Dick Tracy by Mike Curtis and Charles Ettinger for February 20, 2023

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    Brian  Premium Member about 2 years ago

    ā€œArt Dekko didnā€™t get where he is by not throwing someone else under the bus!ā€

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    avenger09  about 2 years ago

    Guess I was wrong, the Fartman story continues, unfortunately!

    How can the MCU have a picture of agent 99?

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    avenger09  about 2 years ago

    Was there a contractual obligation to waste a whole week on a repeat miniscule mystery?

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    Ashmael  about 2 years ago

    Art is a skilled liar but he wonā€™t fool Tracy

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    boboscar  about 2 years ago

    Yes!!!! I knew weā€™d pick up with Art Dekko and hear more of 99!

    Well, I donā€™t know it, but I wanted it and predicted it, and I was right!

    I love this story.

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    avenger09  about 2 years ago

    Tracy Meets Doctor Fix

    Chapter Seven

    Tracy jumped to his feet after gathering his wits!

    ā€œThat explosion came from the back of the theater!ā€ he quickly surmised.

    ā€œEveryone leave in an orderly pace!ā€ he shouted out loud to the crowd as they were running panicky to the exits.

    ā€œPop Pop, I canā€™t find Crystal! She left a few minutes before the explosion!ā€

    Tracy looked down to see Honeymoon with a frightened look on her face.

    ā€œDonā€™t worry Honeymoon, sheā€™s probably already out of the theater. Go outside, Iā€™m sure youā€™ll find her!ā€

    Tracy waited until Honeymoon got outside before heading back towards the explosion sight. Arriving at the Theaters main office he saw that a small explosive was used to blow open the front door.

    ā€œThe money!ā€ Tracy blurted out, realizing that the ticket money was being kept inside the office.

    ā€œItā€™s gone, itā€™s all gone! Some dirty Pig on Wheels took off with my money!ā€

    As Tracy, feeling distraught and angry began hitting the wall he suddenly heard a voice behind him.

    ā€œCome with me!ā€

    Turning around he saw it was Bleeder standing in front of him.

    ā€œYou did this!ā€ Tracy shouted as he started to run towards the bookie.

    He stopped in his tracks however, when Bleeder pulled out his gun.

    ā€œCome with meā€, Bleeder said, ā€œDoctor Fix wants to talk to you!ā€

    To be continued

    (and finished)

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    avenger09  about 2 years ago

    1:17 est,,, WHEREā€™S NEIL???

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    sugordon  about 2 years ago

    Hooray, we arenā€™t finished with the last storyline after all! There is still a chance to get some of our unanswered questions answered and loose ends tied up now.

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    Gweedo -it's legal here- Murray  about 2 years ago

    Good morningā„¢, weasely confessors with an angle !

    I feel so sorry for the blighter but a call to Mr. Kleen can get him out on bail where he will promptly skip.

    Nice that we WILL get story concluded after all. :-)

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    Neil Wick  about 2 years ago

    Good morningā„¢, all!

    Sorry Iā€™m late. I had to do some emergency surgery on my mattress.

    Anyway, itā€™s good to see lying Art Dekko back again. Even Tracy doesnā€™t believe his story that ā€œ99ā€ made him do it, but itā€™s pretty hard to prove one way or the other. Heā€™s blaming ā€œ99ā€ for the shooting, but Iā€™m not entirely convinced she was behind it.

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    BreathlessMahoney77  about 2 years ago

    I read on the Times web site tonite that researchers recently discovered actual handwritten documents by Leonardo da Vinci documenting his calculations & experiments in the field of gravity centuries ahead of Newton & Einstein. Hmmmā€¦ Maybe Art Dekko didnā€™t get where he is by running just one da Vinci scam at a time.

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    Sporteric11   about 2 years ago

    They have a picture from the Cuban Police Officer since she probably works for Fidel Castro here to take down the American way of Life while living in the Banana Republic of Miami !!!

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    The Reader Premium Member about 2 years ago

    I find it hard to believe that an Agent for Control would do that!

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    TwilightFaze  about 2 years ago

    Art tells a good story. Too bad Tracyā€™s the one interviewing or heā€™d have a shot of getting away with it.

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    LawrenceS  about 2 years ago

    If it was an attempt on Artā€™s life it could help his defense. But, as Tracy pointed out, how can Dekko know it wasnā€™t Tracy who was the target? (Tracyā€™s had a lot of guys & gals try and kill him over the decades.) And, as everyone and a dog named Sandy pointed out, where did the picture of 99 come from?

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    crobinson019  about 2 years ago

    Iā€™ll say itā€¦99 Looks like Lizz in disguiseā€¦

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    kantuck-nadie  about 2 years ago

    Hmmā€¦Deko is stitching a story together that /sounds/ convincing, howeverā€¦

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    iggyman  about 2 years ago

    Poor baby! Not!

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    cmerb  about 2 years ago

    Great images , Shelley is back and what a relief this is : ) I wonder what ever happened to that " sexy " " 99 " woman ?

