Dick Tracy by Mike Curtis and Charles Ettinger for June 09, 2024

Noontime tryst brings age-old twist: hot flash of jealousy

Secretary seeing red o’er flagrant lechery.

Lady is a whirlwind. Long tresses flowing free

Never goes unnoticed where there are eyes to see.

Says they’ll be an hour. No, better make it two

Boss man has a desk so large, there’s little they can’t do.

Secretary’s had enough. ‘Tis time to spill the beans

Dishes dirt to Tip Top. Shares such vivid, lurid scenes.

She drops a dime. Where is the crime? Two adults consent

Yet gossip rules. The readers drool. The couple shall lament.

aHA!… NOW what’s going on?…

The old “confidential source” trick.

By that logo, looks like Red Knights for baseball as opposed to Golden ones for hockey?

Good morning™, all!

It seems that the receptionist, Ms. Schott, is reporting in to 4T about Ms. van Duivel’s escapade. Since she’s not at all happy to see it, I can see her acting on her disapproval.

The annoying glitch that makes the second line of every text block on Sundays bolder seems to be caused by an outline around the letters, red today instead of black. I hope that gets tracked down eventually because it’s distracting. It’s even visible in the “Colors: Shane Fisher,” but for some reason not in the Crimestoppers Textbook text block.

If the team owner is having an affair, having his partner marching into the office announcing their presence doesn’t exactly seem like the most discreet way of conducting it, & if the secretary wants to dime out her boss to the tabloids, doing it on a company phone isn’t exactly the smartest way to cover your tracks, but when your story has characters literally named after angels & devils (van Duivel Dutch for the devil) I guess subtlety isn’t a priority.

On the phone to TTTT?

Good morning™, Jilted, Angry, Jealous (almost) Lovers (?) !

She wanted “Mr. Steinbrenner” for herself and failing that will have him raked over by lurid media.

Jealous based motive?

Another twist to our saga!

“Oh, and hold his calls for the next hour. No, make that two…minutes. Two minutes is all he really needs."

In a surprise twist It will turn out that Ms Duivel is a psychologist, or financial advisor, chess instructor, or private detective who has been spying on other teams for Borden. The receptionist has a dirty mind and / or suffers from jealousy. When Gabriel attempts to blackmail Borden he’ll call the cops and the case will wrap up next Sunday.

The Knights’ cap is nice.

Is big floppy hat lady supposed to be sexy?

6 days in a row under 100 comments. Will the streak be broken today???

Is Duviel touching the brim of her hat like a 1940’s movie cool guy when he says “ta ta”?

One lady doesn’t take “he’s busy” for an answer and the other appears to be the team informant, or snitch if you will. Lots of wicked ladies in this story and I like it. Now, let’s see our resident lady coppers do what they know how to do and play a large part in taking these ladies down.

1-MISS SCHOTTOHELL: Nice hat, cowboy. Did you check your pistol at the city limit?

2-SKINK VAN DUVEL: Don’t carry one. I know that Bordo has a 9 waiting for me in his office. And I’m not talking millimeters either if you catch my drift…

3-MISS SCHOTTOHELL: Here’s what I’d do to his “9”! GRRR!!

4-What’s my dam’d therapist’s number?

5-YEAH! YOUR LOUSY “COUNT TO 10 BEFORE SPEAKING” ADVICE ISN’T WORKING! What? Another session? … At the usual motel? … Bring cash and a 5th of Ripple? Why can’t these “injections” be administered at your office, Doctor?… Oh, yes. The Primal Scream YOU cut loose with at the end of the session IS rather alarming…OK…On my way.

Joseph (or Joe) Borden may not be a familiar name in today’s baseball circles, but not only was he the very first pitcher to win a game in the National League, but it was the very first no-hitter, to boot!

Https: // sabr .org /journal /article /joe-borden-the-first-no-hit-pitcher-and-national-league-winner /

Is Charles exhibiting some fan-boy tendencies in the penultimate panel? Holy Bat-references!

This is colored by Team Tracy, right? P2 (not counting the title or Crimestoppers) shows a partial image of an aerial pic of the ball field that is shown more fully in P5. The colors don’t match. Otherwise, stellar artwork. I love the lips in P6.

And why does that ball cap remind me of the Cinnamon Knight?

Mrs. Van Drivel—-used to getting her own way,I take it

Newsuit Nan.

Her Sugar Daddy would NEVER hurt her!

Yeah,right……