Dick Tracy by Mike Curtis and Charles Ettinger for October 20, 2020

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    AnyFace  about 4 years ago
    ”Lizz?” ✨
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    Neil Wick  about 4 years ago

    Good morning™, friends!

    “Hope” is attacked, just outside the employees entrance at the rear, but she surprises the “vampire” by fighting back. Looks like she got the advantage on him with her martial arts skills!

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    Brian  Premium Member about 4 years ago

    Wanna-be vampire gets more than he expected. Ka-Blam.

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    Leo Cannyn Premium Member about 4 years ago

    And it’s the patented Dick Tracy right hook for the win.

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    Gweedo -it's legal here- Murray  about 4 years ago

    Good morning™, routed ruffians !

    Only Lizz gets this kind of physical. Tomorrow we get to see the face(?) with Tracy and Sam doing cleanup.

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    frequency270  about 4 years ago

    My money on Lizz being Brenda Starr.

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    Cheapskate0  about 4 years ago

    Gweedo – that’s if they don’t drag this out for another two weeks.

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    coratelli  about 4 years ago

    Nice strip.

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    artsyguy65  about 4 years ago

    Instant Karma would see that wallop dislodge the metal vampire teeth so they pierce the inside of Stokes’ mouth and actIvate the rapid pump. It wouldn’t work as fast as tapping into the jugular vein but if his “minor tweak” improved the suction enough to exsanguinate even a liter that might send him into shock and that could still finish him off before the EMTs arrive. Of course if Sam says “I am trying to call for help! Now, what pocket did I put that phone in? No… nope… hmmm… There it i- oops, no…”

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    seanyj  about 4 years ago

    WHACK! Just like from that campy 1960’s superhero tv show. : )

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    Gonzo Jabrone  about 4 years ago

    “This will show everybody why I carry bricks in my purse, and not my wallet. I don’t need a wallet. Guys buy me everything, anyway.”

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    JDBella  about 4 years ago

    She must have that purse loaded with rolled quarters……‘’BAM!!!’’ Instant jaw breaker.

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    therese_callahan2002  about 4 years ago

    Gladys has got nothing on her, and he’s got nothing on Tyrone.

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    Knightman Premium Member about 4 years ago

    It’s a swing and its line drive to the pavement!!!

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    WilliamVollmer  about 4 years ago

    It’s obviously SOMEBODY in a wig, and Hope’s clothes that was waiting for our would be vampire to attack, and, when he did “swung for the fences.” If Tracy set the trap, then obviously it’s Liz. But it could be Brenda, setting her own trap for the would be vampire.

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    iggyman  about 4 years ago

    Obviously female, way to go girl!

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    blunebottle  about 4 years ago

    Contact!

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    Durak Premium Member about 4 years ago

    “Stake him up! Stake him up!”

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    Aladar30 Premium Member about 4 years ago

    YEEEEEEEES!

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    jrankin1959  about 4 years ago

    Sting operation…

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    ERBEN2  about 4 years ago

    Top marks today to Joe and Mike , for the great images . Great action and nice legs also with the cloth and hat flying in the air . The bad guy is hurting a little , I wonder what will he do now ?

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    WGillete  about 4 years ago

    The old “brick in the handbag” trick. It should be Lizz, but I don’t think she’d use the bag as a weapon – she’d pull her gun and threaten to put one through his wishbone. I’d bet it’s Brenda.

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    sundogusa  about 4 years ago

    YOWZA!

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    Major Matt Mason Premium Member about 4 years ago

    Needs a Batman “KAP@W!!!” here.

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    tsull2121  about 4 years ago

    Why the hanky?

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    Gonzo Jabrone  about 4 years ago

    Memories of my younger days when I had to beat them off with a stick that I carried in my man-purse.

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    Pequod  about 4 years ago

    It could be way worse

    Heavy brick in purse

    She cudda pulled a gun.

    Harsh ventilation

    Exsanguination

    To bleed-out is no fun.

    Lizz loves to rumble

    Stokes takes a tumble

    “Hey! Who turned out the lights?”

    Imitation ghoul

    Played for such a fool

    Lizz kicks tail when she fights.