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    Knightman Premium Member about 2 years ago

    Oh, Oh what a spinner of tales!!!

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    markwillman4  about 2 years ago

    Good morning, fellow bridge sellers!

    It doesnā€™t look like Tracy is buying Dekkoā€™s sob story (or the bridge for that matter). The only one he hasnā€™t tried to throw under the bus so far is Sue Reelā€¦ so far. Since his M.O. is to point his bony fingers at everyone else, he will probably put it on her tomorrow. Hopefully (for Sueā€™s sake) she told Tracy the whole story when he visited the shop prior to coming back with Lee to pick them up. Iā€™m glad boboscar and Neil were right and weā€™re getting some resolution to the story.

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    avenger09  about 2 years ago

    Mr. ā€œNever wrongā€ Neil has convinced me that the picture of agent 99 isnā€™t on the MCU weird monitor but a flashback picture to help remind us senile readers who she is.

    GET THE TAR AND FEATHERS READY,,,

    Itā€™s a terrible job by Shelley

    Itā€™s very confusing.

    Why not do this;

    Fartman: "By this 99 woman (see 1/23/23 strip) who forced me,,,

    Much cleaner and clearer.

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    Wichita1.0  about 2 years ago

    Whoā€¦who is his strange Monkey Boy? Itā€™s like Iā€™ve seen him at some distant point in time. He seems vaguely familiar, but I just canā€™t place him. New Look Sam?

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    WilliamVollmer  about 2 years ago

    Iā€™m sure that Tracy is thinking ā€œtell me another one Dekko,ā€ while listening to him try to push the blame on everybody else. The old ā€œSome other Dude was to blameā€ game.

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    Don Bagert Premium Member about 2 years ago

    Art Dekko didnā€™t get where he was by telling the truth.

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    Don Bagert Premium Member about 2 years ago

    DEKKO: My lawyer will be asking for a write of habeas corpus ā€“ I was waiting in this room for over a week waiting to be interviewed!

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    tsull2121  about 2 years ago

    hereā€¦for any of you who donā€™t have the link to my Tracy storiesā€¦here it is

    https://thedicktracycrimestoppers.createaforum.com/general-discussion/trouble-in-paradise-

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    firestrike1  about 2 years ago

    well, wasnā€™t I mistaken in thinking this arc was finished and that we would never see 99 againā€¦ I was about as wrong as the populace in choosing to move a rump to 1600 a few short years agoā€¦ (and that was an analogy, NOT a statement, so chill, lolā€¦)

    and I realize that Iā€™ve been harsh in critiquing Mike, but todayā€™s installment has REALLY got me interested in seeing a frantic Art trying to explain about an individual who he honestly canā€™t even proves existsā€¦ itā€™ll be interesting to see if and how MCU will be able to uncover that there WAS a mystery person involved, much like whether or not there was a second shooter at Dealey Plaza all those years agoā€¦ (that was ANOTHER analogy, by by the way, so REMAIN in that chilled stateā€¦ lolā€¦)

    and vengey above is correctā€¦ how IS MCU able to have an image of 99?ā€¦ it CANā€™T be that accurate from a descript that Art may have given of herā€¦ and we havenā€™t seen Junior about to sketch up a likeness, so THAT explain wonā€™t wash, along with any ā€˜off-panelā€™ nonsenseā€¦

    but Tracy HAS to realize that with the way Art is so frantic and insistent that he WAS shot at, there MAY be something to to Artā€™s whiningā€¦ and even though Art IS manufacturing up a doctored version of the relationship between him and 99, the fact of her existence still remainsā€¦ and it also shows that Art is still thinking how to somehow worm his way outā€¦ so this SHOULD be interesting and I really AM hoping for an intelligent and logical resolution where Mike can redeem himself with a satisfying ending and shut my mouth when it comes to his scriptworkā€¦ (see?ā€¦ no denigrating description of his craftwork, for onceā€¦ I CAN be and AM a nice guy, really, LOLā€¦) I really DO hope so, as I believe that if Mike can dig in deep and bring back up to the surface what made him great a few years back, then itā€™s true that lightning CAN strike twice, miracles CAN happen and wishes DO come trueā€¦

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    Gent  about 2 years ago

    99 eh. So when did she defect to KAOS?

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    tsull2121  about 2 years ago

    Chapter 6 of ā€œTrouble In Paradiseā€ is up on my Dick Tracy message boardā€¦the link is up above if youā€™re interested

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    Another Take  about 2 years ago

    HUGE SIGH OF RELIEF! I knew Mike was just yanking the chain of us complainers.

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    Another Take  about 2 years ago

    1-ART: YOU failed to Serve and Protect! Iā€™m bringing you up on charges, Tracy!

    2-DT: OK but I get to go first with mine. Then you can revel in the slap on the wrist I get every day of your 20 to life sentence.

    3-ART: You got me wrong, Tracy! Iā€™m not one to revel in the misfortune of others! Why I was distraught when I learned that Kripto had spear-gunned to death Paul, my forgeā€¦Ummm. Maybe Iā€™ve said to much? Oh. Wait. 99 told me all that.

