Dick Tracy by Mike Curtis and Charles Ettinger for November 16, 2023

Good morning™, everyone!

I suppose the M.E. has a dead body, one that Lee might be familiar with.

BackDoor Man has been discovered and is waiting for Lee there at the morgue on a slab…

Looks like the old man was wrong and Lee will be seeing him again, only he won’t be seeing her

“This hat came in. Not sure why they brought it here. We told Tracy to send his least important detective down. We thought it would be Sam, but here you are.”

Lee, already creeped out by Sam’s insane, slasher grin, sensed trouble was brewing when Tracy called her name.

“Time for my 6th cup of coffee”, she thought to herself.

And now, to entertain you until the next installment of; “As the worm inches along”, here’s today;

GOAT JOKE OF THE DAY!"

Why is it so hard to have a good conversation with a goat?

Because they’re always butting in!

Til’ tomorrow, sleep well!

Good morning™, mad hatter’s morgue !

This can’t be good. If he were alive it would be the ER, instead they are examining an ex person (parrot ?). P.1. Tracy’s laser eyes almost light up the dark. Glad I am not in his field of vision as the intensity is incendiary.

IT’S A STIFF !

Love the “oh tihs!” on Lee’s face.

When Tracy says you’re needed at the medical examiner’s office, I can’t help but get that dreadful feeling.

Was thinking Lee should have sensed some level of danger BackDoor Man could be in and stuck around. After All they’re investigating multiple murders. (⁠☞⁠ ⁠ಠ⁠_⁠ಠ⁠)⁠☞

This is why, when questioning a potential witness, it is important for the detective to leave his/her card with the individual and say, “Call me if you think of anything else.” It makes it easier for the M.E. to know who to call when they show up in the morgue having been killed by a letter opener.

Do people still use telephones with cables/cords? Even in old comics? Even in offices?

Backroom guy on November 11: “You won’t see me again.”

My comment that day: “I’m sure Lee will see him again – in the morgue!”

Front page of Today’s NEW YORK TIMES

“Catalytic Converter Theft Crime Rings”—described as "billion dollar epidemic that involves “dozens of shootings,truck hijackings,and other violence”.

Catalytic Converters contain rare metals platinum,palladium,and rhodium

Sam is ready to spring into action .

time for your yearly checkup

I still wonder that BDG’s body made it to the ME without the MCU being involved in processing the crime scene like they did with the other murders in this arc.

What will the next story bring when this one’s done ? Will we get a real Gouldesque villain and a fantastic caper ? Will we get a criminal gang led by a ruthless criminal leader perpetrating criminal crimes of the worst kind ? Will we get action and fast paced storytelling ? How about flying cars ? How about Diet Smith coming to the rescue with some clever gadget ? I know the art by Shelley Pleger will be great to the greatest degree . That’s just a plain fact but I want Dick Tracy ! I want violence and blood and gore and criminal underhandedness and double crossing and bullet riddled corpses piling up and beautiful gun molls and thievery and heists and mayhem and murder . Give me what I want ! ! !

It’s Lee’s move now……..what will she encounter at the medical examiner’s office?

“Sam, we’re critically LOW on DONUTS! Oh, and sweep the hall while you’re AT it”

1-SAM: Did my stare burn holes in Lee’s shirt? That’s exactly where I was looking!?! LEE: Typical Tracy Tripe! WTH does this hundred year old crapola prove???

2-DT: Hey Lee…are you familiar with a Mr. Backroom Guy? LEE: Yeah. I forgot to tell you that he’s the one who gave me this bookplate. Is that him? DT: Only if there’s phones in heaven!

LEE: Ooopsie. I guess I shouldn’t have sat where everyone could see us when he was ratting out his boss. DT: We all make mistakes, Lee. Heck – I hired Sam! TALK ABOUT MISTAKES!

SAM/LIZ/LEE: HA HA! THAT WAS A BONAR ALL RIGHT! HOW STUPID! TITANIC PROPORTIONS ERROR! HA HA!

He helped her and that evil woman killed him! She doesn’t realize that only makes the trail to her demise even easier to see. Waa ha ha! Except for the bookseller. Poor guy.

In the immortal words of firestrike1, he be daid.

MOVIE QUOTE—

“It’s time we got her a husband”

“I’ll get my shotgun, which one do you want?”

Una Merkel&Paul Douglas—THE MATING GAME—1959

One more little clue—only a wealthy person could keep such close track on Tracy’s investigation.

One big Lee Ebony guilt trip coming up.

Meanwhile,Madame Selena’s wax statue of Firestrike is ready for unveiling…..

The cryptic MCU turns out to be Major Crimes Unit.Live and learn.

Absent tomorrow.Shall return Monday—-by then I hope Libris will be at LEAST under 24-hour surveillance.

Tracy has dealt with rich cuckoos before.Remember Miss Egghead-=-1958.

She resorted to murder,attempted murder of police officer,child abuse,and abandoning Tracy on an island.Why?

So she could avoid paying a heavy fine for promoting cockfighting.

It’s not clear what the Medical Examiner would have to offer at this moment that was new and crucial, but apparently he’s found (out) something urgent. So, Tracy sends Lee to see the M.E.

We can think about it….

Echoing G.T.‘s comments: Bring back the intricate storylines, grotesque ruthless villains, and bullets coursing through cortexes closeups!! Dump the “woke” affirmative action/politically correct nonsense completely contrary to the hard~boiled detective characters that drew Gould’s still~loyal fanbase to the strip over many decades!

Here’s today’s “Goat Joke of the Day!” to help you survive the latest episode of; “As the Worm Inches Along!”

What do you call a baby goat that’s sleeping?

A kid-napper.

Tune in tomorrow, Same goat time, same goat channel!

Here’s today’s

“Goat Joke of the Day!”(To continue until there’s one honest to goodness panel of real, slam bam ACTION!)

to help you survive the latest episode of;“As the Worm Inches Along!”

Q. What do you call a goat that knows martial arts?

A. The Karate Kid!

Tune in tomorrow,

Same goat time, same goat channel!