Dick Tracy by Mike Curtis and Charles Ettinger for May 10, 2024

Good morning™, everyone!

“Wa’ll ….” you’re not gittin’ ‘em back, plus, din’t you notice Tracy is here? At least all three are there. That’s very convenient.

Could this story actually be showing signs of life???

Is progress being made???

Too bad Firestrike doesn’t have a phone with Wi-Fi. It only has call and texting, with large numbers!

Good morning™, Those About to Bust(ed) !

Will there be (off panel) shooting when Macy shows himself ?  He SHOULD be saying “right this way”, right into a snare manned by Tracy. Will Tracy be a hee-ro, with no back up (as usual) ?

I guess Tracy & B.O. stashed the money somewhere after finding it yesterday, as it’s nowhere to be seen today. & apparently CropTop & crew have never seen Dick Tracy before, otherwise they’d wouldn’t be confronting B.O. with Tracy standing nearby. Or else they’re the dumbest crooks in TracyVille, which can’t be ruled out given what we’ve seen of them. Still, the artwork is once again really good, & panel 3 is an effective cliffhanger. Two stars for today.

Now the question is. Did they come tooled up? Is Macy in the Hat-mobile, using the hat-phone to call for backup? Tune in again, same hat time, same hat channel…………

A pair of lefties in P2 or…?

Gee how convenient can ya gets. Them crooks is just walks in right towards Tracy.

Like the art today!

I think if Croppie would smile her face would crack!

Well, I commented a couple days ago that Tracy was blowing off any MCU work to go out to see BO based on his ESP and faith in the power of coincidence that Croppie would be there.

How low has the strip fallen when sarcasm about bad writing turns out to be true?

Will Tracy get to pop Stuffedtop ?

B.O. shakes hands with his left hand. I wonder if it is his secret handshake, known only to people who put money in his trunk?

Why is BO and Croptop using their left hands to shake? Are they members of a secret club or something?

She doesn’t have the mask on as the wanted poster shows her, perhaps Tracy won’t recognize her.

Get ready folks! I got the feeling we’re about to do a high speed chase in the Hatmobile!

Maestro, cue the traveling music!

Na na na na na na na na Hatman

Na na na na na na na na Hatman

MOVIE QUOTE—-

“I think you’ve seen enough of the Falls for today”

“First responder” to Jean Peters—-NIAGARA—1953

I’m reserving Croptop a seat at the Vista Theatre

Well this is a wait for it situation…………….

Funny that all of the pictures in the suitcase looked like Ulysses S. Grant.

1-BO: Well if it ain’t the suitcase folks driving their car in reverse. Or maybe in “drive”. I caint tell with that thing…

2-…Howdy! If you’re lookin’ to check into the sanny-tarium, it’s closed. They got shut down after they couldn’t fix me. CROPPY: Nah…

3-…We want our suitcase and also to amend our story about it being photos we got from our house in the park. Actually, we were going on vacation and it has our clothes in it. And our car wasn’t broke – turns out you _turn the key to the RIGHT to start it!_ You can tell from the way I shake hands that I get confused about left and right.

BOWLING LEAGUE: Wow Cleancut – even I can’t buy that lame story. BO: Shore. I get it. Happens to me all the time. Hey Tracy – these are the folks who…Tracy? Where’d he go…?

It’s an interesting legal question about ownership of the money.Yes croptop bought the clue book with proceeds from a bank robbery, no denying she is guilty of that, BUT the FSLIC would have long ago reimbursed the banks for the money that was buried, making the “finder” the legal owner

B.O. talks pretty tough with Tracy there.

B.O. bears a striking resemblance to a kiwi bird today….

Where did Intro get bullet proof underwear?

“Yeah, about that….”

Criminals are so clueless.

Croptop has no idea who Tracy is due to a generation gap within her family. As for the other two, chances are they just read the sports section in newspapers. Don’t strike me as the current events type.

Sidebar: This is one reason why most countries redesign their paper currency on a fairly regular basis (for the UK, every ten years of so, or when the monarch changes, or when new anti-forgery techniques are adopted). After a few years, any large amounts that were stolen or squirreled away become either worthless, or it can only be paid into a bank (which the taxman and law enforcement can monitor). It’s also an opportunity for a country to honour people or things for a time before moving to the next thing.