Dick Tracy by Mike Curtis and Charles Ettinger for April 12, 2023

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    Brian  Premium Member almost 2 years ago

    Uh-oh. Portending something? BOOM

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    Neil Wick  almost 2 years ago

    Good morningā„¢, everyone!

    So, I guess this is robbery #3. Boom or Bust was kind of a competitor for Monopoly with a lot of similarities, but maybe just different enough to avoid copyright problems.

    https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/12294/game-boom-or-bust

    Here is one that was sold on Etsy in 2021, factory sealed, for $703.93 Canadian dollars: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/12294/game-boom-or-bust

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    BreathlessMahoney77  almost 2 years ago

    Fun fact: In 1990 a Dick Tracy board game was produced, as a merchandise tie-in to the Warren Beatty movie. I wonder if this game exists in the Tracy comic strip-verse, or maybe a Derby Dugan equivalent, & if ā€œGameboyā€ goes after it.

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

    Good morningā„¢, parlour game stealers !

    Rayā€™s ā€œtalking headsā€ are going hot and heavy.

    All three of the faces look good, Shelley. Both menā€™s features are well defined.

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    GoComicsGo!  almost 2 years ago

    I wonder what games and toys played with as a kid?

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    WelshRat Premium Member almost 2 years ago

    Snake Eyes? Are we talking dice or Ninja Joe Action Figures?

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    avenger09  almost 2 years ago

    Oh, nice to see Tracy decided to put his tie back on, after taking it off yesterday. ( An observation of mine that everyone ignored as opposed to his 6th finger that you all jumped on me about!)

    Fight only the battles you think you can win I guess!

    LOL!

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    jonahhex1  almost 2 years ago

    Looks like ā€œGameBoyā€ is becoming a one-man crime waveā€¦..

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    Phantomfire 01  almost 2 years ago

    Before the Pandemic, Hermes Press proposed a new Dick Tracy graphic novel would be written and published by themselves. For numerous reasons, it never materialized.

    Perhaps, we can revive the efforts and tell to Mr. H. that we hope he follows through with his proposal. Ciao!

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    therese_callahan2002  almost 2 years ago

    Boom Or Bust? Never saw TV ads for that one.

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    CarrollJr   almost 2 years ago

    Nice bit of foreshadowing.

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    crobinson019  almost 2 years ago

    I still say heā€™s related to Uncle Pennybags

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    firestrike1  almost 2 years ago

    ok, kiddies, here is todayā€™s update with whatā€™s up with meā€¦ today is the day that I FINALLY see the pain specialist at 330pm CST my time hereā€¦ these last few days have been unbearable at times with breaks in the intense discomfort, but when the pain kicks into high gear, it soon goes into overload, driving me up a wall like Spider-Man in his ridiculous Spider-Mobile from years agoā€¦ I have been climbing the walls like Spidey to the point like Iā€™m starting to think that I may be one of his clone creationsā€¦ thatā€™s how bad it has beenā€¦ but today, hopefully, relief is on the horizon, as I canā€™t keep going through thisā€¦ every day has been an exercise in pain and trying to go with it, as the meds have been only a short and temporary thingā€¦ during the breaks from pain, I have tried to maintain, but in all seriousness, it has been an extremely difficult thing to do as the pain returns in a very short time and can be sharp, sudden and without warning at any timeā€¦ even when the pain subsides, I still have the sensation that it is still there, within me, under the surface, reminding me that is has not gone awayā€¦ a smal portion of my lower back is an issue, along with my-ass-cheek, where I at times, I cannot sit properly, which is a good portion of the timeā€¦ and it radiates to my thigh, where it is the most troublesomeā€¦ my entire thigh, the upper, the side and the area near my groinā€¦ at times, I cannot even lightly brush my fingers over my thigh, as it goes into pain modeā€¦ and then my knee has a painful sensation that leads slightly past and it stops thereā€¦ I can walk but after a short time, but leg seems to burn and the leg seems to not want to support my weight (188 pounds) and wants to buckle, but it doesnā€™tā€¦ and thatā€™s when I MUST sit or I WILL buckle and collapseā€¦

    to be continued in a momentā€¦

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    oakie817  almost 2 years ago

    cue the ominous music

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    Chris  almost 2 years ago

    good thing heā€™s got dice to play with the board game. :J

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    Wichita1.0  almost 2 years ago

    The merry game were the goal is to become a destitute Okie and have to flee the dust bow (dust)l then build up an empire (boom) which collapses after month, forcing you to go back and become a dust miner! Fun of the family pets! For the family? Just plan depressing.

    Slightly OT: I DO remember the Oklahoma dust days, when the stuff would blow over the border, and Iā€™d have to try to sweep the red dust off the porch that surrounded our house on three sides. What a pain for a kid.

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    General Trelane (Ret.) Premium Member almost 2 years ago

    Make it stop !

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    198.23.5.11  almost 2 years ago

    MOVIE QUOTEā€”-

    ā€œDo I have any idea where we are?I donā€™t have the slightest idea!ā€

    ā€œWell,thatā€™s very comfortingā€.

    Raymond Massey&Gloria Stuartā€”THE OLD DARK HOUSEā€”1932

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    MuddyUSA  Premium Member almost 2 years ago

    GameBoy is playing a gameā€¦.

