Dick Tracy by Mike Curtis and Charles Ettinger for October 25, 2014

Good to see B-B again!

Stiletta, perhaps ?

Yes, the gears are now in motion. Something is about to happen, once all the “players” are in place. What does he mean by “move up”? He’s moving up to a higher rank in the organization?

I’m happy to hear that the apparatus is all but dead, the whole idea of Dick fighting “Corporate” criminals, instead of insane killer freaks never really worked for me! So glad to see Meliers again, I’ve been dying to see a new, real “Gould-Type” bad guy, again.

Re: yesterday’s strip- it’s too bad Riki Mortis is is a baddy…I think she’s kinda cute!

@finkd I think he refers to Blaze Rize…

Why don’t they use cell phones?

Good morning fellow DT fans!

Everybody’s showing up for my 80th birthday on Monday! Nice to see BB Eyes again! Maybe tomorrow we’ll find out about the Abner Kadaver mask. It could be that Rikki plans to wear it for Halloween trick-or-treating!

Breathless, maybe? Haven’t seen her in a while. Or maybe Angeltop or Prunella.

Morning, Tracyville!This is building up to a great story!

B-B exudes confidence as he exhales smoke. He rises to go find a female specialist. Shades of the cross-hatching we saw employed in some of the Annie art provides a strong sense of B-B’s shadowy lair. I’m enjoying the variety of people and places as this story revs up like Kandicane’s motorcycle. More of the good stuff from Team Tracy.

I am by choice still landline only. The phones have more character, the service has more privacy.

B.B. Eyes may move up in the Blackhearts organization, if he continues his recent successful streak.But who is the female “specialist employee” he has in mind? It could be Blaze Rize, or Stiletta, or perhaps some other dangerous vixen….

I don’t know about anybody else, but to me, this story looks to put the Annie story to shame!

Didn’t someone here say Blaze Rize was due to make an appearance?I wonder what kind of job would require her special talents, though?Besides, she shot DoubleUp; I’m sure he won’t forget that! (forget that!)Oh, this is looking very promising!

Is it me, or does BB Eyes resemble Sam a little?

Today’s art looks like vintage Gould. Channeling those 1940’s strips again, Joe?

Good morning DT fans. The plot is moving along nicely. Yes, Rikki Mortis is cute. Too bad she is on the wrong team. Maybe she will switch side and be a spy for Tracy.

Done!

Gweedo, I guarantee you that I’d send the first Andrew Jackson off to them for an autigraphed calendar #1! And for them to put a Scratch-N-Sniff on each page……..

Talk about the power of a Tracyville IPO! It would outperform Twitter on its first day!

I’m wondering… I need to go back and re-read. Did we ever see Abner and Riki together?

I’ve just realised something- Abner IS dead-fish-dead! Rikki is obviously masquerading as him!Apologies to anyone who may have pointed this out already.

Thanks for the kind words, Night-Gaunt49!

Colonel Claus’ comment about finding Rikki and Abner together in the November 8, 2013 strip prompted me to go back and look at that day’s edition of DT. It turns out B-B Eyes is in the second panel of the strip, so I’m just wondering if the “specialist employee” B-B Eyes mentions in today’s third panel might be Rikki. Abner did say in the November 8, 2013 edition that he needed Rikki’s “computer expertise.”

And what do YOU do when the power goes out. Landlines have their own power source not dependent on the electrical grid. While cell phones are battery powered, the towers generally draw power from the grid. Power out means no cell service.