Dick Tracy by Mike Curtis and Charles Ettinger for August 07, 2020

Good morning™, early morning callers!

It was nice of Howdy to leave her the phone. It’s totally unrealistic that they would leave her in communication with Guy, but I guess it makes for an emotional scene. I suppose they can cut off the signal from Guy’s end any time they want.

Who would appreciate a call at 3:45 a.m.?

’Tis no doubt

Who’s up and about

Don’t bother to pout

Or you’ll be a lout

A damsel in distress

With two shoulders very undressed

Might cause a lot of stress

For the lady we call Tess

At least she’s not groveling on the floor anymore

I’m glad she was able to find a hotel room with purple curtains!

Tracy to the rescue – now this is what it’s all about – coming to the aid of a damsel in distress…

Surprised that still-da-avenger didn’t make comment on lack of pace.

Pretty sure Ray will chime in pretty soon about “talking heads.”

Good morning™, emergency callers !

The hour of day shouldn’t matter if she is calling the po po. Might she be calling her boss to ask that very special favor ?  My wooden nickels are on Tracy and it may be possible she has his home number hence the apology for calling “at this hour”.

We may hope that she is calling DT, but that might end this story too quickly, therefore it probably is her boss on the line.

Is it a phone? Or is it a picture? Time will tell…

Quite literally a waste of space

Awwwwwww. This is heartbreaking. Poor, poor sweet Dethany ♡.

She must have no blood in her body at all to be that white.

Panoramic view of the generic Hotel Room makes more poignant the loneliness of Dethany, beset by baddies who have snatched her darling Guy. Who do you call at 3:45 AM under such circumstances? It’s gotta be Dick Tracy at home!

Time for The Law to roll!

Only one panel! It’s like a day off!

1-RING! RING!

DETH: Hello? CALLER: You will pleased to learn that you have been pre-approved for a no-limit debit card. I just need a little information from you…

DETH: IT’S 3:45 A.M.! CALLER: Not in India. Regardless, we find that we have better success at this hour as people believe something has happened to a loved one or some other emerg…

DETH: #&* YOU, YOU NO GOOD PIECE OF &#*!!!!!!

CALLER: Let us start with your name please. DETH: CLICK!

Tracy time

She’s calling the 1940s, she wants Chester Gould back

…meanwhile, Stooge Viller’s treasure remains undiscovered because Coney and crew are wasting so much time on everything BUT actually searching for it. How much longer until this story ends????

Wouldn’t it have made more sense for Howdy to put the squeeze directly on the owner of Fastrack to call off the purchase of the warehouse, instead of doing it indirectly through Dethany?

Who gets Tracy’s fist of justice first, Howdy or Coney? I’m kinda hoping it’s Coney, with ice cream flying in every direction.

Dethany calls on a force even more powerful than Dick Tracy: Rose Trellis!