Dick Tracy by Mike Curtis and Charles Ettinger for December 05, 2020

Lab being searched. Yeti does lurch behind a steel locked door

Grab up files and formulas. Escape to be seen no more.

His plan went south. Down in the mouth, the sewer calls his name

Rabbit is dead. Daisy is down. Perfume don’t smell the same.

Must get away. Another day may find a lucky break

Day turned sour. At this hour, a new path he shall take.

Down the stairs to darkness. The webs that creatures weave

A spider bite gives Yeti fright. Soon this life he shall leave.

Toxin flows all through his veins. Now Yeti unaware

Heart’s last beat. An end not sweet. Death in the spider’s lair.

Yeti fled. Now Yeti’s dead. A chemist oh so violent

Now ‘tis quiet as the tomb. Still. Serene and silent.

WOW…..that spider is a lot bigger that I thought…..

Looks like it’s broken neck time for Yeti.

BTW – is Daisy gonna get left to die in a sewer? Not that he doesn’t deserve it to some extent but still……

Good morning™, man killers !

He wont be missed. No meatloaf Monday at the jail for this bird.

And the spider is on the loose.

Wichita, does that mean we’re in for a sequel?

(Ben began with Willard – until the rat got his own movie)

Leaving aside the “spiders don’t get even close to that big,” a spider that size doesn’t need venom…it can just crush its prey. :)

Next time the spider takes on the Incredible Shrinking Man!

Hah! We discussed “Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall” earlier in the story, but even after Daisy’s slip I never imagined Yeti’s ultimate destruction would literally be a fall. Very nice!!

Another more chilling ending would have the last panel showing Clyde pulling a struggling web-covered Yetti down into the sewers … dragging him from behind … by the neck.

A spider bite on Yeti, will result in “Spi-Yeti”….

Good morning™, everyone!

Another one bites the dust! I guess we will never learn the final fate of Daisy, but the spider seems headed off in search of adventure in the sewer tunnels. I still wonder about these buildings that have an entrance to the sewer tunnels. I wonder if Yeti made that connection himself.

That’s what you get Yeti for leaving Daisy in the sewer.

This is the end for Yeti.

Surprise guest appearance by a spider… man!

He paid the price for his “Web of Deceit”!

What did him in, the spider or the fall?

Can’t wait for the grand re-opening of “Clyde’s Perfumery and Cafe.”

“Come into my parlor,” said the spider to the Yeti.

A new record set in stupid random and silly!

All of the panels are great , but the first one is really great , the Yeti fighting with the BIG spider . The only thing that I question is why didn’t the Spider wrap up Yeti in a web so he could eat him later ? At least that is what I usually see in the movies . The LORD of the Rings comes into question .

Ah!!! The thrill of the kill, now to descend into the depth’s of darkness!!! We say fair well clumsy oaf!!!

welp, looks like that big spider thing won.

Wait a minute, the spider forgot to wrap Yeti up for lunch

Not all spiders use webbing to wrap up their prey, or spin webs. Don’t know what kind of hybrid this is, or how it defies laws of physics in regard to size. We have no idea if fall or spider venom is reason for Yeti’s limp condition. (We can’t even tell if he is dead or unconscious.) But my question is, does this show a real door and staircase in the perfume factory leading directly to the storm drain that is always being called a sewer? A doorway and stairs, to a sewer? Or is this this simply to underground storage/basement beneath perfume factory and sewer entrance is somewhere down in that basement and we don’t see it? The question matter for those wondering where spider is heading.

Yikes! I thought those images of the giant spider were just perspective making him seem huge! But that thing’s HUGE! Good luck to getting Terminex to kill him!

“Bombs won’t stop it! Bullets won’t stop it! We may need to use NUCLEAR FORCE!!!” -FZ

Wichita has been saying this is the last day. If there is no wrap up tomorrow, this is an awful way to leave a story. That spider loose in the storm sewers, where innocent city workers will eventually run into it? And also, at the end of the day, Tracy really didn’t do much to catch the bad guy, again. I, like lots of us, thought this story had a lot of promise. We seem to have really fizzled at the end.

“Clumsy idiot”

Looks like Yeti met his fate much like Daisy….darn those pesky “slip and falls”

The angles of the stairway in the first panel are strange. The railing goes down at a steeper angle than the stairs. In fact, I can’t tell if the stirs go down or up.

With Yeti down I’d say the chances of Daisy surviving are pretty good.

All you alligators in the sewers… better watch out.

Wow. A Super Villain meets his end with no interference form Tracy. That’s a switch.

Well, folks, that’s it for Yeti and me. Thanks for tolerating me, and thanks to the creative team for their excellent work. See you in the funny pages (so to speak)!

So where did the huge spider come from? Why doesn’t the spider wrap Yeti in a web for dinner?

“Everyone has a plan until a giant spider they created jumps on their face…” I’m pretty sure that’s how that quote went.

SPIDER: May I have this dance? Oh. How appropriate. It’s “LAST DANCE” by Donna Summer. BWAA HA HAAAAAAAAAAA!

Free arachnid! Run away free and wild!

“ARGH!”

If this is it, Total letdown. Still no reason for meteorite theft, or what Yeti’s racket really was. Can we assume these stories are cut short by fiat, because they really don’t work. This arc had tons of possibilities, none of which came to fruition.

I think the spider is going to rescue Daisy, they’re good friends.

Boy, talk about your CLUMSY Mad Scientists! Yeti literally self-destructs..

So, long, Clyde.

Hopefully ,It’ll grow large enough to drop a load of napalm on it by Clint Eastwood!

He’s dead, Jim.

A giant spider is loose in the city! Quick, call in the U.S. Army and the U.S. Marines!

If Yeti is actually dead then his arms and legs will fold into his torso.

looks like it’s time to get back to Daisy

Looks like the spider is wretching from having to bite him. “EW that guy tasted like dirt! I need to choose my dinner better. So who’s next?” The unsuspecting person who has to open that place up.

What? His basement also happens to be the back way into Mordor?