Dick Tracy by Mike Curtis and Charles Ettinger for February 18, 2013

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    60sFan  over 11 years ago

    Get ’em Mole!!

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    margueritem  over 11 years ago

    GO Mole!!!

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    willy007  over 11 years ago

    Mole with the takedown! Love today’s strip.

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    Mikeyj  over 11 years ago

    I had a feeling Mole would flip him like that, after looking at their positions in the last strip (I’ve watched a bit of martial arts anime since the 90s)

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    gimmickgenius  over 11 years ago

    Geez, he didn’t squash Toad, did he?

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    Mikeyj  over 11 years ago

    Another option would have been to push up and make Sweaty smash his head on the doorframe (Not martial arts, but Mikey school of dirty fighting for short people :P )

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    Mikeyj  over 11 years ago

    That might be a broken back and the end of S.B.^^I wouldn’t bet on that, just yet

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    Mikeyj  over 11 years ago

    Nothing makes me happier than seeing a short good guy triumph over a tall bad guy :P

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    FLIGHT SUIT  over 11 years ago

    I love how Mole’s one line is stretched out through all three panels. Nice, also, how the art conveys the physical actions taking place.

    You all know I won’t hesitate to mouth off on those rare occasions when this strip annoys me, but I gotta say in most cases, Staton and Curtis get it right. It’s nice that we can expect so much quality writing and illustration from this team.

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    DaJellyBelly  over 11 years ago

    And the crowd roars with approval !!!!

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    DaJellyBelly  over 11 years ago

    Will we see Mole buy all of Pouch’s balloons for Toad and her mother, as payment for the good info he gave him??

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    SashaW  over 11 years ago

    If I remember correctly, The Mole at one time was a pro wrestler.

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    AKHenderson Premium Member over 11 years ago

    Self-defense classes teach that maneuver.Just bend the knees and lean forward. (Mole’s height-weight proportion probably helps.)

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    DixieWriter  over 11 years ago

    My Dad taught me to read on comics like Dick Tracy. I am enjoying this so much. I feel like my Dad is with me, when I am reading this. It reminds me of good times. Thank you for that.

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    Major Matt Mason Premium Member over 11 years ago

    And a can of Mole brand smackdown is opened! :D

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    veldy  over 11 years ago

    I suppose this means Sweatbox won’t be paying Toad’s softball fees.

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    SlyMongoose  over 11 years ago

    Whooo Hoooo! Go, Mole, Go!

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    mjmsprt40  over 11 years ago

    Sweatbox may be glad to see Tracy show up to protect him from Mole.

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    pmmarion Premium Member over 11 years ago

    Now who didn’t see that coming??!!!… lol

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    Can't Sleep  over 11 years ago

    You said: “That might be a broken back and the end of S.B.”-——————————————Don’t know about a broken back, but no matter how much exercise Sweaty has been doing, them’s some old bones that’s just been slammed!

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    Can't Sleep  over 11 years ago

    Woo Hoo! Mole! Mole! Mole!Great art – love that look of surprise on Sweatbox’s face in panel two!Great payoff from the set up almost a year ago, when Mole was in the ring with Thunderchild, and asked Jerry King for some training.

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    johnrussco  over 11 years ago

    I LOVE IT !!

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    mafuthafree  over 11 years ago

    Never underestimate a person short in stature. The may be your undoing! Go Mole!!!!

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    johnrussco  over 11 years ago

    Often times when you flip someone like that and then follow through with your body weight on top of them all in the same motion, all of their air comes out rendering them almost helpless. However, the sweat-face does all of that cardiopulmonary exercising he just may not be phased, but that “thud” is a good sign, so we’ll just have to wait and see! BillThompsom, by you remembering my avatar of more than a year ago shows that we have a history. The other day I was so emotional about the child (Toad) being abducted and or abused that I didn’t engage my brain before posting my opinion. Sir! I am so sorry. Where I bank there is a gal (hi Sue) that reads DT I guess daily and she criticized my comment and actions, which embarrassed me. I had it coming. The old man needs to be put in his place once in a while. Thanks BT and again I am so sorry. I’m sure my daughter will read this and she will give me the devil as well.

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    johnrussco  over 11 years ago

    BillThompson not …..som sorry again.

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    quartermain  over 11 years ago

    Deodorant anyone?

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    therese_callahan2002  over 11 years ago

    Sweatbox never got the chance to play Whack-A-Mole! YAY!

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    Ken in Ohio  over 11 years ago

    Re: Your comment on the time line here.What are you talking about? Mole was last seen talking to Pouch, having driven his truck FROM the scene of the abduction, where he had been in the process of calling Toad to supper, TO the park where Pouch is located. Then we can infer that he drove to this scene because of the info that Pouch gave him. That seems to make perfect sense, I think.

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    Ken in Ohio  over 11 years ago

    There is still a startling difference between Sunday’s art and the daily art. Compare, for example, Mole’s nose in profile. Sunday is angular and choppy, where the lines flow smoothly in the daily art. I wonder why?

