Dick Tracy by Mike Curtis and Charles Ettinger for March 02, 2022

“I didn’t know you were dying. I thought you were resting. In the sewer. While yelling ‘Come back!’ Obvious mistake. Bygones and all that.”

Pleger outdoes herself today! First panel looks like a classic mystery magazine cover from the 30s. Truly beautiful! And love the third panel depiction of Daisy. He looks like a grotesque cross between Charlie Chaplin’s Tramp and Quasimodo. Also, for some reason, I’m imagining a red lobster on Yeti’s table, hahaha!

March 2nd error alert!!!

Yeti’s tie pin was transported to the mirror universe, where he’s a chef specializing in Pastrami sandwiches!

Tune in tomorrow for the latest error news!

Good morning™, killer company !

That woman looks like she will be delivering death and right to Yeti’s door. She is better than UPS or Fed Ex when it comes to “deliveries”. The look of dire shock on Yeti’s face is priceless. LOL !

Is that a gun Natasha’s holding? Looks weird if it is. Does she have 3 hands?

Good morning™, everyone!

Abandoning sidekicks in the sewer really can come back to haunt you. It looks like the woman is pointing a gun at Yeti and we can presume that she has already killed some of his clients.

It’s only fitting that our players all can see their breath. Revenge is a dish best served cold!

Well, congrats to everyone who said it was Daisy….be interesting to find out what happened to him between being left to die and now.

And who’s the female gunsel Daisy is using for support?

Poison dart fight at the Yeti corral !!!

How could have Daisy use the ladder to go down there considering his condition

“So you think you can love me and leave me to die…”

Looks like Yeti didn’t recognize Daisy because he thought Daisy was dead. That can confuse someone.

“Not yeti, bassoon.” [ha ha snort]

Great plot twist by Mark! Superb draftsmanship by Shelley! This was terrific!

Daisy is out of wax for his little mustaches….

SURPRISE!!!

Ooooohhhhh… This isn’t good.

So, show of hands! How many of you dauntless detectives figured it was Tickle Me Elmo, emerging at last from behind his ‘innocent’, chortling cover identity?

In prior story news, I’m watching a news story about Fitbit watches overheating due to battery issues. Sounds familiar.

Somehow I don’t recall Daisy being hunched over like this. Yeti must have given him the shaft in a previous story. Day of “payback” has arrived.

Yeti’s headquarters must be further than I thought…how many mazes do Ferret and Ape have to go down before they arrive? Is the rent to live below the city really cheaper? Chances are that Yeti is off the grid….does not get any utility bills. Must be using electricity from a generator.

Now that we know the who and the why, at least we have a good idea of, why the hell did Sam pocket those vouchers? Internal affairs better have a look at this. :)

1-DAISY: FOOLED YOU! WE’RE NOT TOURISTS FROM ACROSS THE POND!

2-…I’ve come to thrash you within an inch of your life for leaving me to die in the sewers!

3-AL BINO: SPUTTER BUT HOW DID YOU GET OUT OF THAT DIRE PREDICAMENT??? Your back was broken, you were unable to move, and rats were about to make a meal of you!

DAISY: Ummm, we, uh, won’t get into the details about that now. Or ever. Just put up your dukes and prepare…Rose? Could you help me get closer to Al? Maybe prop me up against his desk? Raise my arm such that when it falls uselessly, it strikes Al in the face on the way down? DON’T MOVE AL! I’LL BE THERE IN A MINUTE!

MOVIE QUOTE—

“So you did 20 years at hard labor”

“No.After five years the guilty man confessed and I wasreleased.But I lost everything.The lawyers took my fortune.My wife divorced me.My home was broken up,”

“THOSE T WO BLOODHOUNDS RUINED MY LIFE!

“I had to flee to Mexico to start life anew.But someday I’ll find those two guys”.

“And when I do,I’m going to skin t hem alive!”“First the little one,then the big one!”

Ralph Sanford—THE BULLFIGHTERS—1945

Looks like an even contest.Daisy is looking wobbly already.And like something out of the Gay 90’s.

Great middle panel.

And this WOULD happen just as Yeti was watching “Harry’s Harrassment”.

Careful! He’s got Seven-Of-Nine as his accomplice!!!

And at least I didn’t try, say, a Green Acres crossover, where a frustrated attorney buys a ‘farm’ in the sewer.

prediction—-If Daisy manages to kill Yeti;he’ll cheerfully surrender himself to the police.

After all,what else has he got to “live for”?

I think it likely the “lady in red” will match a certain boot print left behind at Moran’s.

Does anyone else think that “Daisy” is a weird name for a man?

So, apparently this story features characters & plot lines from a year or so ago. Those Tracy readers who remember that story are probably enjoying this story far more than those of us who don’t remember that older story. Would it have been too much to ask to come up with a brand new story? Just saying.

Aw, I thought it was Sam! Now that I found out that guy was Daisy, that answers everything.

Well! The crippled Daisy Dugan, aided admirably by his burgundy-catsuited henchwoman, confronts his nemesis, Yeti, anticipating Revenge At Last for being abandoned, injured and helpless, in the sewer [prior story]. Wichita1.0 promises that Daisy will reveal who she is in tomorrow’s installment. That will be interesting.

Meanwhile, all the rest of the drain denizens or visitors (Ferret and Ape, Tracy and Sam) continue to come together for the Grand Climax of the sad tale of the narcissistic albino alchemist….

Guest writer wrote ten words. I hope Mark did not strain himself.

Yeti is kinda evil, but he makes great ice chests.

Just so y’all know….I got the next chapter of my Dick Tracy story all plotted and ready to type up…I have some banking to do first thing Friday morning, but once I’m done with that I will write it out and post it. I know it’s been a while since the last chapter, but what with getting the ‘rona..my friend’s aunt passing away…car issues, and still recovering from the asthma and fatigue, plus getting crap from managment at work (and trying to soak away all the aches and pains in the hot tub when I get a chance) I haven’t had much time to get the story together.

Just a tidbit of info…the story is going to focus on the new characters of eiko o’Malley, lotus blossom, cathal o’Malley and their children…I’ll be giving peeks into their pasts, how they met, and how the sisters ended up in their current professions

It should be up Friday and I’ll let ya know when its done