Dick Tracy by Mike Curtis and Charles Ettinger for August 02, 2020

How-de-do! I’ve come for you who’s landed in the mire

Sweetheart placed you in harm’s way. With Tracy she’ll conspire.

When Bookworm searches he does find, thus told me of Guy Wyre

Security for Fastrack who shall have feet held to fire.

When there’s dirty work to do, ‘tis Howdy that you hire

To shoot, abduct or “disappear,” whatever they require.

Dethany shall surely see Guy’s situation dire

Coney he will have his way or toss him on the pyre.

So gaze upon your picture, Champ, Howdy is no liar

This gets set straight or by my hate she shall soon be a crier.

Good morning™, Fastrackers!

Guy seems to be back at the regular office. I thought everyone was staying at Ms. Trellis’s during Covid-19. Well … he was at the office. It’s seems he is being taken away, against his will. I suppose he is about to become “leverage.”

We are not going to find out what Mr. Wilson thinks of Dethany’s complaints.

Good morning™, kidnappers !

What else would you call it ?  If Tracy knew as much as we do he would squeeze Alex to get to Coney. I’m sure he hasn’t forgotten the surly looking Howdy peering out from behind Corney the day they met at the warehouse.

Well, howdey-doodey. That ain’t very neighbourly of him.

Looks like Howdy does the “wet work” in more ways than one!

On a side note: I just acquired a nice copy of Vic Wichert’s Dick Tracy Encyclopedia that I’ve put up for sale on eBay. If any of our regulars here are interested, let me know and I’ll give you a better deal than what’s listed since I’ll know it’s going to a good home.

Stop the flowers to smell

Not knowing soon will be hell

Stranger in from the rain

About to cause great pain

Never mind it makes no sense

To kidnap will only make tense

A dispute over who holds the deed

Direction is surely in need

‘Tis sad but tomorrow I’ll be here

The truth is I really do care

A recap poem is the pits

I try for original hits

Happy 34th anniversary to my lovely bride!

For all those who’ve been complaining about “slow plots” and “not moving the story along”…………

THIS GOOD ENOUGH FOR YOU?

In goulden days, he’d be a goner….but now, no need to worry.Actually, considering his job, he may not need rescuing…..

Well, how many of us called it?

We now know for sure what Howdy Doody’s duty is!

With luck, maybe the former Fastrack chief of security (the moat monster) will help to see that Howdy gets what he deserves. But that might be too silly for a Dick Tracy crossover.

Not a very flattering picture of Dethany (or however you spell it). Looks like she could use a shave.

Who knows, the Wyre may snap!!!

Oh no! GUY…!

the plot thickens

1-GUY PRONOUNCED GEE: Mon amie lez femme! I long for the day I meet you in person! Thees black and white photo does not do you jus-teece, I am sure…

2-…Hello. How may I help you today?

3-HOWDY DOOGIE: Are you the guy who digs balding, albino chicks?

4-GEE: I am sure I do not know of what you are speeeking. As you can see from thees black and white photo of my beloved, I appreciate true beauty!

5-HOWDY: Sorry brother but that ain’t a black and white. She really looks like that.

GEE: SACRE~ BLEU!

DOOGIE: Now come with me or I’ll shoot. GEE: Pleez do the merciful thing and shoot. Do not woor-ree. I weeel turn off ze security cameras.

HOWDY: Gulp. You have security cameras? GEE: Oui. And I will try to cancel the police I have called with the ee-merg-encee but-tone.

HOWDY: I should a thought this through. GEE: We both have ree-grets my friend.

HOWDY: Yeah but I’ll take cops over a graveyard girlfriend anyday. Let’s go!

Why do the guns in the Tracy universe all look like miniature cannons?

So, instead of, I dunno, tying up Mrs. Trellis in court for a year or two, or heck, even abducting her daughter if they need to abduct anyone, they decide to abduct the boyfriend of the underling with no negotiation power whatsoever? Yep, good plan. Solid.

He’s got Wyre. No strings, just Wyre.

stupid escalation by coney. so far it’s been false statements, trespassing and tracy has not wrateched up the tension. and we’ve just jumped to kidnapping. A Capital crime.

Thanks for remembering Chief Dorn. The mainstream media barely mentioned his murder, guess it didn’t fit in with their agenda.

“You can tell me why you have a picture of a corpse on your desk?”

Guess all of you who said Guy Wyre WON’T figure into this story were wrong….y’all know who you are

Is it just me or does Dethany kinda look like Vincent Schiavelli in that picture?

Whoa! Security Chief Wyre just got ambushed by Soggy Howdy, who has now become a gunman-puppet. Mooning over Dethany’s photo must have lowered Guy’s guard. But kidnapping by Howdy (which could bring the feds into the case, especially if state lines are crossed, as I believe they are; Fastrack Inc, appears to me to be distant from Tracyville— can you say, Hello, Special Agent Fritz Ann Dietrich?), seems to me to be not a well-thought out ploy, intended to bring pressure on Dethany but more likely to fail miserably….

No, really, what did the guy look like, Guy?