Dick Tracy by Mike Curtis and Charles Ettinger for May 22, 2023

The past is gone

Time to carry on

And start anew

Together we’ll get through

Another trip

Down the Tracy strip

Who knows what we’ll get

Will our expectations be met

Only time will tell

If the story’s done well

Either case I’ll be here

Of that you can raise a cheer

Or feel free to release some gas

Whatever helps the discomfort to pass

Good morning™, everybody!

This would be Silver Nitrate narrating. For those of you who are new here, we’ve seen him in at least two stories in recent years, but he should currently be in jail. I think he’s the guy with the lollipop and it seems that his hair was an unusual colour even from a young age.

His dad travelled around the country with him and his sister, scamming people in countless towns and quickly moving on. We heard some of this before.

The Nitrates?

Story’s already better than the past 10 combined!

As I’d figured, done with the Gameboy arc.

Is it possible to have a story that doesn’t need a flashback? Can we get something that’s completely in the present?

Are we going to hear about Mammy Nitrate, the kids mother?

Lol!

So how many streets, alleys and back lanes of Storyville will this story go down before the end?

Is this a Nitrates origin story? Will we finally learn why Sprocket is always barefoot?

Good morning™, wannabe kiddie actors !

Well the kids had fun mugging for the camera while the parents threw their money away. That kid has “old man hair”. :-o

I dreamed of displaying my knuckle-popping talent!

I am crossing my fingers hoping this upcoming story line will have “legs”. Wishful thinking, I know.

well, I have returned after a brief hiatus away from Dick and it looks like it’s the return of Silver Nitrate… hope we get to see what Sprocket is up to with Adam… on a personal note, this coming Thursday will be the day of my surgery to have my fourth toe amputated… it’ll be a same day procedure and I’ll be out in a few short hours back home, so there’s THAT… and on a sadder note, about a week or so ago, I asked some of the believers and defenders of the faith out there to offer up some prayers for the father of a friend of mine over in the UK… her father was diagnosed with esophageal cancer and was in the hospital for some tests to determine if it had spread… he returned home about a week ago and I’m sorry to say that her father was found unresponsive by her mother yesterday afternoon and he passed away shortly afterward… my friend is devastated by her dad’s loss, as they were VERY close to one another… it breaks my heart that I can’t be there for my friend at this time what with my surgery coming up… the best that I can offer her is my company and my face for her to be with on Skype… if I can yet again impose on the believers out there for some prayers to be sent to my friend, Sarah, her brother and sister, along with her mother, Janet and for her dad, Derek… I know the entire family would be grateful for any and all wishes and prayers that are directed their way… on behalf of the family and myself, I thank you so much for your kindness…

This is the biggest scam of all, making suckers of kids and parents trying to make their kid a star. Look up Marie Brisbois , an ‘AGENT’ , who claimed she could make your kid a star because her daughter was one. I hope Tracy shoots to kill on this case !!!

Pay close attention kids…you’re currently reading possibly the ONLY part of this story that will make sense

1-Is your kid as cute as Shirley Temple?

2-Or as beautiful as Brooke Shields or as talented as Annette Funicello?

3-We didn’t think so! But for the right price we can probably get your homely, untalented brat a role as an unnamed extra in a wide angle shot of kids going into a Grade School! Inquire TODAY!

Why ?

This looks to be a different kind of case for Tracy’s squad. Possible fraud, probable child exploitation.

His cousin Sodium would go legit and find his fortune in the processed meat industry.

MOVIE QUOTE—-“Next time you hear a noise in the night, follow the memorable custom of your sex and just stick your head under the bedcovers”

Errol Flynn to Barbara Stanwyck——CRY WOLF—1947

New Silver Nitrate story!! YEEEEEEEEES!!

I didn’t recognize the “Nitrate” name until I saw the comments,and I’mintrigued.

I’ve been asking for a “Final fate of T he Nitrates” story for some time——nice that Sprocket got weary of life on the run and “retired”—-but there’s still a few legal issues to be untangled.

In t he first story Mike had their pet hyena kill a stool pigeon.He may have jumped the gun on t hat one,as theNitrates(like Doubleup) proved to be unexpectedly “popular”.And it would be tough to “walk back”.

When they last appeared,they have a pretty good case that they didn’t ESCAPE prison as much as that PUBLIC DOMAIN character kidnapped them.

Sprocket may bail herself out by helping catch some biggerfish—-we know she’s not afraid of danger(oh brother!)

It might be pointed out that Sparkle Plenty’s career as a“child star” began when she entered a similar(if more legit)talent search contest.

Firestrike! , please keep the faith. Your friends are pulling for you.

OT: Imagine THE BIRDS with countless little tickly feet. The city has had a massive invasion of moths over the last week. They didn’t hot our address until yesterday, but they were everywhere.A dozen between the glass storm door and front door, and when I moved the dumpster to the curb, a literal carpet of them cme out from under. At least 50-60.

Today? All gone but 2 or 3.

Silver Nitrate appears to be unfolding his “origin story” to someone (or -ones) he deems to be (or hopes to be) a sympathetic audience. But as yet we don’t know who this might be. Cellmate? Counsellor? Lawyer? Clergyman? Parole Board? Tape recorder (for autobiographical reminiscences)?

Only his lollipop knows for sure!