Dick Tracy by Mike Curtis and Charles Ettinger for November 26, 2008

They’re all standing there, yet the only one who knows what happened is omswatt. Tracy’s next line should be, “Is there an echo in here?”.

Why does Locher always make Tracy look like the village idiot? And the OMSWAT guy looks like the Farmer in the Dell with his Big Smith overalls instead of body armor. Body armor is supposed to protect vital areas like the heart and throat. The only thing Locher forgot was to give the cop a pitchfork and a straw sticking out of the side of his mouth. Can’t wait for BB’s interpretation today.

“What was that?” A good question to ask about this storyline.

I’ll go out on a limb once more: the little guy is not dead. The explosion occurred in MF’s mid-section, well above Buzz’s level. His laser gun hit MF’s power source and that is what exploded. I am expecting obedience to natural law here, and I don’t have any reason to, I know. But Comics Law (which always supersedes natural law) dictates that cute, spunky, lovable characters don’t die.

“WHAT WAS THAT”? Tracy cried out, startled after hearing “KA-THOOM” coming from almost on top of him. After a few quick moments of awkward confusion he finally realized that he was the one who made that sound. “I wonder why I shouted that”? Tracy angrily thought as he tried to hold it together. His eyes widen when turning his gaze towards his right he noticed the smoke coming from where Brute-Force was previously standing. He did this while momentarily ignoring officer Kersten who was sobbing softly while crawled up in a fetal position on the floor next to Tracy’s feet. “What a disgusting display of cowardliness. Get up you fool”, Tracy finally spat out at office Kersten while kicking him with his foot.

Natasha stood there speechless! She didn’t even bother to swipe her hair away from her eyes. A sickening feeling quickly developed in the pit of her stomach as she realized that all her grand plans had just gone up in smoke. “What the Bullwinkle just happened”? she helplessly thought.

The look of admiration that Braces had on his face over Brute-Forces domination of the fight fled as quickly as his last girlfriend. “WHAT WAS THAT”? he shouted in total confusion after first hearing someone shout KA-THOOM and then seeing smoke where Brute-Force had just been standing. “Bruty, what has happened to you”? his mind screamed.

Officer Kersten finally stood up after regaining his composure when Tracy kicked him in the stomach a few times. Wiping the tears from his eyes, he fixed his gaze towards the direction of all the smoke he saw. He knew he sounded like a frighten school girl but couldn’t help blurting out loud;

“TRACY! The robot just exploded”!!

To be Continued………..

What do you mean, “What was that?” We all saw it coming weeks ago, Tracey ya big gnorph.

Ray C, I too fear that we have not seen the last of Lil’ Buzz Bomb.

Comics on this site are slower than soaps on daytime.

Yeah, Ralph, but the commentary is world-class! Happy Thanksgiving to you all!

Morrow in League City

I shall give thanks when this painful arc finally ends.

This would be a good time for Braces to utter, “Et tu, Brute Force?”

LTLBB shows up to take credit, comforts Megadichzilla in his last moments.

Tracy writes up a report saying the future of policing lies in nanobots.

Braces decides to stay at that spot forever, having all his meals delivered to him.

Ray C says: This would be a good time for Braces to utter, “Et tu, Brute Force?”

I was so hoping that would happen, except that Brute Force should have turned on Braces weeks ago, back when BF was saying, “I’m smarter than u, I don’t need u,” etc.

Though I suppose it still could happen, providing there’s enough remaining of BF for him to fire one last laser into Brace’s metalmouth as a final act of defiance before expiring.

It was it’s head that exploded, because of having to listen to, and utter this inane dialogue.

Maxine: I agree, there was a better moment for that gag a few weeks ago…but I didn’t think of it then. Had to force it in here. Maybe you’re right, though…still time for him to turn on his master.

BF knew he shouldn’t have eaten that burrito, but….