Dick Tracy by Mike Curtis and Charles Ettinger for October 19, 2022

Good morning™, all!

As most of you know, Lois Lane is the love interest (girlfriend, wife) of Clark Kent, a/k/a Superman.

Margot Lane (in the radio plays, or Margo elsewhere) is a friend and companion of Lamont Cranston, a/k/a the Shadow, and also serves as an agent for the Shadow.

This name-dropping of Kandikane Lane’s sisters has come up before.

Margo has a propensity for men who wear capes?… since when did the Shadow take to caping himself?

Good morning™, missing installments !

I feel like a day, at least, is missing as this appears to have taken a jump. If the play is in progress is this an intermission that Sam is having time with Vitamin ?  It sounds as though there is more play to come and Robert hasn’t shown up yet. He went from taking that mysterious ride to not being at the playhouse. I’m confused.

More talking heads for no purpose.

Today’s strip sure brought the narrative momentum to a screeching halt.

Is one or those “Garage Bands” going to show up on stage, if you get my reference! Ha ha!

some hero’s don’t need to wear capes. ;)

Tracytown must not have much crime, since Sam can take so much time off to see the play rehearsals :)

1-SUGAR DADDY: My performance today seems to have brought a tear to my eye!

SAM: That may have been the Pastrami on Rye gas I was blasting from the front row.

2-SAM: OOOOH! Looks like you have a very messy death in Act 2! Wow, that’s gory!

3-SUGAR: Oh, that. No I just dropped a ketchup-loaded French Fry on that page.

SAM: Too bad. This snoozer could a used some action…

As Arte Johnson’s German soldier character would say v-e-r-y i-n-t-e-r-e-s-t-i-n-g.

Sam must going through that script to find out how many scenes Robert will be in .

I would be very surprised if Sam doesn’t have this case wrapped by Friday.

The “Lane connection” was mentioned when Kandi was first introduced,but we;ll never see it drawn.too many liscensing snafus.Margo will never get her man.The Shadow is a confirmed bachelor.

♪♪ Margo Lane is in our ears and in our eyes…. ♪♪

MOVIE QUOTE—“I’ll get him anyway”

“Why?”

“Because I don’t know enough about killing to kill him!”

Paul Newman&Robert Redford—THE STING—1973

Continuing the comments, still better than the story. I think Curtis might have been the editor of War and Peace in a past life. He sure can stretch things out.

After 7 years we still haven’t met Nah Tay’s brother,which leads me to believe Bribery was bluffing.

What’s this? The Old Thespian doesn’t have a proper opera cape?! Well, that must be remedied! When is his next birthday?

Seriously, These Lane sisters are quite a set. Could this possibly pave the way for future quasi-anonymous crossovers (i.e., avoiding copyright infringement by not using names and keeping images in silhouette or shadow)?

True confessions, as Vitamin removes his makeup. Sam is the ever-inquisitive detective….