Dick Tracy by Mike Curtis and Charles Ettinger for May 03, 2022

“This time, we get the coffee!”

“Stuntman Mike” – An homage to Kurt Russell’s character is “Death Proof”?

Good morning™, all!

Stuntman Mike is a continuous source of tips, anyway, whoever he is.

When did Dick Tracy get his own private office? Have we seen that before? I don’t ever remember it.

I don’t know who this Stuntdude Mike is but I think I have an idea who the mysterious Mr. Big is that is supplying Matt with drugs. It’s the creep in the link. But seriously, I’m glad the authorities have such a good picture of what he looks like, should make it that much easier to catch. And if you happen to run across this psycho, don’t be a hero and try to apprehend him. Call the FBI. The sooner he’s off the streets, the safer we’ll all be-

https://twitter.com/NYDailyNews/status/1521134680224976897

I think it is highly probable that Stuntman Mike is the “new driver” from a few days ago. Check out the hat brim:

https://www.gocomics.com/dicktracy/2022/04/30

Liking Tracy’s hair today. Is he using gel? Whatever it is, it’s making him look 10 years younger.

Good morning™, Stuntmen presents !

That could be the driver from yesterday and if his nose was included in the profile shot it would be a slam dunk to confirm.

I still like this story thus far. Tracy and the MCU have been getting warrants apparently to authorize their stings… Tracy is preparing to kick Coffeehead’s can of coffee into a trash can.

Interesting door glass; blue on one sided and tan on the other side.

The legal holes here are so huge I’m left speechless. (No, I’m not a lawyer – but I married one.) Left speechless… Fortunately the fingers still work on the keyboard. Maybe some legal issues can be resolved with detail we haven’t seen yet, but this appears to be layering another level of absurdity on a story whose logic has already disintegrated. I know it is a 2-dimensional medium, but it still possible to add depth.

Hmmm…I’m sensing and impending “Uh Oh.”

“to go with your green suspenders.”

CURSES FOILED AGAIN by telltale ballcap brim silhouette !!

Hey, Stuntman Mike, if your mother were here, would she call you Stuntman Mike?

From the looks of things, Coffeyhead does not have the organization to counter act any moves by MCU. I can’t see the Apparatus bothering with petty ante stuff like drugs.

Hopefully, Stuntman Mike is a smooth operator as not to arouse suspicion.

“This time the packets are sewn into very lumpy yoga mats! Sam, you’ll sneak in in disguise, sit on each and every one, and discover which are the suspect mats. There’re supposedly about a hundred. I’ll get you some Preparation H."

Did Shelley intend that to be a packet of real sugar? The MC has apparently colored it to be a saccharine product. If it’s as bad as I imagine police house coffee to be, it’s probably not a big deal, but I’m sure that would be the proverbial cherry on top of being at odds with Coffy. It would be like requesting catsup in a Parisian restaurant.

3rd. panel – A stern look on Tracy’s face!

1-SUCKER MIKE: If I’m the guy everyone believes me to be, I’m putting myself out of a job telling you about this operation….

2-DT: Well, you’re rewards in heaven will be great…but not as great as the accolades and bonuses I get for all these arrests that I’ll be making! Thanks Sucker Mike!

3-SAM: If you need me, I’ll be in the spacious handicapped stall down the hall.

DT: Hmmm. I’ve always wondered why a Detective Squad that of course, hires only able-bodied people, has a handicapped stall.

SAM: For the same reason we can’t make sexually charged comments to Doll anymore – it’s the law.

DT: STUPID LAW! Well, I do like the extra room. I always use the handicapped stall anytime I have to drop a deuce in public.

SAM: Me too! You want me to leave my book, JOKES YOU CAN NO LONGER TELL IN THE WORKPLACE in there for you?

DT: Nah. Over my 90 year tenure here, I’m sure I’ve told them all at some point or another.

SAM: Even the one about the gal with the “Mexican Hairless”?

DT: HAAA! But also ugh. Sergeant Tina Martinez wrote me up for telling her that one. I thought all the gals shaved these days…

From what I can make out, Tracy is putting cane sugar in his coffee, but Sam’s book appears to be titled something « for dummies », maybe?

MOVIE QUOTE

“Hey,Doc,what are you going to do to me?”

“I’m going to write you into medical history”

Boris Karloff—THE APE—1940

Somebody enlarge Panel 3 so we can see what book Sam is reading.

Don’t be too shocked if the informant turns out to be Junior in disguise.

He’d be aching to get hunks on Coffyhead after the original story.

GALLERY OF THREATS—-

1.)“Probably read a Wild West book somewhere and decided to chase robbers.Well,he’s gonna do a fadeout if I have to go up to his dump myself and plug him in the vest!”—BIG BOY—1931

2.)“I’ve never met the flatfoot yet I couldn’t handle.And this guy Tracy isn’t going to be an exception!”

STOOGE VILLER—1933

3.)“Oh,how much longer must we put up with that man Tracy?I wake up every morning praying he has dropped dead”.

“Shhhhh!!Anything you say about him only promotes him all the more!”

THE CHIN CHILLARS—1967

Given his habit of leaking stuff, I wonder if “Stuntman Mike” actually works at the Supreme Court.

Stuntman Mike needs his own theme song.

“He’s Stuntman Mike, undercover narconite!

When you want to find drugs and make the charges stick

Stuntman Mike puts the perps in the nick!"

Yeah, I know, that was awful. But my challenge is out there. Let’s see what you got.

Hmm. So Tracy is now getting tips from his Confidential Informant by computer and in his (new?) private office. I still think Stuntman Mike and New Driver are one and the same, but under today’s circumstances it seems he’s not an undercover cop but rather what but for a better term I will call an Independent Contractor (which makes him all the more mysterious: what is his motivation in finking?)….