Ah, here’s where the squeeze comes in. Vitamin never has been good with money, which why he’s still working at his advanced age in anything he can get.
Let it go Vitamin. He will either drop the price or sell it. If he does sell it. Perhaps the new owner will be receptive to having a copy made for you.
Actually, I doubt there would be any science fiction fans willing to for over that much just for an episode of Captain Video. It’s not like a missing episode of Doctor Who!
Silver Nitrate is an old pro at this game.He’s waved the bait and dropped the hook.Now, he’ll make it irresistable to Vitamin, probably by making it unavailable.But just who gets to become hyena chow?And how will Mysta figure into this?
From what he said before, I got the impression that Vitamin would like to ensure that no-one else gets to watch the film. That might make him more willing to pay an extortionate amount to keep it out of someone else’s hands.
“Mr. Flintheart, to show you I am on the up and up, I’ll take half of this generous offer myself. You’ve just made a very valuable purchase! Just wire the money to my bank in Nigeria, and……..”
So far, no crime. Silver’s price is exorbitantly high, but that’s not illegal. The crime will come with whatever pressure is put on Vitamin, or with failure to deliver the goods (maybe Silver has nothing but the short clip Vitamin has watched five times).Maybe sweet Mary has earned her way by bootlegging a cellphone copy during those five viewings!
300k… thats 100k for silver, 100k for his sister and 100k for vitamin’s not so seemingly innocent current co-star.. i STILL thihk she is tied up in this somehow
I think they should bring in Mary WORTH and expose her deviant private life and rather violent past. She was acquitted of several vicious murders ten years ago after several elderly men vanished without a trace. Forensic evidence tied some of her DNA to the crime scenes. Rumor has it, she was having “relations” with Abner Kadaver and has now vowed to exact revenge upon Dick Tracy for taking away her lover.
Team Tracy is not going to have Leonard Starr’s Mary Perkins act out of character. She is a classy, ethical actress who is attending the screening at the invitation of her current co-star, Vitamin Flintheart. As we saw with the brief but very effective Little Orphan Annie cross-over, the creations of other artists will be treated respectfully by Team Tracy.
If he’s doing a frame by frame “restoration” it might be worth something like $300,000. I don’t know. I seems more like he’s just going to clean it and make a clean copy. I suspect he does have the whole film. What are the chances that he just happened to have the scene that Vitamin appeared in and nothing else?
Hang on to your hope for the juicy stuff, just don’t expect Mary Perkins to be naughty nor nefarious. Juicy would be, say, the Governor and his better half dropping in unannounced on Honeymoon and Mysta. I’m guessing we’ll be waiting a while for that fun scene…
SDM, you’re talking in your sleep again. Your chatter is keeping me (and I suspect quite a few others) awake. Here is a Dick Tracy giant pacifier. You remember it from several years back. Put it in your mouth and go back to sleep. You are welcome!Morrow
Vista Bill Raley and Comet™ almost 11 years ago
Good morning all…
Can Mr. Nitrate be trusted? Does he have the whole film?
SKJAM! Premium Member almost 11 years ago
Ah, here’s where the squeeze comes in. Vitamin never has been good with money, which why he’s still working at his advanced age in anything he can get.
Jim Douglas almost 11 years ago
I’m starting to get smokers cough just reading this comic strip ! lol
DaJellyBelly almost 11 years ago
Let it go Vitamin. He will either drop the price or sell it. If he does sell it. Perhaps the new owner will be receptive to having a copy made for you.
DaJellyBelly almost 11 years ago
PS: Let me add, a copy at a reasonable price.
DaJellyBelly almost 11 years ago
PPS: Vitamin should ask for some references from Mr. Nitrate.
blunebottle almost 11 years ago
Ah, well……somewhere along the line, DT is going to have to straighten something out. I wonder who will end up being the crook?
stomaino almost 11 years ago
Actually, I doubt there would be any science fiction fans willing to for over that much just for an episode of Captain Video. It’s not like a missing episode of Doctor Who!
JP Steve Premium Member almost 11 years ago
Beware, Silver Nitrate might change his properties in a flash!
Can't Sleep almost 11 years ago
Silver Nitrate is an old pro at this game.He’s waved the bait and dropped the hook.Now, he’ll make it irresistable to Vitamin, probably by making it unavailable.But just who gets to become hyena chow?And how will Mysta figure into this?
jonahhex1 almost 11 years ago
Ah…so it’s fraud that Nitrate is up to……
Neil Wick almost 11 years ago
From what he said before, I got the impression that Vitamin would like to ensure that no-one else gets to watch the film. That might make him more willing to pay an extortionate amount to keep it out of someone else’s hands.
coldsooner almost 11 years ago
And how about some proof the rest of the film does still exist?
Morrow Cummings almost 11 years ago
“Mr. Flintheart, to show you I am on the up and up, I’ll take half of this generous offer myself. You’ve just made a very valuable purchase! Just wire the money to my bank in Nigeria, and……..”
Sisyphos almost 11 years ago
So far, no crime. Silver’s price is exorbitantly high, but that’s not illegal. The crime will come with whatever pressure is put on Vitamin, or with failure to deliver the goods (maybe Silver has nothing but the short clip Vitamin has watched five times).Maybe sweet Mary has earned her way by bootlegging a cellphone copy during those five viewings!
tsull2121 almost 11 years ago
300k… thats 100k for silver, 100k for his sister and 100k for vitamin’s not so seemingly innocent current co-star.. i STILL thihk she is tied up in this somehow
orbenjawell Premium Member almost 11 years ago
Sil’s thumb-up in the last panel looks all wrong….?… da rat in de kitchen
PatrickDC202 almost 11 years ago
I think they should bring in Mary WORTH and expose her deviant private life and rather violent past. She was acquitted of several vicious murders ten years ago after several elderly men vanished without a trace. Forensic evidence tied some of her DNA to the crime scenes. Rumor has it, she was having “relations” with Abner Kadaver and has now vowed to exact revenge upon Dick Tracy for taking away her lover.
jrankin1959 almost 11 years ago
A high price is $25, maybe $50 (as per retail prices on these things)… where’s the guys from Pawn Stars when you need them?
Pequod almost 11 years ago
Team Tracy is not going to have Leonard Starr’s Mary Perkins act out of character. She is a classy, ethical actress who is attending the screening at the invitation of her current co-star, Vitamin Flintheart. As we saw with the brief but very effective Little Orphan Annie cross-over, the creations of other artists will be treated respectfully by Team Tracy.
ColonelClaus almost 11 years ago
Flintheart’s ego will have him become the bad guy. Nitrate is just a slime ball.
1MadHat Premium Member almost 11 years ago
This looks like a case where the Nitrate isn’t going to be cheaper than the day rate.
Neil Wick almost 11 years ago
If he’s doing a frame by frame “restoration” it might be worth something like $300,000. I don’t know. I seems more like he’s just going to clean it and make a clean copy. I suspect he does have the whole film. What are the chances that he just happened to have the scene that Vitamin appeared in and nothing else?
Pequod almost 11 years ago
Hang on to your hope for the juicy stuff, just don’t expect Mary Perkins to be naughty nor nefarious. Juicy would be, say, the Governor and his better half dropping in unannounced on Honeymoon and Mysta. I’m guessing we’ll be waiting a while for that fun scene…
Bark71 almost 11 years ago
Early in the story. Give it time to develop.
Morrow Cummings almost 11 years ago
SDM, you’re talking in your sleep again. Your chatter is keeping me (and I suspect quite a few others) awake. Here is a Dick Tracy giant pacifier. You remember it from several years back. Put it in your mouth and go back to sleep. You are welcome!Morrow