Dick Tracy by Mike Curtis and Charles Ettinger for May 19, 2018

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    Neil Wick  over 6 years ago

    Good morning™, gentle readers of the strip!

    Yes, Topper, the Green Hornet is there, too

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    avenger09  over 6 years ago

    Is there Anyone out there who’s surprised by the green bugs appearance?

    Anyone?

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    AnyFace  over 6 years ago

    Is that Kato behind the Hornet …? ✨

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    fredville  over 6 years ago

    “I won’t be gentle”….to a cop with a gun pointed at him….this is getting ridiculous, lol

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    seanyj  over 6 years ago

    So where are the writers going with this? Are we gonna have a big brawl like Batman and The Green Hornet did back in the day?

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    HarryCK  over 6 years ago

    Good morning™, Three way collisioners !

    I think the Kato look is only a red smelt !

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    KaiserFrazer67  over 6 years ago

    I’m betting the Hornet’s let Tracy in on it by now, or Tracy secretly knew of the Hornet’s true agenda from the get-go.

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    Night-Gaunt49[Bozo is Boffo]  over 6 years ago

    Sorry no, I would not expect Tracy to even believe such a preposterous story. Yes, the Green Hornet is horning in on things in a way the MCU isn’t use to. Because the GH wants the one behind him. The big cheese, the head honcho. And he won’t stop till he does with or without the MCU.

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    Okinawan Ace  over 6 years ago

    Things are getting ridiculous—you just don’t talk to a cop aiming a gun at you like that! And it was so predicable that the Green Hornet would show up. Now if only Daddy Warbucks and the Asp makes an appearance we can have a real free-for all!

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    blunebottle  over 6 years ago

    Yes, the free-for-all is now staged.

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    crobinson019  over 6 years ago

    Hmm, two fedoras and two rain coats—I think the Hornet and Tracy use the same tailor

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    jrankin1959  over 6 years ago

    We’ve got to stop meeting like this…

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    tripwire45  over 6 years ago

    Tracy has his firearm aimed right at Topper and the crook is still giving him lip? Also, the silhouette behind GH doesn’t look like the Red Wasp. No “excess hair” coming from under the hat.

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    Don Bagert Premium Member over 6 years ago

    Note the green-clad Sam is entirely in shadow today, which helps to avoid confusing him with the Hornet :)

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    William Bednar Premium Member over 6 years ago

    And…wait a minute…is that Superman behind Kato? Topper doesn’t stand a chance.

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    BillJackson1  over 6 years ago

    Or worse… Batman.

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    Ray Toler  over 6 years ago

    If Hornet wanted the police to put Topper away, why didn’t he just let Tracy arrest him? Tracy has the drop on Topper. Topper can go to jail and Hornet can drive back to Central City. Mission accomplished.

    Unless, Topper is Hornet’s small fish leading to a bigger fish. But who’s higher in the chain than Topper? Topper was run out of Central City and had to come begging to the Apparatus for permission to run his scam in Tracyville (by himself at first and with a 2-thug gang he acquired sometime later). That doesn’t sound like a guy working for a bigger fish to me. That sounds like a guy struggling to hang on.

    To me this has been one of those “wouldn’t it be cool” stories. Marvel used to do a lot of these back in the 80s. “Wouldn’t it be cool if Ant Man could battle the Hulk?” “Wouldn’t it be cool if Superman could battle Spider-Man?” “Wouldn’t it be cool if Dick Tracy could team up with The Spirit?” “Wouldn’t it be cool if Tracy could battle The Green Hornet?” "Wouldn’t it be cool if [fill in the blank].

    In these tales the climactic “wouldn’t it be cool” scene is conceived first {the ultimate battle which is actually the whole point of the story) and weak plot (usually convoluted because normally there would be no way these characters from different universes would ever meet) written to justify that pre-determined “wouldn’t it be cool” climax.

    It seems like we are gearing up today for a big fight. If both Topper and Hornet get away again, it will be like those old jokes where the same thing happens twice and the third time is the punch line.

    This story seems far from over to me. Why is Lafayette even in it? Was Kato kidnapped or undercover? What happened to the counterfeiters? Tune in tomorrow. Same Hornet time, same Hornet channel.

    I’m ready to get out of the super-hero mode and back to some “original” crooks.

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    timbob2313 Premium Member over 6 years ago

    If GH is a secret good guy, why is he interfering with DT arresting Topper?

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    Cheapskate0  over 6 years ago

    FLASH OVERRIDE

    Those who have MeTV

    Tonight’s Batman will be the two Green Hornet episodes!

    GREEN HORNET tonight!

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    tcayer  over 6 years ago

    “I won’t be gentle!” That’s one of the lamest threats I’ve heard! And is it wise to threaten the guy holding you at gunpoint?

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    Sir Bugsy  over 6 years ago

    This whole story line is questionable at the moment.

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    Sisyphos  over 6 years ago

    The Green Hornet makes his appearance. It’s déjà vu all over again for Topper and Tracy! With Tracy having his pistol at the ready and GH his gas gun, Topper’s bravado is reckless, to say the least; does he think he is going to skate somehow? His two thugs won’t be much of a problem for the assorted Good Guys here.

    And unless Joe forgot to give Red Wasp her wig today, that must be Kato, straight out of undercover, behind the GH….

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