Dick Tracy by Mike Curtis and Charles Ettinger for December 15, 2019

Come to me, soon you shall see I have a song to sing

I did see a travesty. Explosives they did fling

Two empty cars did leave no scars upon the great detective

The bomb went boom in twilight gloom, concussive yet defective.

In back of truck please try your luck. We’ll take you to the zoo

In Lions’ Den ferocious grin may mean the end of you.

Tracy and Catchem plan to fetch ‘em at the Big Cat House

Dishonest fake a lying snake. A con man and a louse.

A big surprise, our fetid lies. The plan is to serve man

To hungry beasts a foursome feast. Devour you they can.

Good morning™, animal lovers!

It’s the old bait and switch. Invite them to the cat house, them suddenly surprise them by appearing from the reptile house after they arrive. Wasn’t somebody here talking about dangerous reptiles yesterday?

Good morning™, catfood !

With a mouth like that he must slur a lot.

Taking a walk at the zoo

In the middle of the night

What a ridiculous thing to do

Something’s definitely not right

Any rookie would surely know

Starting with the cat

Left outside to freeze in the snow

There’s something wrong with that

“Sam let’s wait an hour,

We’ve got nothing better to do"

“Although I’d wish we brought

Our special MCU brew"

Oh what do we have

A criminal who wants revenge

But instead of blasting away

We get a version of “Tie me to the ledge!”

Back during the Haf & Haf days wasn’t a coral snake used as a murder weapon?

Somehow they being in the reptile house sounds fitting!

Tracy doesn’t seemed too concerned, actually….

I’m shocked! Truly am shocked! /s

Are our heroes so dumb that they walk into a trap this easily?

So far Spitty’s plan is working!!! I can’t help to think Tracy has something up his sleeve!!!

Tracy CAN’T have been this stupid, so I think there’s a surprise that won’t be coming from Splitface.

Why do the bad guys always try to talk the heroes to death. Just pull the trigger. Oh, and about the crimestoppers advice, yes it is good advice, but that last bit presumes you live in a state that allows citizens to conceal carry.

Gee. If only Det. Tracy might have thought this was a trap…

The Lion Eats Tonight….

I am waiting with “baited breath” to see where this is going!

1-DT: See Sam. No lions. Told ya.

SAM: Sigh. Again, this is NOT the cathouse I meant.

2-DT: Well, at least we didn’t have to pay to get in here.

3-GRANDPA: Oh, you’re gonna pay Tracy!

4-DT: Hi Grandpa. I thought you were locked up. Nice to see you gainfully employed but you’re taking your job too seriously. There’s no admission fee late at night in the winter.

5-GRANDPA: Sigh. NOT what I meant Tracy.

SAM: I have a hard time getting him to understand too Grandpa. He’s a bit too literal. Never gets a joke or a gag either.

GRANDPA: He’s gonna get this one. BWAA HAA HAAAA!!

DT: Really? Let’s hear it!

GRANDPA: I was referring to this gun. Oh NEVER MIND!!!

Is Splitface a cousin of Pruneface?

so what happened to the guys with the armored car?

Oh boy! A Christmas surprise! They’re all gonna sing “Silent Night”!

Shouldn’t our hero’s be ready for Splitface’s shenanigans?

Here’s a thought for all the Fanboy speculators; D’ya think maybe Nomad and Roper might have a hand in the windup of this snoozer?. If not, their appearance in this “crossover” makes as much sense as if it had been Krazy Kat and Ignatz

“Surprise? Sure, freak-face, but it’s not on us! Okay, Roper, Nomad, Lizz, and uniform-guys; you can come out now, with your lasers locked on targets!”

Well, so far I am seeing nothing of the 1970s character Mike Nomad that I liked then.