Dick Tracy by Mike Curtis and Charles Ettinger for November 03, 2022

Good morning™, all!

So, according to an article in Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Lazar), Mr. Lazar claims to have examined an alien spacecraft and figured out how it works. “He said that the propulsion system relied on a stable isotope of E115, which allegedly generates a gravity wave that allowed the vehicle to fly …”. Kind of sounds like the propulsion system of the Space Coupe.

Anyway, Lazar’s educational and work history seems to have been fabricated, though he claims it’s been erased, but that’s not relevant to this story. I’m not quite seeing the connection that Tracy is alluding to. Can anyone tell me what he’s getting at?

Come on Tracy! The idea of aliens coming to Earth in space ships is just silly.

Thinking that Mike used to listen to the late Art Bell more than a little. ✨

Dick isn’t as stupid as Sam looks after his two-way bit of blundering buffoonery…

Now what does that mean ?

Good morning™, backward engineers !

Is it me or is Shelley trying out new faces for Dick ?  Second bananaman looks as good as ever and he seems to have gotten over the shame and embarrassment of losing his radio, with the help of Dick hinting at a way of catching Steel-eye man.

I bet Robert will “gush flush” with testimony, that we wont see as courtrooms in Tracyland are off limits to outside peepers. Even Armchair detectives™ club members get no free pass.

Next stop, Area 51!

Wow Area 51? Tracy is a conspiracy theorist?

I like Tracy’s face last panel! All are well done though!

Lazar was ultimately proved to be an ambitious fake, rather like Phillip Corso, the author of the book who claimed he had overseen the deployment of alien aspects such as transistors, night vision and fiber price into everyday life.

And my wife feels I wasted 20 years following UFO lit. HA!

Nanu nanu.

Again, we have Mike forcing a reference that really has no bearing on the case. I believe the basic idea he was trying to get across was the concept of reverse engineering something. There must be at least a half dozen other ways to say that, without dragging in space aliens and other nonsense.

Tracy either wants to reverse the radio so that the cops can listen in on the crooks, or actually send them false info because they now realize that the crooks are listening in on the cops. The Dick Tracy we all knew and admired of old would simply have said that.

Mr. Curtis, sir, if you are reading these comments, just look at how confused your readers are. Are you trying to be obtuse?

the truth is out there…

Let’s get sneaky!

1-DT: So you don’t believe your car was chopped and that if we drive around long enough, we’ll see it on the road?

2-SAM: I’M SURE OF IT! Me and that car have a bond. I can sense that it’s still in one piece!

3-DT: Unlike your shattered mind?

SAM: Yeah! Wait. What? Hang on! I sense that it’s parked at my favorite deli!

DT: Are you sure that’s not your stomach telling you it’s lunchtime?

SAM: Hmmm. Either way, I win. HANG ON!

MOVIE QUOTE:

“It’s a national emergency,Dear.It can’t wait!”

“Well,neither can I!”

Frank McHugh delaying his honeymoon—-ALL THROUGH THE NIGHT—1942

The art is the star here.Panel 2,instead of skyscrapers;we getthe OUTSKIRTS with no really outstanding buildings on the skyline.Water towers usually have the name of the town on them,though.

Panel 3 terrific.Dick Tracy,always cool under fire.

Taking tomorrow off.Won’t be back until Monday.

In the meantime,don’t vote for liars or thieves.You know who they are.

Nice ploy, Tracy. I guess. But why on earth (ahem!) introduce it by referencing an obscure bit of "Area 51’-grade fakery? Reverse engineering, meaning, I suppose, to eavesdrop on the car thieves, would most likely be useful. But who on the MCU team could do that? Or do you presume to presume on Diet Smith and his Smith Industries geniuses yet again?

“Oh, and stop at the unemployment office, Sam. I’ll take over from there. Don’t expect references”