Dick Tracy by Mike Curtis and Charles Ettinger for December 27, 2013

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    Vista Bill Raley and Comet™  almost 11 years ago

    Good morning everyone…

    Exactly who poured the ceoment?

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    DaJellyBelly  almost 11 years ago

    Quicksand?

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    Jim Douglas  almost 11 years ago

    He had a gun, a stick kane, maybe he’s got a boat in his pocket .

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    Mikeyj  almost 11 years ago

    Maybe he can swing from the cobwebs on the ceiling :p

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    gouldstandard  almost 11 years ago

    What is really making this story GREAT is a totally thumbs up choice Mike made to not start any new threads or have any distractions in it, leaving us with a “let’s see, we’re back now to….let’s see, the walls were closing in, that’s right…”feeling. Instead, the suspense just builds and builds on top of each panel…..you just can’t wait to the next day’s strip! The other things have worked before, but wouldn’t of here…….again, superb decision!!!

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    Sisyphos  almost 11 years ago

    Maybe this will be where the Famous Yellow Raincoat does service as a short-term bridge over troublesome concrete?

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    coldsooner  almost 11 years ago

    Watching “COPS” for the first time in quite awhile tonight. Tracy is a lot more fun.

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    tconstantine900  almost 11 years ago

    The solution to quicksand is you can always swim it! (courtesy of an old Denny O’Neil issue of Daredevil)

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    SlyMongoose  almost 11 years ago

    A gigantic pair of cement overshoes!

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    Mongo  almost 11 years ago

    He is going to use his hat and coat as ‘stepping stones’.They will stick to the concrete. His feet won’t.

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    jrankin1959  almost 11 years ago

    If it IS cement, how fresh is it… since no one’s ever made it to the third door before? (And if it’s that tired old plot device of quicksand, the human body is more buoyant in that stuff than in water, as per “Mythbusters.”)

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    Morrow Cummings  almost 11 years ago

    Where’s SDM? Can’t find him when you want him…. Anyway, when he bubbles to the surface, would someone please pass along my half-Merry Christmas to him (he says he’s half Jewish) and a full Happy New Year. Thanks, all! And the same to each of you!

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    W H H  almost 11 years ago

    Here’s concrete evidence that Kadaver is wanting Tracy dead.

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    asklud  almost 11 years ago

    Everyone assuming that the depth of the cement is less than 4 or 5 foot deep; I’m thinking it’s more like 10 or 20 feet…

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    steveyorkdesigns  almost 11 years ago

    On, no, and here he is without a stick to write his initials!

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    atomicdog  almost 11 years ago

    As difficult as pouring cement is, Kadaver wouldn’t have done it until it was obvious that Tracy would survive the second trap.

    What is also obvious that Kadaver will break his word and try to kill Tracy when he survives the third one.

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    atomicdog  almost 11 years ago

    Remember “GRIIND!” “CHNK!” “He broke the trap!”? The gears broke and he just pushed the walls apart.

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    gouldstandard  almost 11 years ago

    Perhaps there is ANOTHER trap embedded in the cement??? Ummmm….Still Da Man, I imagine if his cane kept the spikes from hitting him, he was just able to slide out in the remaining space? ….and there are walls and a ceiling to aid his crossing as well; I’ve heard rappelling gear in mandatory police equipment as well, lol

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    gouldstandard  almost 11 years ago

    So when he clears trap # 3 Abner should give him the same choice he gave BB Eyes; maybe Dick would say “why the heck not? I don’t need to go through this crap every day, and the Blackhearts pay better anyways” ha ha

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    Puddleglum2  almost 11 years ago

    Abner is trying to cement his relationship with Dick, but I’m sure Tracy has a concrete plan to foil Kadaver.

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    johnrussco  almost 11 years ago

    it is not over yet and I sure they will throw in surprises

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    JOAT999  almost 11 years ago

    Someone beat me to it… Cement would have to be poured fresh for each victim. It is a LOT of hard, noisy work to break it all up and haul it out to reset each time…

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    Dan Tooker  almost 11 years ago

    Not to be a picker of nits but it’s actually freshly poured concrete of which cement is an ingredient. I was just reminded of that on This Old House

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    RockHouse  almost 11 years ago

    Maybe Tracy will use the same trick as the basilisk lizard

    ‘Jesus Lizard,’ Basilisk, Runs On Water

    and then there is this Brazilian contribution (the good stuff starts 1:10 minutes in)

    Panico na tv -Bola leva as Panicats para uma caminhada na água

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    Neil Wick  almost 11 years ago

    I had a root canal done today and I’m still in pain now, so I know how you feel. I’m pretty sure my Jewish dentist was off for Christmas but the pain was gone then anyway because the end of the root had died.

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