    Whew! That was close!

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    adekii  about 2 years ago

    OOOOOH! Art Dekko is applying some spin to the situation! I figure heā€™s going to have to produce some evidence of 99, somehowā€¦ or else I donā€™t think theyā€™re going to believe his fib!

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    Eric S   about 2 years ago

    this guy keeps monkeying up the story.

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    Aladar30 Premium Member about 2 years ago

    He deserve an Oscar for this.

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    Sisyphos  about 2 years ago

    Boo hoo! Poor little weasel! Surely, Tracy will not fall for that ā€œblame it all on the mysterious 99ā€ crapload!

    But this does almost open another arc entirely, the saga of ā€˜ā€™Agent 99," whom weā€™ve seen so little of, learned even less of, yet need to bring to Tracyville justice if we are going to get the Dekko case truly resolved! She is the agent of change, as it were, for this whole story, a veritable dea ex machina.

    How will Tracy track her down, when even the natural-born liar, Art Dekko, knows so very little about her?

    This could be entertaining, or it could be a mess of massive proportionsā€¦.

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    IvanB.Cohen  about 2 years ago

    Is Art working from a script or is his ā€™explaining being made up word for word. Probably will be off strip whether what is said here passes muster in court.

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    IvanB.Cohen  about 2 years ago

    Hmmā€¦did Art Dekko get to where he is by not having a lawyer on retainer and a bail bond company on speed dial?

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    Binky  about 2 years ago

    PAH-LEASE Monkey-boy! Such a liar.,.but Art Decko didnā€™t get where he is by telling the truth! ĀÆ\( Ķ Ā° ĶŸŹ– Ā°Ķ  )/ĀÆ

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    198.23.5.11  about 2 years ago

    Art Dekko is back himself,the old liar

    And the last thing he stole was the log for their fire

    ā€œNearlyā€ doesnā€™t count,except in horseshoes.

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    198.23.5.11  about 2 years ago

    Not mentioned is if Dekko is on parole,if so heā€™s probably violated it multiple times.

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    avenger09  about 2 years ago

    Tracy Meets Doctor Fix

    Chapter 8

    As they walked out the back exit, Tracy wasnā€™t worried that Bleeder would shoot him in the back.

    ā€œNot his styleā€, he reasoned to himself.

    Tracy had never been able to discover the identity of Doctor Fix, and he was unsure what would come from this encounter. Doctor Fix had the reputation as a ruthless, cold blooded ā€œFixerā€ of any sort of problem.

    ā€œWhy does he want to meet me?ā€, Tracy pondered.

    Bleeder, leading Tracy to a closed bodega motioned for Tracy to enter the store.

    ā€œGo inside, Iā€™ll be out here so donā€™t get any ideas about running out!ā€

    Tracy, complying to Bleederā€™s orders walked into the darken store, only to be momentary blinded by a bright light in his face. Then he heard a very familiar voice.

    " Hi, Chief detective Tracy!"

    Turning around, Tracyā€™s square jaw almost dropped to the floor when he saw who it was.

    ā€œUgly Crystal, what are you doing here???ā€

    ā€œMaking sure that you understand exactly what youā€™re going to do for us!ā€

    Tracy was stunned! Could this ugly, stupid brat actually be Doctor Fix?

    To be continued (and finished -Hallelujah!))

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    avenger09  about 2 years ago
    Tracy Meets Doctor FixChapter 9

    Tracy, feeling his rage coming to the surface, turned towards Crystal.

    ā€œUgly Crystal, I knew you werenā€™t the innocent, poor little niece of a madman! Youā€™re going to pay for thisā€™!

    ā€œDonā€™t call my uncle Bribery that, heā€™s a genius and a great man!ā€

    Tracy laughed out loud, ā€œNot so great that he couldnā€™t get caught by me and sent to jail for a very, very long time!ā€!

    Crystal grinned widely while almost hissing; ā€œDonā€™t think those four walls are stopping him from ruling this city. Heā€™s still in total control with his wishes being carried out by folk like me, his sweet, shy niece!ā€

    ā€œDonā€™t you mean a devious niece, better known as Doctor Fix?ā€ Tracy sarcastically said.

    Crystal laughed out loud with a surprised look on her face.

    ā€œYou think Iā€™m Doctor Fix? I underestimated how dumb you are. Of course Iā€™m not Doctor Fix, Iā€™m just a loving niece delivering messages!ā€

    Tracy eyes narrowed and he gritted his teeth.

    ā€œWell then, if youā€™re not Doctor Fix then I donā€™t need to take anymore of this Lady GaGa from you, do I?ā€

    Tracy began to walk towards where a smiling Crystal was standing, but before he finish his second step, Tracy froze upon hearing the sound of a shotgun being cocked.

    No, Iā€™m not Doctor Fix, but he is!"

    To be Continued

    (I know, Iā€™m trying to finish the story but I figure I owe it to my 3 fans not pull a Mike and leave them dangling!(calm down Firebug!))

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