Dick Tracy by Mike Curtis and Charles Ettinger for November 27, 2008

Notice Natasha says “our robot”. Does she have a community property interest somewhere in this? And it’s a good thing that OMSWAT is there to tell Tracy that “we’re saved”. If Liz(z) can only come up with one retarded SWAT cop, what makes Tracy think she can send a Crime Scene Team?

A mystery voice from stage right! And all her hopes of becoming crime queen with MF at her side are destroyed with him.

Gweedo, not yet. Maybe by Christmas, or New Year’s Day.

Take it from there BB!

Lousy hand alert in panel 3! Tracy’s not MF/BF’s.

Happy Thanksgiving!!!!

Why do I have the strange feeling that “Don’t bother” in panel three means “Tracy, you’re fired!”?

I could be wrong, of course, but it just has that feel about it.

Strange…either the arm moved back or the wheel moved up in panels two and three. Robot still able to either swing a punch or wheel away….?

Uhhh… shouldn’t a seasoned veteran detective like Tracy be a little more concerned with, you know, APPREHENDING THE BAD GUYS than with calling HQ to send a maintenance crew to sweep up the crime scene?

I bow to your greatness Grokenstein.

Natasha just stood staring at the scene she see saw before her once the smoke cleared. “It’s true”, she realized as her eyes bulged as far as they could and her mouth opened and she began to drool over herself. “Our robot is DESTROYED”!

Braces stood there stunned at what he just witnessed. All his grand plans had just gone up in a bang! Brute Force was gone and there was nothing he could do about it. He quickly formed tight fists with both of his hands, knowing he would have to give someone a serious beat down in order to rid himself of the rage and despair that was building up in him. He muttered softly to himself; “He’s all over the place”.

Tracy looked over the scene before him. For a few moments he didn’t remember who he was or why he was even there. Glancing over his shoulder and seeing officer Kersten bent over and throwing up quickly restored him memory. Tracy turned his attention back to Magnum-Force. He didn’t know what caused the robot to blow up but realizing it was Thanksgiving Day he was extremely grateful. Now if only someone could shut up that fool of a cop behind him.

Officer Kersten, regaining his composure quickly walked over to where Tracy was standing. Trying to sound brave he shouted out; “He just exploded”! “We’re saved, Tracy”! Dick just shook his head in disbelief at how stupid Kersten was. This situation was over and that was too bad Tracy thought, came to the coming to the conclusion he would not be able to use the robot to deal with his “Chief” Lizz problem. “I’ll call headquarters to come pick up the pieces”. Before he could put his hand down a chill came across his body as he heard;

“DON’T BOTHER”!

To be continued…………

When did Tracy turn into a housekeeper instead of a cop? Also, if Tracy is apparently not worried about catching the crooks, then why can’t his lazy @#$ clean up the mess? Teamwork, Tracy, teamwork!

Who does he think will come clean up, LT Teevo? Sorry, Tracy, the department is closed on Thanksgiving. Go eat a turkey sandwich and grab a broom!!

EatDickTracySandwiches: Love the turkey avatar! Happy T-day to you!

Grokenstein: I’m dying here, hillarious! A bunny farm, ROTFL.

BB: With your take, it suddenly all makes sense, well as much as it ever can make sense.

Happy Thanksgiving to all the DT Merry Pranksters.

Tracy apparently hasn’t realized that MF wasn’t working alone, and thinks Braces and Natasha are just curious bystanders, if he’s noticed them at all. It could be the mini-hovertank that’s saying “Don’t bother,” since it might be planning to use another laser bolt to neatly disintegrate the wreckage.

Since MF’s pieces are still moving, is that arm trying to come after Tracy?

The “Don’t bother” is from BuzzBomb. I’m still stickin’ to my theory.

We’ve been visited by Grokensteinbeck! Nice job of “Of Bots and Men”.

“Don’t bother” probably means that Headquarters (i.e. Lizz) is on the scene.

If the “Don’t Bother!” came from Buzzy than it would have been “Dun’t Bther!”

Well, I hope all the people who’ve been calling Braces stupid for not fleeing have realized that he’s not so dumb after all. He knew that he’d still have plenty of time to escape while Tracy and company do all the clean up work.

Absolutely, Anthony! Tracy and OMSWAT have to pick up all the stolen swag for Braces.

mrbribery says: “Don’t bother” probably means that Headquarters (i.e. Lizz) is on the scene.

Mrbribery, you and I think alike on this one. If Liz saw the fine police work that Tracy and his swat-team friend displayed, I suspect there might be some openings in the department real soon. Really, how much skill and training does it take to hide in the bushes and wait to be killed?

Hmmm. Let me get this straight…..

Braces built MF in order to steal the tapes. MF stole said tapes and threw them on the floor. Braces stood and watched MF blow up when he should have already gotten said tapes, and scurried back to his hideout while the fight was going on since Tracy didn’t care about the tapes.

My conclusion: Braces is an idiot.

Margueritem - thanks for the kudos! I figured you would like my turkey sandwich!! Happy T-Day to you too.

Doesn’t the Genesis Corp. have a security force? I know MF/BF beat them up but there has to be more than two guys. Where are they?

I think MF/BF muttering his last words as he lay in pieces would be hysterical.

Oh, so now it’s OUR robot eh?

Your best ever, Grok. Take a bow. You’ve managed to lampoon just about every death scene cliche ever perpetrated, including the primal scream. And BassMan, you have left us a cliffhanger with two days left in the week. Can’t wait to find out what happens next.