Dick Tracy by Mike Curtis and Charles Ettinger for December 24, 2013

…….just happens to have something like that with him…..gimme a break, lol.

Tracy,in real life, nothing is as strong as the ads say it is. (The adverb is interchangeable according to the product)

Then if it holds what will you do?

What’s next….for the 3rd he’s submerged in water, but just happens to have an oxygen tank?

That said, still a great storyline and a successful bar raising once again…..

I was hoping to give all of you a Pig on Wheels for Christmas. Unfortunately, whoever took my order got it mixed up.Oh well… Merry Christmas to everyone.

gouldstandard said, “…….just happens to have something like that with him…..gimme a break, lol.”Nothing strange about it at all. Officers of the law have carried batons for more than a century. A baton that telescopes expands the reach and effectiveness of the weapon without making it more difficult to carry.

It’s like when Batman in the 1960’s tv show “just happened” to have the right gadget in his utility belt to counteract whatever the bad guy was doing to him.

In Baltimore City they are made of wood and called an Espantoon. Espantoons are strictly a Baltimore City thing.

In Wisconsin, they make us call them batons, as "night stick " is threatening sounding. I carry a 21" ASP collapsible baton on my duty belt. Tracy’s isn’t an ASP, as ASPs are friction fit, and would just collapse when the wall pressed in.

But do that things lock when extended? I don´t think so.

those things, upss.

Merry Christmas DT fans1

Pls another sovienere of the case. His hat.

Another Hat, another Hole!

Establishing that baton prior to the events of 12/24 would’ve made it a more credible “solution”. But yeah, I concur. Kinda has the 60’s Batman deus ex machina quicker-pick-eruppy going for it.

Merry Christmas, Team Tracy! I only nitpick because I care! It is amazing that this strip continues 80+ years down-the-line. That’s a daily present for me ;)

Hmm. I’ve spent so much time studying this wall of death that I could have walked to the other end…

Good stuff tho. :)

Streetwise 26 Inch Expandable Steel Baton – Black

This solid steel baton expands to 26 inches with just a flick of the wrist.

9 1/2 inches closed.

I remember Tracy was in a situation like this once before, back in the 60’s I think it was. But then there were no spikes, just the walls closing in on him.

And Merry Christmas, DT fans!

Hurry Dick, time is pressing !!!

Go go Gadget Baton! ;D

But not before another hat bites the proverbial dust…

Dick Tracy is a seasoned police officer and it is one of his jobs to stay alive. … and did I mention That I am on DT’s side.in fact I am a fan. Just looking for one more reason to NOT read the troll trash. long live DT !

I agree with the Willys, it’s not exactly shark repellant

Merry Christmas to all and If you don’t observe have a nice day!

Well, if it works, swell. But I don’t recall ever seeing Tracy use/carry a baton before. So, yeah, it does sorta seem a deus ex machina….Chicago PD expandable baton directive from Superintendent McCarthy.Expandable batons (photos & descriptions).

Good afternoon everyone…

I’m pleased to see that DT is well equipped now. He could have used that when he was locked in the tiger cage and up against Johnny Nothing/The Blank at the Science Museum!

Merry Christmas to you Pig on Wheels!

LOVIN’ today’s strip! Good old fashioned DICK TRACY in action!

Merry Christmas, everyone!

The old telescoping baton trick, why of course. Nobody should ever leave their house without one.

John Russell, go put your head back up your posterior so your ears stay warm! I am NOT this “Mike” and your remark on my topic-related comment was entirely uncalled for. And in this case YOU’RE the troll. dude!

Whoa! Tracy has a Utility Belt full of life saving gadgets just like Batman!

Even if installed perfectly straight (does not looks like it is) and built withan impossibly strong material , this flimsy stick would buckle so easily

Reminds me of an old movie serial where a G-Man used his pistol to stop something similar!