In panel three, Tracy is either loading his gun (incorrectly, seeing as it’s clip-loaded), removing the safety (very weirdly) or stroking his gun like he’s looking for the soft spot on a loved one’s body.
1: A fact known by 99% of the human race
2: A parallel pocket dimension
3: There’s a giant drain behind the building.
4: Did you see him in panel 2? Even I wanted to attack him.
5: At least it’s this month and not next month.
Tracy must’ve driven all the way to Brisbane in Australia, or north to Cairns where the biggest cyclone in Australian history - roughly the size of the US - is raging…
Or maybe Locher’s writing has gotten so terrible it’s opened up a space/time singularity that is responsible for the mass of natural disasters currently lashing out at my beloved country.
I’m impressed how quickly Dick Tracy got his coat on between panels and while still holding the oxygen mask. That’s some skills!