Dick Tracy by Mike Curtis and Charles Ettinger for November 02, 2020

Fill-in writer …

Good morning™, crime fighters!

Meanwhile, back at the MCU… The poison is already at work at Le Fleur Boutique and Tracy is already headed off to investigate. This is a good sign!

Small French gender problem, though. “Fleur” is feminine, so the shop should be called “La Fleur” rather than “Le Fleur” (it means “the flower”).

Deep comas?……that Yeti/Sasquatch/Bigfoot rotten eggs smell got to them.

Got a guest writer on board, this story line may have the potential to bring some oomph into crime fighting in Tracy land. I don’t want to get my hopes too high. So no pun intended, the jury’s out.

Good morning™, La Fume sniffers !

I like the Major Crimes Unit sign. Tracy looks like he means business. Will we see them conversing with hospital personnel in meaningful dialog ?  I sure hope so. Meanwhile Yeti might want to self impose some exile as the fumery will be giving up a suppliers list and he will be on it as a place to go sniffing around in.

Will there be a flashover to the twitching Rabbit ?

Oui monsieur, they rubbed a drop of my L’Air du Sarin* on their skin.

*Sarin is a highly lethal nerve agent used in chemical warfare.

Great strip, today. The artwork is really great!

Enter Genevieve Bujold.

Comas for three, must be some potent stuff!!!

Was there a Chippendale chair on the scene? Has Tracy ever done a crossover with Fearless Fosdick?

https://www.gocomics.com/lil-abner/2020/11/02

And if Yeti were not a Dick Tracy villain he would claim someone tampered with the shipment of perfume to ruin his reputation (Tylenol™ copycat) and suggest Tracy investigate other manufacturers. It would never be solved. But, since Yeti is a Dick Tracy villain, he will climb on a girder or jump in front of a police car as Tracy closes in.

Another good sign: the story’s moving quickly. This promises to rely on detective work.

Point well taken. The only languages I “learned” were Russian and Spanish, back in high school. We’ll be charitable and overlook the subsequent Russo/Latino War that resulted…

Maybe Pat’s French is a little weak, or maybe that of shop’s owner (I assume it’s not Yeti). Be that as it may, three down and in comas should flash DANGER to Tracy: he ought not to want to be sniffing around a flower shop where people are dropping . There’s likely to be Something In the Air. A more prudent investigation might follow from his visit to the hospital, if the doctors there have determined a cause for the comas….

1-CHIEF: TRACY, YA BUM…

2-…CINCH UP THAT TIE! And comb that hair that’s hanging on your forehead, ya hippy! You’re a disgrace to the badge! DT: I can’t, Chief…

3-…I’m thinking hard about a case and I can’t risk slowing the blood flow to my brain with a snug tie. CHIEF: That makes sense. But what about the messy hair?

DT: That helps me tie into my rebellious, nonconformist side which helps me think outside of the tight confines of rigorous police-thought. CHIEF: Ahh, carry on then Tracy.

DT: SUCKAAA! I’m just hung over from the wild Halloween party at Sam’s. I loosened my tie to make it really long and went as the President!

CHIEF: Where’s Sam? DT: Ummm, Home. He does his best thinking on his bathroom floor. CHIEF: Good, good. What case?

DT: Ummm, the case of missing liquor from the evidence room.

CHIEF: Let me know when you crack it. DT: Crack? No way! We just took the liquor!

CHIEF: TRACY!!!!

Good start to the story. I like that it involves detective work right off the bat.

Boutiques affect me that way, too.

Someone with a slouch walked into the squad room in Panel 2, wearing Dick’s trench coat…!

Guess chief is having a stroke in panel two. If you try to read what he says out loud using proper pauses for commas, it will definitely sound like it.

Wow, Deep analysis and language lessons from a Canadian who might know French. Merci Neil

This story is giving me flashbacks to the Louie the Lilac episode of Batman — Louie played by Milton Berle, of course.