Dick Tracy by Mike Curtis and Charles Ettinger for September 16, 2023

“Are you sure you needed to hit him that hard?”

one more day of this, I’m reckoning and then off to newer and hopefully, greener pastures…

Good morning™, fractured nutjobs !

It’s a cinch Madcaps isn’t going anywhere fast, unless Panda comes for him and there is no chance of That.

Sam: Speaking of ribs… I know a little place just down the road from the deli.

Good morning™, all!

Well, at least that settles the question of the broken ankles.

Greetings and salutations, Post-capture Ponderers!

Going by their conversation, it doesn’t seem as if they’re going to even question Madsen right now. Since they have questions that only he can answer, delaying questioning wouldn’t make much sense except to allow for a new story to begin. I guess we will find out eventually.

Perhaps the DNA on the candy wrapper will start to pull some threads together.

“Yep.” From Dick Tracy? I don’t think so, a bit of lazy writting there IMO.

Golly gee uncle Tracy, do you think they’ll ever reveal the recipe to KFC’s chicken seasoning?

Huh, do ya???

I doubt it, little Sammy. Only Chick Tracy knows and he’s not the type to talk!

What have Liz and Lee been doing all this time? Hmm..discussing matters of interest to women and gulping cups of coffee?

Banana Brain will peal away and escape again !!!

They’re just ASSUMING it was arson and that Madsen started it….apparently, since theres obviously nothing left of the building, that’s gonna be a tough charge to hang on Madsen’s shoulders….they should just be happy with what they got and move on

PLEEEEEEASSSSE PLEEEEEAAAASSSSSEEE MOVE ON!!!!!

I think it’s time to find an excuse to bring back….INFLUENCE…

There wasn’t enough evidence after the fire to conclude that was the scam call center???!! The police and/or the fire department in Tracyville are doing a lousy job.

Nah, it’s the sprained spleen that’ll do him in. Believe me. It’s ALWAYS the spleen!

AH, but Red Bull gives him wings! Out the window he will go.

Seems to be a wrap .

SAM: This just in – Mr. Kleene has gotten Madsen out on bail. He left using a wheelchair!

Or “Someone” can hire another Hit-Man to remove Madsen.

Okay, let’s review.

1. The MCU is unaware of the involvement Audie, Sabrina, or Sprocket.

2. In fact, they’re not sure about whether there was a call center in the first place.

3. There was a fire, but MCU doesn’t know who the arsonist is.

4. There are the two survivors of the previous incident in St. Louis.

5. Sprocket is leaving the country (possibly out of jurisdiction) in case her involvement is uncovered.

Anything else? :)

It appears that the only real mystery of that story – how the fire started – won’t be addressed. What an apt Non-End for it.

Anders is dead. How do they know what he knew? And injured or not, isn’t he in custody in the hospital?

It does sound like this story is wrapping up. Now I’ll never learn what happened to my favorite “girl in green.”

1-BILL: I bet my “firehose” is bigger than yours. BOB: Oh yeah? With the right “incentive”, I could a put out this fire with one blast from my “firehose.” BILL: OH YEAH? BOB: YEAH!

2-SAM: Hey Tracy. Where’s your hat? DT: Where’s yours?

3-SAM: WHEW! That feels better. DT: I think mine shrunk in the wash…

That’d be a lot of work going through the fire looking at boxes for serial numbers, so I guess Sam thinks it’s time to forget about the stolen equipment…

Getting off free when he informed the judge that he thought the gun was a Pez dispenser and he was just ‘sharing the tart yumminess’, Madsen went to Dizzyland and got job as a tour guide.

There, he developed a trick of driving his minicart in circles in the parking lot, going so fast that he could charge the disoriented riders for both transportation and for having ridden the new Flash’s World Of Blurry Reality (copyright pending DC Comics) ride.

He now lives in Hermosa Beach with his cocka-parakeet mix Mr. Fang.

“…It’s not like Madsen can run out on us…”

Sounds like Famous Last Words…

Don’t get your hopes up too high FS

There’s always crawling, Sam, you silly goose!

“You’re being charged with arson.”

“What? I was passing by and saw the smoke! As a concerned citizen, I raced inside to see if I could rescue anyone. But they got away, the rats. I’m mean, thank goodness! Who knows why they started that fire. Then this crazy guy was chasing me. I feared for my life.”

Yep.

This should be the Last Word on this arc, and tomorrow we should swing into something New, and let us hope Bright and Shiny. Madsen may be charged with arson “eventually,” too, while the whole Phone Scam Caper has been swept under the MCU HQ rug, leaving Sprocket a probable free pass to wherever her fake passport can fool the customs crew….