Dick Tracy by Mike Curtis and Charles Ettinger for May 10, 2023

Roast chicken time.

Good morning™, everybody!

All Tracy had to do was to duck and the bomb went sailing over his head, but now it’s headed for Chick Tracy II and “Miss De-lite.” How will they deal with it?

Meanwhile, the pieces of the precious board game are scattered. Will they be okay?

Good morning™, Nitro powered projectiles !

I would believe an explosion if there were a vial of Nitro Glycerine in that toy ball.

Love Tracy’s grimace and GB’s shocked look, LOL !  Would that look be for having got caught or is he expecting the “big bang” ?     Just a theory mind you.

What if it was a real bomb?!? Tracy took some heavy risk there!

Good morning, Captured Criminals!

Gameboy’s been sacked but the bomb is still flying. Will the pullet be permanently plucked or will she pull a fast one? B.O and blondie better jump for cover.

Next strip BOOM?

The ultra-rare Monopoly set that MCU was supposed to be guarding has now been destroyed by a member of MCU, but they caught two thieves! And yeah, maybe the exhibition hall has been destroyed by a bomb, and who knows how many people were killed in the blast, but they caught two thieves! A job well done, all around!

I would have figured the game would have deteriorated with age. If the bomb is live we might have barbecued chicken !

Why do I get this feeling the chicken will peck at the bomb? B.O. swore his chicken had a high I.Q. Unless she got out of Dodge when the alarm sounded.

EXCITING! Go getthim Tracy!

No to the bomb, or no to getting caught?!

If it is a bomb, feathers will fly!

The one who dies with the most toys wins, right?

If the explosive is C4, the bomb would require a an electrical spark to explode such as a cell phone ( IED )…

I doubt that Gameboy would risk Nitroglycerin…

If I remember correctly… The game had a wind up “bomb”…

And Gameboy sees his future “go up in smoke”…

Tomorrow: fried chicken.

Action !

The renowned Dick Tracy ignores the bomb, he doesn’t know if it’s a live one or just a prop, but prefers to go after the thief, instead of warning people to head for the exits and call the bomb squad. Priorities? The coloring shows what appears to be a heat streak coming out of the bomb. If the bomb explodes, people and chicken are in harms way. Thanks to the once great detective

1-DT: Oh ho! Gameboy wants to play tag, eh?

2-BOMB: tick tick…

3-DT: TAG! YOU’RE IT! GAMEBOY: Uh…NEW GAME! HIDE N’ SEEK! I’LL HIDE WHILE YOU TRY TO COUNT TO A HUNDRED!

DT: Huh? Ok… WAIT A SECOND!

MOVIE QUOTE—-

“Mr.Boogey Man,King of Blood they used to call me.Marx Brothers make you laugh,Garbo makes you weep,Orlok makes you scream”

Boris Karloff—-TARGETS—1968

Gameboy’s looking at 10 years in the jug and all he can think about is scattered game cards.

NON COMPIS MENTIS!!

Oh no! The chicken is gonna get cooked!

Perhaps Sunday, April 30’s strip, which most of us thought was such a complete waste of space, was actually a set up for this. The chicken has been trained to grab thrown objects with its feet. Will it grab this “bomb”?

A puzzlefor those who remember old LITTLE ORPHAN ANNIE

When Punjab was introduced in 1935 just before Eli Eon/Eonite,he was in the service of ANOTHER wealthy man named Sir Henry Morgan(after the pirate)—andsomehow ended up switching to Warbucks after Morganvanished from the strip;last seen going to China with Warbucks to check on mineral deposits there.

So,where is Morgan??

Somebody has probably mentioned this from the first time Gameboy displayed the toy bomb to Brad: if the bomb was real, wouldn’t it need to get past a metal detector in security? I believe it’s fake.

Tracy chases down Gameboy! The precious game goes a-flying, pieces scattered hither and probably yon as well. More importantly, the bomb (if it really is a bomb) is also flying, straight for the Chick’n De-Lites presentation area. L hope that Klinique and B.O. have evacuated along with most of the rest of the crowd. But maybe Chick Tracy II will stay to provide heroics in the guise of "Kick Tracy II,’ utilizing the footballing sills we’ve seen her demonstrate: she might kick that Incoming! right out of any occupied part of the Locher Auditorium. I assume the auditorium will survive any explosion with only repairable damage.

And Gameboy is going down! Tracy makes a collar!