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    Morrow Cummings  over 11 years ago

    I knew yesterday was too good of an omen. SDM had to wake up someday. I can see it now…. “from under a cold flat rock in the middle of the city dump, SDM spies the rotating beacon, with its trademark ‘T’ silouhetted against the grey clouds, meaning Troll Time, and the panning of a marvelous strip was about to commence.”

    Otto, I am going to have to put a locking switch on that beacon!

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    HannoX  over 11 years ago

    Now give him your finishing move, Mole!

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    Morrow Cummings  over 11 years ago

    Mean Gene: “Ladies and Gentlemen: The winnah and still Champ-een, and rightful owner of the 25-pound silver belt buckle… the one-and-only MOLE!”

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    kantuck-nadie  over 11 years ago

    That, would be perfect. A known pedophile paraplegic in jail. Yes, I would truly enjoy such a fate for this turgid telum imbelle

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    Ray Toler  over 11 years ago

    In today’s print edition of Chicago Tribune:They have the same three drawings but the caption and dialogue in panel 1 are different.

    In the Trib, the first panel caption reads: “After a frantic search for Mr. Mole, Toad has found him at last.”

    Sweatbox is saying: “Toad! This is your fault! Now I’ll make him pay!”

    Everything else is the same as the GoComics version.

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    Ray Toler  over 11 years ago

    We’ll ignore that the timeline is impossible. I mean, how can Mole be with Toads mom AND slamming Stinky to the ground at just about the same time?____________________I think we must ignore all of the inconsistencies in this story line because obviously the strip is being highly edited as evidenced by the differences in what Chicago Tribune is presenting compared to the GoComics version (which for all we know may have also been edited by TMS before distribution. I don’t think it is fair to criticize the strip or the creators for anything that is obviously beyond their control.

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    punslinger  over 11 years ago

    Mole considers Toad ‘his’ daughter…Baux messed with the wrong daddy!

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    Sisyphos  over 11 years ago

    YAY! Go, Mole! Go, Mole! Go, Mole!Wale the tar out of that old creep! Use the power of your mighty-mole hands!

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    scorpy007  over 11 years ago

    Good for Mole!! I wonder how many of Tracy’s former foes have been so heroic??

    Any one know how many of Tracy’s foes have reformed??Of hand I can think of

    Mole

    Steve the Tramp

    Pear Shape Tone

    Influence

    Little Face Finney

    Stooge Villar did seem to have a “death bed” conversion where he asked Tracy to look after his daughter (wonder whatever happened to Binnie Villar??).

    Can any one else think of any other Villians who have reformed??

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    Vista Bill Raley and Comet™  over 11 years ago

    Good afternoon everyone…

    Yea! Mole is ahead.

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    Mikeyj  over 11 years ago

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    Mikeyj  over 11 years ago

    if you want to see the larger version, just click this pic, then look through my Photobucket account

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    SYDNEY PHILLIPS  over 11 years ago

    " I think SD’s just stirring the pot to see who becomes rattled . . . "-——————————————————————————————— And I’ll have to guess that elsewhere the, Editor’s at the Trib are just sitting on the POT, without much luck ?

    Another ’ windy ’ afternoon in Chicago ?

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    Mikeyj  over 11 years ago

    You really have to wonder about the Tribune’s judgement (or lack thereof) in altering the best DT arc since the Staton team took over

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    Can't Sleep  over 11 years ago

    You said: “…We’ll ignore that the timeline is impossible. I mean, how can Mole be with Toads mom AND slamming Stinky to the ground at just about the same time?”-—————————————————-Guess you missed about a week of strips. Go back and read them and you’ll be up to speed.

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    Can't Sleep  over 11 years ago

    Gee, since Jerry King taught Mole some wrestling moves, do you think he’ll give Sweaty the Piledriver?AS it is that flip should have rattled Sweaty down to his fillings.(Can’t wait for tomorrow’s installment!)

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    Sweet Betty  over 11 years ago

    that flip should have rattled Sweaty down to his fillings.******************************Except that he doesn’t appear to have any teeth left :-)

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    williamferry  over 11 years ago

    And somewhere on high, Dennis James is twisting a ratchet and saying, “OK, mother.” Yay Mole!

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    Desperadorrj  over 11 years ago

    Remember, Jerry King (ie Jerry “The King” Lawler") was training Mole to wrestle. Some of those would really hurt if done for real.

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    countoftowergrove  over 11 years ago

    Mole has strong hands!

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    tsull2121  over 11 years ago

    Betcha Jerry King taught him that move. Thats a classic SNAP MARE TAKEDOWN! :)

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    tsull2121  over 11 years ago

    youre an idiot… obviously you missed the day when mole confronted pouch and found out where sweatbox’s car was

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    JudeDog  over 11 years ago

    Next we see Sweatbox successfully suing Mole in court for pain and suffering. Oh, wait, this is not the real world, is it?

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