Dick Tracy by Mike Curtis and Charles Ettinger for January 14, 2020

That guy towards the left looks like he might be a real-life cameo.

Good morning™, gunfight fans!

Tracy may not be allowed to fire when hostages are present, but Mr. Roboto and his crew have no such restriction.

Good morning™, spectacular act shooters !

The escape with hostages part to commence while they still have bullets.

Uh… Roboto, behind you? Hostages? Oh just forget about it and waste all your ammunition. Yeesh.

Two shotguns and a 1911-style auto vs. The Police.

This should end well for them.

This seems to be building to a quick crescendo. We’ve barely come to know Roboto, so while I hope and expect Tracy will prevail, I also wish for an escape that stretches out this adventure.

Roboto is left handed, which should narrow the field down when Tracy’s trying to figure out who he is.

Shoot-out!!!

Two things: (1) Now the window is blasted open. It’s much easier for people on both sides to see their targets. (2) The single comics, IMO, are usually the best in terms of both dramatic and artistic quality.

Yeah, this is great! Waaaay better than working in the warehouse, wheee!

Thank you very much-o, Mr. Roboto, for giving me an excuse to return fire…

That trick never works.

All weapons! Dispatch War Rocket Ajax to bring back their Bodies!

A robbery, confrontation with Tracy, and gun play, all in three days. Again a rapid pace. Now, how will Roboto escape? He can’t be captured until after he sees Metropolis.

now would be a really good time for the hostages to hit the floor, maybe consider burrowing into it. Mr. Roboto’s story arc seems to have come to a close very quickly

1-ABE LINCOLN BEARD: If I might be so bold as to suggest; criminal protocol dictates that you bargain using we hostages as a chip before engaging in hostilities…

MR KABUKI: Call me the Halloween Hooligan will ya? Let ‘em have it! Give ‘em both barrels! Open fire! Don’t shoot till you see the whites of their eyes! I’ve only begun to fight! I shall return! I regret that I have only one life…

KNUCKLES: I’m not fully engaged in this course of action boss. Also, I never noticed you were a lefty before. You must have a lot of leftys in your family line. Or you got hit hard on the head when you were little…

Does Roboto and his henchmen have a back-up plan to escape? The fact that they’re shooting it out….obviously not! In the old days there would have a look-out in the getaway car. No look-out…what kind of planning went into pulling off this armed robbery? Looks to me like it was made up as they went along.

I always thought the mask was metal, but it seems the eyes change shape and in the clip looks like he’s smiling.

Kiss-kiss, bang-bang baby.

Ya gotta like a guy who likes his gun play.

It’s never wise to have an open fire indoors.

Holy splintered glass, Tracyvilleans! It’s a full-scale shootout! This will not end well for someone, perhaps more than one….