Dick Tracy by Mike Curtis and Charles Ettinger for May 14, 2023

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    Pequod  almost 2 years ago

    Look to see Dick Tracy take a well-deserved long rest

    Patton barks, ā€œUp off your duff! Iā€™ve teamed you with the best.ā€

    Tracy straightens up his tie, combs back that old cow lick

    Teamed with a new partner: the reckless clown Fosdick

    Who has a hole in his head, a jaw that does protrude

    To note that heā€™s a laughingstock would be both true and rude.

    Thereā€™s a killer on the loose. A brutal, nasty freeze

    Victims stiff as popsicles, yet not the kind that please

    The palate on a summerā€™s day when trying to stay cool

    The case now dropped in Tracyā€™s lap. Heā€™s partnered with a fool.

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    Brian  Premium Member almost 2 years ago

    Itā€™s a chin-off!

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    markwillman4  almost 2 years ago

    What in fresh hell is this?

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    Neil Wick  almost 2 years ago

    Good morningā„¢, everybody!

    Another rerun! Tracyā€™s dream about Fearless Fosdick originally ran from June 26 to July 3, 2016.

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    avenger09  almost 2 years ago

    Oh well, letā€™s get the train back on the track

    Time to look forward instead of looking back

    the pain and shame of the story just finished

    In no way make my love for the strip diminished

    I can always hope and dream that the day

    Mike gets inspired is quickly on itā€™s way

    When that day arrives for all of us to see

    Iā€™ll be the first to shout; ā€œGlory glory be!ā€

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    avenger09  almost 2 years ago

    My answer to I Go Pogoā€™s question late yesterday

    I Go Pogo about 12 hours agoSo, which would you rather? The current DT stories or a rerun of Locherā€™s strip from his final years?

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    avenger09 about 2 hours ago

    Very disappointing question from a original member of club Magpie.

    Itā€™s never as simple as; ā€œOne from column A, one from column B!ā€

    But to partially answer your question, Locher had an excuse. He was very old and had served Dick Tracy faithfully for decades. For me, his stories had a lightheartedness to them. I enjoyed reading them. I always disliked the venom directed towards him. He knew when it was time to leave.

    Everyone seems to agree Mike has slipped a notch. What is he doing about it? Nothing. His stories lack any suspense, action or genuine humor.

    Iā€™d still take Locher over current Mike.

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    Perry Huntoon  almost 2 years ago

    Where is Joe Patterson when we need him to get this strip back on track? The last story was dreadful and now a rerun??? Chet would be ashamed of whatā€™s become of his beloved strip.

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    Johnny Q Premium Member almost 2 years ago

    I remember how Fearless Fosdick would shoot up a place and leave big round bullet holes everywhere!

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

    Good morningā„¢, (almost) Summer repeats !

    Fearless reprises his role in the DT-verse. How exciting ! /s

    Maybe this will be a lot of fun.

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    jonahhex1  almost 2 years ago

    I take it from what this board says that Curtis and Pleger went on a vacationā€¦ā€¦

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    BreathlessMahoney77  almost 2 years ago

    Does this mean we have to rerun our comments from 2016?

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    retropop  almost 2 years ago

    Gee, the WGA is on strikeā€¦did Mike Join them? Whatā€™s with the repeats ā€“ AGAIN! I want to see old Dick Tracy, Iā€™ll watch the serials, the films, and the 1950ā€™s TV seriesā€¦come on Mikeā€¦

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    GoComicsGo!  almost 2 years ago

    If I didnā€™t see that this was a rerun by others here, I wouldā€™ve assumed that they forgot to put the Minit Mystery label on it.

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    retropop  almost 2 years ago

    What if these reruns are not by choice, but by the syndicate trying to save some money ā€“ do they get reprint fees? Has someone done the math of how many repeats weā€™ve had?

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    BigDaveGlass  almost 2 years ago

    Killer on the loose ~ Thin Lizzy

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2QTtXqDjNP4

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    IvanB.Cohen  almost 2 years ago

    Werenā€™t we subjected to a flashback/narration of Tracyā€™s before the storyline which just ended. No, I never wondered what Dick Tracy dreams about. He always had an active case load.

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    Sporteric11   almost 2 years ago

    It looks like Tracy is having a nightmare being paired with that moron !!!

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    Sporteric11   almost 2 years ago

    Fosdick will go to Frostdick when he gets frozen by the villain !!!

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    IvanB.Cohen  almost 2 years ago

    @ Mike and Shelleyā€¦your subject is not Steve Canyon. When Steve dreamt, Milton Caniff had a purpose for his character. What is the purpose for this other than an homage to Al Capp.

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    IvanB.Cohen  almost 2 years ago

    I donā€™t know who needs to put in their retirement papers, Mike or Tracy.

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    therese_callahan2002  almost 2 years ago

    I remember when there was a story arc about a guy who was able to get inside peopleā€™s dreams, and turn them into nightmares.

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    tsull2121  almost 2 years ago

    He never learns does he?

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    iggyman  almost 2 years ago

    In the barber shop I go to there is a poster and a saying about Fearless Fosdick, left over from the previous owner, the took down the ā€œShave and a Haircut 2 bitsā€ sign as some guys said it was false advertising! The old owner was a great guy, but the woman who runs it now is great too!

