car, and use his computer link to check on the ownership, call for back-up and bust Coney, Howdy Doody and the rest.

Tracy is in the dark.

For those commenting on looking up deeds online, it could take a County here in Florida up to 3 weeks to transfer the records to the online databases. A Quit Claim Deed could easily be filed as a fast real estate transaction and not be online as an example.

For those reading Fasttrack, the quote from Tracy yesterday about not being able to punch anyone as a hologram is priceless. Especially after his hook to Shaky last storyline.

“You and I will do some research” translation: “Wait a few days until Joe & Mike short-circuit this storyline & we go right to the climax”.

Tracy, the old pro, at his best! The art is great, too….