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    rickmac1937 Premium Member about 4 years ago

    Nice shot to the jaw

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    jlwilliams360  about 4 years ago

    Looks like this story is going to wrap up soon. Minute Mystery for Halloween?

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    tcayer  about 4 years ago

    Boy, those Car Warranty salesmen sure are pushy!

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    Ignatz Premium Member about 4 years ago

    I guess it’s Lizz. I wasn’t sure it wasn’t Hope yesterday, but her face is still hidden, so it isn’t her.

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    TracyFan 65  about 4 years ago

    Barnabus would never have been stopped by a mere purse. ;-)

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    TheFiddleBackSpider  about 4 years ago

    Ha! You go girl!

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    Frankfreak  about 4 years ago

    Tracy’s got nice lookn’ legs./s

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    trimguy  about 4 years ago

    It’s a Gladys Ormphby purse!

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    LoneDog  about 4 years ago

    Great action!

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    GoComicsGo!  about 4 years ago

    Mama Mia!!!

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    Another Take  about 4 years ago

    1- Time to use the trusty… OH MISS, YOU DROPPED YOUR HANKY! line

    2- SUCKAAAA! Now I’ll play the role of THE SUCKER! Cause I’m a vampire, get it? SA-NAA…

    3- KA-SMAAAACK! HOPE: HA! Just cause I forget to load my 44 Hogleg don’t mean its ineffective as a crime deterrent when it adds 4 pounds of blue steel to a purse-punch! Charity said you Confidence Men would try to swindle me out of my new money just cause I’m rich. And blonde. And not real bright… Oh! My hat! And for your information, I DON’T CARRY HANKIES!

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    avenger09  about 4 years ago

    Late comment butcas a stand alone strip “I LOVE EVERYTHING ABOUT TODAY’S!”

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    buckman-j  about 4 years ago

    Probably Gravel Gerie

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    Gweedo -it's legal here- Murray  about 4 years ago

    Whap !, with a lead filled snow purse.

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    Eric S   about 4 years ago

    Dick Tracy ain’t used to wearing heels.

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    22ph  about 4 years ago

    Stokes got defanged!

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    cactusjack99 Premium Member about 4 years ago

    the nutz, the nutz, the nutz, kick him in the …..

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    IvanB.Cohen  about 4 years ago

    The professor falls and sees stars. He would have also seen birdies, except it was night time and they had all gone to bed.

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    IvanB.Cohen  about 4 years ago

    Professor busted! No money from Hope Brown estate for you to continue your research. To borrow a line from the Wizard of Oz, if you had a brain, you would have applied for a foundation grant. Where are these crooks found? Does the comic strips association have want-ads? The ones who have appeared in Tracy land leave much to be desired or "they don’t “draw” ’em like they used to.

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    David Rickard Premium Member about 4 years ago

    Prof, you’re an embarrassment to vampires everywhere. Turn in your fangs.

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    oakie817  about 4 years ago

    cool beans

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    Night-Gaunt49[Bozo is Boffo]  about 4 years ago

    Nice action shots.

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    Sisyphos  about 4 years ago

    These strips without dialogue are great! Stokes stalks. Pounces! And Brenda decks him with her purse, his chloroform-filled handkerchief flying!

    I do believe this is Brenda Starr rather than Lizz (or even Lee Ebony); there is nothing to suggest that the cops arrived in time to set up this sting, whereas the swing-with-the-purse suits Brenda’s way of operating better than a blow with the fist or going for a weapon in the purse. Plus, all that was needed for the disguise was available just across the street from the front of Travel Today, while we see that Stokes was waiting at the rear, watching the Employee’s Entrance/Exit—wig, big hat, etc. Brenda could easily enough have slipped out, bought these, and snuck back in, hiding in the back room of the agency and then switching places with Hope.

    Meanwhile, when seconds count, the cops are only minutes away, it seems….

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    NyahNyahNyah  about 4 years ago

    Some women’s purses (or pocket books) tip the scale at over 20 pounds! Mine was a modest 7.5 the last time I checked. My wallet, on the other hand, makes up most of that weight and could double for a Brick!

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