Dick Tracy by Mike Curtis and Charles Ettinger for September 22, 2022

Perhaps it’s already stolen and this one a fake?

I totally agree with Lurch!

Please Sam, no more lame jokes!!

That idol seems to depict a Lovecraftian being. It jibes with the sickly complexion of mr Jett

That’s a mighty suspicious cough. Shoot him!

Why are all the dudes wearing high water pants???

It is the colorist’ blunder or is the greenish tinge of Mr Jett’s skin deliberate?

Good morning™, everyone!

I don’t think I’d want to meet Sam’s Great Aunt Myrt. She could be uglier than Li’l Attitude.

Mr. Jett was just complaining about too many police officers. Now he’s calling for “more security.” Well, audiences for comedy are hard to please. Anyway, it sound like the security mechanisms are covering their bases.

This is shaping up like a Banacek episode.

In P3 does Mr. Jett look like William Schallert?

Am I incorrect in thinking that Joe has used him as a model before?

Mr. Jett has no sense of humor!

Anyone else hearing the “Mission: Impossible” theme?

Sam has picked up that it is not a real artifact, and those two are running a scam.

One should assume that while Aunt Myrt there is gold it is hollow rather than solid. The thing is drawn as requiring more than a cubic foot of volume, and the weight of one cubic foot of gold equals 1,203.74 lb. Let’s see some crook pick that up.

….Oh, i get it. His aunt Myrt looks like a gold statue! Good one. I guess Myrt is short for Myrtle. So, he has an aunt Myrtle. You don’t suppose she’s the one who planned the heist. Nah!

Wonder if the cough, skin color, and water bottle are related.

Great images again today , ? But what is it anyway ?

everyone’s a critic

Sam; Don’t quit your day job. A stand up comic you’re not.

Jett’s (non-insulated) water bottle has been prominent in every strip since he appeared, and he’s usually holding it in his right hand. Perhaps Tracy noticed yesterday when they shook that that Jett’s hand wasn’t cold, despite the oversized “ice cubes” in the flask.

WACKY OFF TOPIC: Japanese language promotional blurb for the current audiobook (OTHERWORLD: STORM). Well, I understood ‘dragon’. Sort of.:

https://1drv.ms/u/s!AuAkHFRzO54mmHJbDkqdxmnZzEx1

The tall dude resemble John Kerry….at least in characature!

What pawn shop would actually take this thing? Oh the gold has to be melted down into trinkets.

Any more security and the public will need an escort to see the exhibit.

This reminds me of Yeti (I believe) who stole a meteor piece from a museum and promptly lost it. Am I remembering any of that correctly?

Is it valuable because it’s solid gold or because it’s shaped like something that resembles Aunt Myrt? Does looking like Aunt Myrt make the thing worth more than the value of the gold or less. If the thing were made out of wood, would it be more or less valuable than the lumber?

PANEL 2, SAM: Is this the line to see the Queen’s coffin? No? Then why you coughin’? HAR HAR HAR!!!

Why does everybody have to stand in a line to view the ugly thing? For the tour, couldn’t they all gather around?

Sam, may I suggest the use of pepper spray as a response !

After that remark it’s time for Mr Jett to take off before Sam grounds him permanently!!!

Actually, more comedy please!

Security guy in the last panel looks a little like Black Jack…..hmmm.

MOVIE QUOTE—-

MOE:“If you see The Cyclops,you know what steps to take”

CURLY JOE:“Yeah,large ones!”

THE THREE STOOGES MEET HERCULES—1962

About stealing stuff that isn’t spendable cash—-never understood the “fence” thing.

Not only are you giving 40 or 50 cents on the dollar to a total stranger who sat on his rear end while you did the work;you’readmitting to a total stranger that you pulled the job.

Blackmail 101 course coming up

I was thinking the same thing.

Basil Jett is carrying his sarcasm too far and is becoming very annoying and unlikeable as he bashes Sam (panel 3). If he isn’t the Guilty Party of this arc, he should be, thus giving Tracy and Sam a reason to take him down off his high horse.

As the first of the two allotted weeks of the MM is almost done and we have seen neither the third curator, Anita Bath, nor a clear crime yet, it looms more likely that a dastardly deed has been done off-screen already. So, yes, maybe this “Froyne of Layven” is a fake and the true treasure has been purloined previously….