Dick Tracy by Mike Curtis and Charles Ettinger for March 31, 2012

A deadly vine? This is getting better and better! I think they should lose Fritz-Ann along the way…

Good morning, All!

And off we go!

Good morning!The muerte vine… looks like Tracy’s up on the reemergence of Crime, Inc. And… it looks like Sam will be staying at the station for this trip.

Cool, I love monsters!

Answer to Liz’s question: for shredding the evidence.

And so the strands of the plot begin to twine together, like the tendrils of the muerte vine….Who will be caught up in them?

I see that DT fixed his tie, put on his hat & coat and ready to roll. … I wonder if Sam is thinking is Fritz-Ann (the FBI) going to be tagging along? I do believe that she too is passionate about catching Blackjack! Cannot wait until tomorrow !

Good moring all…

A flesh eating plant… I love it!

Ugh. One can only imagine what they want with that plant.

Did anyone notice the word ‘the’ said twice in the 1st panel?

FEED ME SEYMOUR!

Mike & Jim,.I actually always thought Mike just combined NYPD’s Major Case Squad and Chicago’s Major Crime Unit.Thanks for the clarification.

Actually, the Muerte Vine showed up several months ago. I could be wrong, but I think Panda was showing his new recruit, B-B Eyes, around the “club house.”

To all the Fritz-Ann haters – I think she isn’t in it for the glory or Sam.As I said a while ago, she wants to keep a close eye on Tracy’s crew. Blackjack is a crazy obsessed with Tracy, so he just might want to grab one of them for his collection.Of course, I could be wrong. Again.

Remember tomorrow is April 1st. Team Tracy may have a joke instore for us.

In the original Mr. Crime story from Nov. 1952, there were actually 3 muerte vines “from the Amazon Valley.”George Alpha aka “Mr. Crime” hired the old woman who brought them back to tend to them. She fed them beef brisket on Sundays! Yes, they were used to get rid of bodily evidence. It would leave the bones, which were then ground up in a machine. One contained the skeletal remains of Judge Lava, which Tracy was able to positively identify as his.

Sam has his hat on too…

It’s raining, it’s snowing,The old man is…Getting mighty pissed off at this weather that can’t make up its mind!

Waiting now with baited breathFor sight of this vine of deathOn whom shall this carnivorous cucumber dinePerhaps with some fava beans and Chianti wine.Who shall it be to suffer the fateOf being served up on a plate?Will it crush them to a pulpAnd gobble them down in one big gulp?Or will it swallow them wholeAnd let digestive juices take their toll.To the Whole Sum Bank the MCS does goThere to meet their dapper foeTagging along is the finking fedSoon perhaps, to wind up deadHas anyone seen her papersShe could be in on the capersA mole planted in the squadWould that really be so odd?And though she is with the FBIShe may be in cahoots with that Blackjack guy.

Waiting now with baited breath

For sight of this vine of death

On whom shall this carnivorous cucumber dine

Perhaps with some fava beans and Chianti wine.

Who shall it be to suffer the fate

Of being served up on a plate?

Will it crush them to a pulp

And gobble them down in one big gulp?

Or will it swallow them whole

And let digestive juices take their toll.

To the Whole Sum Bank the MCS does go

There to meet their dapper foe

Tagging along is the finking fed

Soon perhaps, to wind up dead

Has anyone seen her papers

She could be in on the capers

A mole planted in the squad

Would that really be so odd?

And though she is with the FBI

She may be in cahoots with that Blackjack guy.