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    h.v.greenman  almost 2 years ago

    Im beginning to wonder if Parker Brotherā€™s is sponsoring this story arc

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    Gent  almost 2 years ago

    He must be bored. So he rob bored game. Ha ha ha.

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    IvanB.Cohen  almost 2 years ago

    Tracy and MCU have a challenge facing themā€¦Gameboy is unpredictable. Not your average, garden variety bad guy.

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    Another Take  almost 2 years ago

    1-SAM: Hey Tracy ā€“ I just made a fortune helping out a Nigerian Prince so consider this my two week notice.

    2-DT: I wonder if thatā€™s the same Prince I helped a month ago? His check bounced but I ran it through again. Probably just mistimed his deposit. Itā€™ll be good this time Iā€™m sure.

    3-SAM: Hereā€™s my written resignation. Is ā€œI QUITā€ signed at the bottom good enough? DT: Only if you spelled everything right.

    SAM: Oops. Iā€™ll redo it after lunch. Cā€™mon, Tracy! Itā€™s on me! Iā€™M RICH, BICHE! DT: ME TOO, EYES OF BLUE! And may I point out, theyā€™re especially vivid today.

    SAM: Thank you. Letā€™s go before Lee and Liz try to horn in on our good fortuneā€¦

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    198.23.5.11  almost 2 years ago

    Donā€™t snicker about a ā€œMuseum Of Toysā€. Thereā€™s a real one in Rochester,New York thatā€™s got EVERYTHING.

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    198.23.5.11  almost 2 years ago

    And a big fat Menche Argeny Dicht Nicht to you all.

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    Ray Toler  almost 2 years ago

    ā€¦theyā€™ll find some prints?

    Who will find prints, the MCU?

    It would have been nice to have seen the robbery instead of talking heads telling us about it.

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    Eric S   almost 2 years ago

    Did Milton Bradley sponsor this story?

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    198.23.5.11  almost 2 years ago

    You sunk my battleship! Will our villain sink a real one?

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    Night-Gaunt49[Bozo is Boffo]  almost 2 years ago

    Toyman! No that is DC.

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    firestrike1  almost 2 years ago

    well, I JUST got back from the ā€˜pain specialistā€™ and let me begin by saying that when it comes to real-life stuffs, I have a low tolerance for stupidity and when professional people cannot get on the same pageā€¦ it greases me to no end, as we are talking about ā€˜professionalsā€™ā€¦ let me relate to you how this day progressed since I spoke last with the class hereā€¦ I made my way to Downerā€™s Grove, Illinois from Chicago, a short ride, I knowā€¦ when I arrived at the facility, they asked me to sit and wait, which was only five minutes before my name was calledā€¦ after a five minute wait, Dr. Darwish entered the room and asked me the pertinent questions that needed to be askedā€¦ it was after he finished with his questions that he informed me that he was a SPINE surgeon and NOT a pain specialistā€¦ā€œffs, I saidā€ā€¦ ā€˜ffs indeed" he repliedā€¦ it turned out that he cannot help me in any way except to confirm to me what the hospital had told me that according to all tests, Iā€™m good in every respectā€¦ in other words, the hospital referred me to the wrong person and I wasted my time and money getting to Downerā€™s Grove, it was all for nothingā€¦ what part of PAIN and SPINE can you not differentiate, except for the ā€˜Sā€™ and the ā€˜Aā€™?ā€¦ so I had to eat the co-pay, which was non-refundable, as he asked me questions about my conditionā€¦ that constitutes an official visitā€¦ and he KNEW this BEFORE he asked his questions, so HEā€™S a weasel for pulling that schittā€¦ā€¦ so Iā€™m still in pain and now I have to get a referral for a PAIN SPECIALIST from my primary, that Darwish recommended to me and set up an appointment for who knows whenā€¦ so Iā€™m back where I startedā€¦ nothing gained, nothing lost, nothinā€™ from nothinā€™ leaves nothinā€™, and dam-ned if I do and dam-ned if I donā€™tā€¦ so I am NOT in a very nice and pleasant mood at the momentā€¦ it NEVER failsā€¦ you ALWAYS encounter at least one bit of stupidity in every day of your lifeā€¦ itā€™s inevitable and unavoidableā€¦ FFS

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    Jonmouk  almost 2 years ago

    Whew! I thought for a moment they would go back to another early 60s TV game show for kids, it was called Kideo Village. It was a kids version of an adult game show called Video Village. I remember VV was hosted by Monty Hall in his pre-Letā€™s Make a Deal days.

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    Sisyphos  almost 2 years ago

    Well, we canā€™t let Gameboy rob museums at his leisure, but on the other hand I donā€™t give a fig about some esoteric pseudo-Monopoly board game called ā€œBoom or Bustā€ that I never heard of (nor care to).

    So, are we going to spend a week, or two, or more, hearing about Gameboyā€™s robberies and delving into fanboy geek-outs over whatever his spoils of the day turn out to be?!

    And, isnā€™t it sad to see the MCUā€™s ace detectives just sitting at and reading their computers for whatever someone has posted rather than going out and gumshoeing to gather actual clues rather than virtual maybes?

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