Dick Tracy by Mike Curtis and Charles Ettinger for November 25, 2020

Good morning™, everyone!

Yeti truly sees his employees as disposable, doesn’t he? Well, at least he sticks to his goals. and he made it to the van with his precious rock.

Maybe.

Think again, Yeti! Glassdoor for Criminals ranks you as one of the worst employers to work for!

Good morning™, one little Indian… !

Three have become one and so far it looks like this one is getting away.

So much effort for some camel dung???

Poor Daisy. Is still alive?

Stupid Yeti, leaving a loose end like that.

He’s about to find out that distribution is a harder job than most employers think.

It’s all about me, for Yeti!!! Ego like some people I know in politics!!!

Dude, you’re stealing…a rock. Trust me, you need help.

Now where did Tracy’s drone go?

The museum probably also has a whole section of “Gems and Minerals” most of which would fit into his pocket. Odd that he didn’t go for some of those instead.

He’ll need plenty of help – as if he could crack that rock into pieces, and sell them. Well, I’m sure Tracy will save him the trouble.

How thoughtful. To drive off and leave the manhole open. It’ll make finding Daisy so much easier.

No box nor bag nor backpack, Yeti is ill prepared. Should the sky eye fly close by a wise man would be scared.

So….help me out here, I know I might be a little slow

What does poisoning perfume bottles have to do with stealing a rock?

On top of THAT… what fence is gonna actually BUY it from him anyway?

Okay. The misdelivered venom was a set-up to introduce ‘Daisy’ and give Tracy a clue that pointed to his probable workplace when a perfumer’s van was spotted. As for the meteorite, Yeti plans on cutting it into pieces that, as it’s extremely rare and composed of a potentially unique material, he hopes to sell off to enemy nations, and other lowlifes.

SAM’S SCHOOL FOR SUPERVILLAINS – Bayonne, Marsailles, Whitechapel Lesson #75: Dispensible (Yea and Nay): Yeti, here, is about to make a huge mistake in prematurely regarding his associate as dispensible. The man is still alive, and probably only needs a bit of assistance in getting back to the getaway van. So, now, he’s lying in sewer… contents… getting exponentially angry over being left behind for a hunk of space rock, the value for which he has no clue. Assuming there’s no after-dinner “surge” to endanger him, he will, eventually, be found by the authorities – to whom he will be more than happy to “rat” Yeti out. As much as it may appear “out of character” for graduates of our school, the concept of leave no man behind has its advantages. (Unless, of course, they’re planning to “flip” on you while the plan’s going well… or are already dead.)

Imagine Yeti’s chagrin when he finds out what was ‘broken’ was ’Daisy’s’ fountain pen!

“I can find more help… Just let the police find Daisy… Wait!”

With that build and appearance, Yeti could’ve easily made it big in professional wrestling which in turn could’ve led to a movie career bigger than The Rock’s. PLUS, he’s great with the trash talk! Oh, wasted opportunity!

He can always secure help when he needs it…must be a temp agency staffed with and operated by criminals to supply his needs. No references required. I do wonder if Yeti pays minimum wages at least.

Yeti would make an excellent member of SPECTRE, James Bond’s old sparring partners. He definitely has the right attitude about carrying out his plans, and about the expendability of his underlings.

Why would anyone want to work for him?

Deep Neil. Why do Yeti’s glasses keep changing?

SO, you prefer Yeti to Presto from the MM?

Comes The Dawn: For all his pretenses of being elite Yeti is essentially a ‘jobber’, as was Presto. While the latter sold criminal schemes he assembled from his seemingly endless mental files of facts, Yeti sells his poison to the mainstream criminal gangs/individuals. I half suspect Yeti doesn’t consider himself a criminal. Just a canny businessman. Until, that is, Luxury Lotions was downgraded to junk status on the stock market… ;)

Yeti should look up to find two “surprises” named Dick Tracy & Sam Catchem already in his van.

A video on the history of our favorite yellow-clad Detective.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-6tTrnD88o

Tomorrow…..“Hold it right there Yeti, don’t make a move.”

I normally don’t rant, but since this is a police comis, I feel justified: I am so tired of BLM and other groups disparaging our police forces. As long as these people want to keep on being stupid, they will continue being injured or killed by our police who want to do nothing more than doing their job and going home to their loved ones. When I was in Europe, it was during turbulent times and not only did the police carry side arms, but submachine guns as well, and were authorized to use them at the least provocation. If you got stopped by them, the best course of action was 1. Obey all instructions. 2. always Keep your hands in sight! 3. If they give you instructions to produce a registration and/or driver’s license, etc., do so slowly and with you left hand since your glove box, etc. is on the right side of the car. Obey these simple three rules and you will be okay. I remember one time, when my Father was a part time police officer in our town, I was fishing off the bridge not far from where he directed traffic and a Jewelry Store alarm went off. My Father went to respond to it and I could feel my heart in my throat in fear. There is nothing worse than thinking your going to lose a parent at a young age. Luckily, it was only a malfunction. But, before people should condemn Police for their actions, they must remember Police are only humans who react to adrenaline and other human emotions as anybody else! So, to all you idiots who want to blame others for your own ignorance, arrogance, and thinking the rules do not apply to you, I hope you all suffer from your actions. You can change, but it is up to you to choose to do so.

The interior monologue and (panel 3) outward expression show just what kind of monomaniacal villain Yeti is. His narcissism will backfire once Tracy gets him in sight (metaphorically or physically).

Meanwhile, Daisy either dies or turns stool-pidgeon. I expect the latter….

Will the drone descend and give him a buzzcut ?

looks like whale vomit