Dick Tracy by Mike Curtis and Charles Ettinger for September 07, 2023

“No idea why he thought I was on steroids.”

Beefcake galore continues. Yawn…

Good morning™, everyone!

Suspect #3 also says he’s innocent. Check. I think he’s the first one trying to divert suspicion to someone else specific, though!

Good morning™, bulk building bloviators !

I’m in line with Neil’s diverting suspicion tactic.

If a guy like that batted my bean the top part above the bat would be gone, clean off.

Free the nipples!

OK … it wasn’t a batting glove Nichevo was wearing back on September 4 … it was a weightlifting glove … which he wears all the time in the clubhouse. Therefore, his fingerprints will not be on the murder weapon. Which makes him the killer. Maybe.

I’m assuming “groin” jokes?

DANG! Dude is ripped!

I’m guessing this guy is a really REALLY great gardener in his downtime (look closely, you’ll see it)

Still looks like he’s taking PEDs though

Yawn!!! Lets move on, please!!!

Sigh. I miss Inspector Danger. He’d have this wrapped up by now.

It was a team effort! Their all guilty!!

The MC had a classic today.

https://www.gocomics.Com/peanuts-begins/2023/09/07?ct=v&cti=2117175

I feel like Martin Balsam in 1974’s Murder on the Orient Express after Poirot questioned each suspect: “He did it! He did it!”

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HEY! A wedgie is NEVER something to discount!

Very bulky for a shortstop.

Come on the minit is up…………………

Watt should have been seen 2nd.

1-NICHEVO: What? You want me to lift something with my shirt off? DT: Yes. I need to see if…uh…you really have the strength required to kill someone with a bat? Yes – that.

2-NICHEVO: Oh. Hmmm. Here goes… Grunt. Groan. Nope. Can’t do it. DT: pant. Quite alright. I got what I needed to see. slobber

3-NICHEVO: I know I look like I could pound the leather off a ball but my real ability to get on base is my 5 foot height. I usually get a “Walk” because pitchers can’t throw to my 3 inch strike zone. Speaking of 3 inches – you should talk to Watt. Vern was always razzing him about not living up to the “hose length” his heritage is supposed to have. He may still be back there getting dressed.

DT: WE’D BETTER HURRY BEFORE HE DOES, SAM! SAM: Uh…ok?

Jose Canseco killed him in Roid Rage !!!

Nichevo here is a muscle-builder, probably juiced, and likely not terribly quick and agile at the shortstop position; but possibly a slugger and valued by management for that reason alone. His hotheaded personality may be attributable to ’roid rage.

But he’s not the murderer, this time….