Dick Tracy by Mike Curtis and Charles Ettinger for July 25, 2021

He heard she died

Heart broke. He cried

Moon Maid was his first crush.

Was just a kid

So flipped his lid

Strong feelings made him blush.

A cruel man

Had hatched a plan

A car bomb did explode.

Such arrogance

Intolerance

Broke the unwritten code.

Peanutbutter

Just another

Young boy who grew up fast.

So annoying

Often cloying

Are those times in the past?

Ye Gods! This story has slowed down like it’s stuck in a river of peanut butter!

Those eyeglasses must weigh a ton!

Why does Tracy come across as that absent minded uncle who’s roaming the hallways?

Good morning™, everyone!

It’s curious how they keep his face hidden until the last two frames, as if we’d recognize him otherwise. Not even Tracy recognized him.

It’s very handy how Tracy just happened to be in the lobby. It saves Peanutbutter from just wandering into the MCU unannounced, like some people have lately.

Good morning™, hip cartoon readers !

(Aren’t we all ?) He wont have any trouble getting something started.

How far back does HE go? I don’t remember him at all.

I’m with Neil on this one. Why hide his identity from us when we had already guessed who he was, what was it, Thursday?

And I’m with Still Da Man on this one, two. An entire Sunday of no action at all – except revealing the mystery guest – whom we had already guessed daze ago…

One thing I noticed is the color of Barley’s shirt. It’s brown, not blue, as it is in the weeklies. Also, the critters on the shirt are green and pink. And since this is Sunday, these are the official colors and it means that the MC got them wrong again. SIGH!

The facelessness is tending toward meme-ishness.

Recently, there was Peggy.

Today it’s Peanutbutter.

And right in front of us… Ms. Steffihawk… who for a long time was seen in shadow… or with face turned away from the reader… or simply represented by a speech balloon emerging from a telephone or from off-panel.

And they all bring to mind the faceless and/or invisible denizens of Vera’s comic strip.

There’s even the shadowy figure in today’s Crimestopper’s Textbook.

Don’t know about Peanutbutter and Neil but the rest of us commentators shave once in awhile.

Its Peanutbutter Tracy Time!!!

So, the “Big Reveal” is someone that most of us have no idea who he is. (PEANUTBUTTER Dunh, dunh, duuh! Huh?)

That’s fine, I’d rather the story be written with the expectation that we’re bright enough to know what’s going on. Besides, there’s going to be (hopefully) some kind of recap or explanation for us newbies.

I forgot the plot?

CRIMESTOPPERS: When you come home and see a stranger in your house, make sure it’s not your wife just back from the Beauty Shop before opening fire…unless of course divorce is against your religion

Does anyone else notice a resemblance between the grown-up Peanutbutter and Jim Carrey?

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1-HOMELY BARKEY: Hey! Can you hear better than you can apparently see? STEFFI CHICKENHAWK: Hold on…I haven’t sited you in…there – right in the head if you make one wrong move…

2-DT: Stand down, Chickenhawk. I’ll handle this. STEFFI: Sigh. What a man…

3-HOMELY: LOOK OUT! HERE COMES A RIGHT CROSS! Ever since the fumes of the floor cleaner I had to use here at the precinct house stroked me out, I’ve had no control over my right arm!

4-DT: Hey! I remember you. We took advantage of your sad situation in order to keep this dump clean on the cheap. You’re…I forget. Remind me.

5-HOMELY: I’m Homely! DT: I CAN SEE THAT but what’s your name?

DT: It’s actually Homer but you always called me Homely. Remember?

DT: OH YEAH! GOOD STUFF. I also liked “LOSER” but Homely fit with your real name. So whadaya want, Homely? You ready to man a mop again now that you’re kind of recovered? Well, tough! We already got a new down-on-his-luck kid for that. His real name is Stewart but I got everybody calling him Stupid. Problem is, when I holler out “HEY STUPID! C’MERE!”, Sam always answers…

I thought they were going to bring the little twerp back!

A Brian Jones with time on his side.

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When I think about it after reading today’s comments, Peanut Butter was the forerunner of a nerdy kid.

The nerdy kid grew up to become a geek. Somewhere along his journey he could have worked at Best Buy as a member of the Geek Squad.

What is going to solve this case? Homer Barley a.k.a. Peanut Butter can find Archival’s I.P. address. Technology will do him in.

I can hardly for Junior’s reaction when Tracy tells him guess who I met recently.

GOOD MORRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRNING, TRACYVILLE!!!!!

This is your super-coolest, swingin’est, ever-so-with-it deejay, the man with a plan, the Guru of BMBG Greatness, JPuzzle the Whiz, here, bringin’ you hipsters all the ginchiest hits that ever were put on a wax disc! And, in honor of our special guest star in today’s DT offering, we have this classic for you all to groove on!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uh0W-lKlSP8

Oh, wow! Now that’s a terrific comeback – thank you so much for featuring Peanut Butter here!!

Now once again we have the two most annoying characters; Alldid, & PB, in the Gould era together in this mish-mash of a “story”. For those above who are not knowledgeable about this clown, check out the early 70s, as Gould was winding down and kind of losing his creativity. Oh and BTW, sure want to to thank Lt. Reimer for that “tip” on what to do if you see a stranger in your house. I’ll bet Neil liked it.

So our boy’s become a fanboy! Neat!

Wow, like Bribery, never thought I’d see the name Homer Barley in the comics again! Thanks Team Tracy! Seeing as Gould spent 1972-3 building this character up, would be good to see what this lecherous cop-hating imp has been up to for 50 years.

Peanutbutter + Ms Steffihawk = geeky wedding bells lol

This installment is out of sequence with the weekday strip. Homer was already introduced.

I noticed that Peanutbutter’s younger self was presented in black and white. The MC would’ve colored him, incorrectly.

Did Ms. Steffihawk marry Mattie Square? Great glasses.

The Tac-Glasses. You can run over them with a semi and they will not break. Freeze them in a block of ice and the still hold their shape. But wait, there’s more…

1. The pace of this story arc is fine, in my opinion. I am not bored at all.2. I have never seen ‘PeanutButter’ before. Apparently he goes back quite a ways.

I see Peanutbutter no longer has a hairstyle like Vera’s.

Ms. Steffihawk is cute for her age, which I’m guessing is in her 30s. Nice job, Joe.

Always good to see Ms. Steffihawk, a real gatekeeper for Tracy! I’m sure she’d keep out the likes of that scruffy-looking Homer Barley, if Tracy hadn’t given him him a pass! Peanutbutter, how you’ve grown….