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    DaleMcNamee  almost 2 years ago

    Maybe Tracy should watch what he reads before dozing offā€¦ ;-D

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    tcayer  almost 2 years ago

    ā€œHave you ever wondered what Dick Track dreams about?ā€

    Nope.

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    Li'l Dale  almost 2 years ago

    I was wrongā€¦ the strip did get even worse!

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    Aladar30 Premium Member almost 2 years ago

    THE ULTIMATE CROSSOVER!!!

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    avenger09  almost 2 years ago

    Happy Motherā€™s Day to any and all momā€™s in Tracyville.

    And also to Firestrike!

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    prrdh  almost 2 years ago

    Fearless Fosdick? Donā€™t they need Arya Stark for this case?

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    Sayman  almost 2 years ago

    Oh boy! Fearless!

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    orbenjawell Premium Member almost 2 years ago

    I was hoping heā€™d be dreaming about Blaze Starr on a stage doinā€™ her actā€¦ā€¦.instead I (we) getā€¦ā€¦this. Than again, folks, face it, we all probably sensed that it would eventually come toā€¦ā€¦thisā€¦ā€¦ā€¦ā€˜course, this guyā€™s hobnobbed with Popeye before, while Olive ā€™n Tess enjoyed their morning joes ā€™n some girl talkā€¦ā€¦ā€¦ā€¦

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    Another Take  almost 2 years ago

    Just repeat panel 1 for the rest of this arc ā€“ ZZZZZZZZZZZZZzzzzzzzz!

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    skinkis.com  almost 2 years ago

    Fearless Fosdick!?! Wow! Thatā€™s cool! The crossover I never thought weā€™d seeā€¦.

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    MuddyUSA  Premium Member almost 2 years ago

    The return of Fearless Fosdickā€¦..time for comedy?

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    mokspr Premium Member almost 2 years ago

    Well dang. I saw the silhouette and was hoping for a guest appearance from Tricky Pr*ckears!

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    oakie817  almost 2 years ago

    ka-epic

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    Mostly Water Premium Member almost 2 years ago

    Crimestoppers Textbook is incorrect. As most of us know, today is Motherā€™s Day. Tomorrow, May 15th, is Peace Officers Memorial Day.

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    A R V reader  almost 2 years ago

    Iā€™m not sure I want to see Tracy shot full of holes, even if it is his dream.

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    Jonathan K. and the Elusive Dream Girl  almost 2 years ago

    Many have wondered why we are seeing another repeat. Maybe so they can launch the next major story arc after Memorial Day? This current one will take us to May 21. We could see another ā€œMinit Mysteryā€ rerun after that.

    It seems in the past there has been a lengthy arc which would run through the entire summer, concluding sometime around Labor/Labour Day. Isnā€™t there supposed to be an upcoming story involving Annie?

    Iā€™m just guessing here.

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    overtop  almost 2 years ago

    We sink deeper into the morass watching a once great comic strip go all Titanic on us. Sad

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    BeBadenov Premium Member almost 2 years ago

    Note to Tracy: when youā€™re anywhere near Fosdick wear a vest. Or maybe body armor.

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    [Unnamed Reader - 5461d7]  almost 2 years ago

    frozen like popsicles?!!? wonder if it`ll turn out to be mr. freeze

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    David Rickard Premium Member almost 2 years ago

    Itā€™s the Chin Twins.

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    jrankin1959  almost 2 years ago

    Oh, this ought to be funā€¦

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    Newenglandah  almost 2 years ago

    I read once that Al Capp, when he asked Chester Gould for the ok to spoof ā€œDick Tracyā€, offered Gould in return an ok to spoof ā€œLil Abnerā€. Gould gave the ok, but declined to spoof Lil Abner in that he didnā€™t think Dick Tracy was the kind of strip to spoof others in.

    Looks like Gouldā€™s successors are finally taking Capp up on it.

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    Sisyphos  almost 2 years ago

    The two sharpest chins in the detection business meet face-to-face in Tracyā€™s Dreamscape! To be sure, another rerun (why?), but since I was always a big fan of Fearless Fosdick (especially before he was forced to give up his fedora in exchange for a bowler), I donā€™t mind it all that much.

    But I do wonder whatā€™s going on that mandated yet another rerunā€¦.

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    hklsubs  almost 2 years ago

    some of you commenters are mean. Canā€™t Dick have a dream once in a while?

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    Raijin31  almost 2 years ago

    In 1962, President Kennedy proclaimed May 15 as National Peace Officers Memorial Day and the calendar week in which May 15 falls, as National Police Week. Established by a joint resolution of Congress in 1962, National Police Week pays special recognition to those law enforcement officers who have lost their lives in the line of duty for the safety and protection of others.

    Iā€™ve asked before and I never get any answer at allā€¦ But does ANYONE have any contact information for Lt. Walter Reimer??

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    198.23.5.11  almost 2 years ago

    Considering how Al Cappā€™s career flamed out in the end,Iā€™m amazed anybody can mention hi m w ithout getting stomach pains

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    Rod Gonzalez  almost 2 years ago

    Tracy is dreaming.

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    His new partner is none but:

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    THE Fearless Fosdick.

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