Dick Tracy by Mike Curtis and Charles Ettinger for February 26, 2022

Good morning™, stealth pursuers !

You’re rolling in a marked patrol car, how in hell would they not spot you ?  Who’s writing this thing anyway ?  LOL !

The second panel road view is fantastic and just what you would see from the back seat of a car.

It looks to me like Dick and Sam are already too close.

Oh…SAM’S DRIVING. This is gonna turn out well.

Hey, Mark! You promised us ACTION tomorrow! This better be the ACTION we’re getting-

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SzATVFZ5qxE

Wow, all these complaints and not one is from me!

At this rate I can retire!!

“Are you sure you can stay with them?”

“Conveniently, they’re driving the only car that’s been painted.”

Good morning™, everyone!

Well, I’m finally here, a bit late today. Tracy and Sam have been driving a marked car regularly in recent years. I don’t remember them having a cruiser way back years ago. The trick will be to try not to be seen while following close enough that they can see where Ferret and Ape are going.

Exciting! Won’t have to watch Adam-12 or Highway Patrol today! Actually I am enjoying this story.!

Are Dick and Sam watching Schindler’s List?

they need Q branch technology from 1964 enabled James Bond to track Goldfinger across Switzerland

Super great images again today , thanks to Shelley : )

Tracy and Sam must have switched their windshield wipers to intermittent. Downpour is probably a drizzle by now.

In a cop car? Nahhhhh!!!

If it were not for Ape getting the munchies, Ferret and his journey or mission would be uninterrupted. Oh well…one trip to traffic court in their future. Then down the hall or a few floors up to criminal court.

Is that a nose dimple or a nostrel on the side of DT’s nose in p3?

You mean Ferret and her partner are so dumb they will reason, Lessee… light bar, “POLICE” scrawled on the side… oh, wait – it’s not black and WHITE; nothing to worry about. Seriously?

and again really questionable use of police resources for what is a minor crime. the next budget meeting should be interesting.

(William Conrad voice-over)

The diabolical duo are fleeing in their damaged vehicle. Will our heroes be able to stop them in time before they reach the exit? Be sure to see our next episode:

“A Scrape, an Escape and an Ape”

or

“Tenth Avenue Squeeze Out”

Tracy doesn’t want pursuees to spot THEM>>left out prowl car.

1-DT: OK – so the line at the school bus stop is a lot more efficient than when I was a kid and the perps are back on the road.

SAM: That’s because school busses were hay wagons in your day.

DT: True. One good thing about that though – no parent was yapping about the need for seatbelts in school busses then.

2-DT: GET OVER, IDIOT! WE’RE IN THE EXIT ONLY LANE!

3-DT: JUST GREAT! Looks like we’ll be in Canada in a minute.

SAM: Yeah. I hear good things. Mind if I pick up a couple of affordable prescriptions while we’re there? Maybe a little Valium for you?

DT: May as well. I bet Viagra is really affordable too.

SAM: Let Viagra Turn You Into a Raging Niagara That’s the way they advertise it up here.

DT: Molson or LaBatts? SAM: Trick question! PUPPERS of course! RIGOR: Come in Tracy, come in.

DT: Umm, we need to maintain radio silence. We’re right next to the perps and we all have our windows down. Switching off now. RIGOR: WHAT? I DON’T SEE YOU? HELLO?

Regarding Tracey and Sam?’s marked unit… How many of us would notice it in a rainy, splashy, environment such as the bridge, etc. ?

Just wondering…In Tracyville, do all license plates lack numbers and letters?

“Ready, Sam?”

“Ready, Dick!”

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“Me… and my sha-dow…

Rollin’ down the a-ven-ue…"

Look out! You have lightning bolts shooting out of the dash!

And tomorrow, after a really short drive it heats up. Yes, Sam leaves a lit cigar on the car seat. No, wait! That isn’t what happens!

The game’s afoot!

And the Little Red Kia is in sight, with Sam and Tracy in laid-back, not-quite-hot, pursuit!

I expect something big for Sunday….

Panel 3—pure Chester Gould.And gives off a “friends for life”look besides.