Dick Tracy by Mike Curtis and Charles Ettinger for February 28, 2013

Another great story by team Tracy! Can’t wait for the next one!

It’s extremely rare that I get a chance to post first!

The hardest part of a Detective’s job.

Agreed Margueritem!

Glad Team Tracy didn’t use the fantasy technology of “NCIS” and “Bones” to come up with DNA results within minutes of finding the remains.Though I am still curious about one thing – serial killers usually go after similar victims. I wonder just what the common thread was among Sweatbox’s victims.

Hi Gweedo! My computer appears to be working tonight.

hmmm…my original comment got erased during posting – so I’m not coming back til next month, lol.

Just how closed is the case? Did Simon Baux kill his victims out of insanity or for business purposes? Did anyone else benefit from the deaths, or help conceal them? Considering that Sweatbox had some influential friends, what are the political repercussions?

Good morning everyone…

For the families of the missing, closure can be a good thing.

Today’s behind-the-scenes scene reminds us that even Tracy’s world is not all just car chases and gun battles.But I, too, hope he will also look into Baux’s motivation and why and how he chose his victims….

But.. but… What was the tie-in with the interment camp? Maybe some questions will never be answered, I guess.

I think it’s still likely that Mme Mayor was somehow complicit, judging from her comment in panel 2….but Tracy’s response tells me we’ll never know.

Why does the mayor have poster of Carmen Sandiego in her office?

This case reminds me of the Stuart Woods novel “Chiefs,” with the long string of murders by a reputable person. Telling the victims’ families will be difficult, but hopefully it will give closure to most of them.

The dude with the microscope should be wearing something colored to look more like a lab coat, not a business suit

Carmen Sandiego—LOL!!I guess we found out where in the world she is. :)

If we’re going by evidence, there’s nothing to show that the mayor is complicit in anything other than having the wrong friends. SB had a long history of doing a lot of charity work for the city, and it would be natural for the mayor to have a hard time processing that he was actually a monster.

Nice 3d panel — a very subtle hint of emotion, well done Mr. Staton.

I’m enjoying this story, but I have a little bone to pick: DNA testing isn’t done with a microscope, and it doesn’t tell you anything unless you have a sample of DNA of known identity to compare it with. If they have potential identifications of some skeletons this early, they’re likely working from physical evidence such as dental records and then confirming with DNA.

Hope it isn’t as traumatic for her as it is for Lemont at Candorville.

The victims all had one thing in common: They turned up the thermostat.“Wow, it’s cold in here. I’ll just turn it up a little—AAGH!”(Stab, stab, stab)

The mayor looks like Mrs. Drysdale..

Chief Patton’s expression says so much, there in panel two. He knows he is facing the unpleasant duty of informing relatives.I also wondered why Wendy, the media “lady” has a spot of honor on the Mayor’s wall. Unless it is a t.v. monitor, as some have suggested.

Well seeing that he went after toad. I’d say most of his victims were young girls.

Unless you’re going for big numbers off the bat, one or two murders per year might not be noticed right away. Provided his victims have been among the poor and homeless, the police may not even have tried too hard. And remember, except in the world of Dick Tracy, even the abduction of children can be turned into a cold case because the child is the wrong racial background, the wrong ‘class’ or from the wrong neighborhood.

This whole “explaining what happened after the story is concluded” bit reminds me uncomfortably of Locher’s writing. It would have been more fun to see the detective work unfold. But, I am still quite happy with this team.

Little Toady and now BIG Toady . . . ?

Now, this Pooh stuff is funny. Mostly because all the usual combatants seem to be getting into the act and enjoying it!