Dick Tracy by Mike Curtis and Charles Ettinger for October 19, 2024

Without his coat, how will Tracy recognize the perp?

and yet another rogue makes good his escape…

His “image” is lost to the fetid waters.

Bad guys & gals getting away has become a staple of the strip in recent years.

Good morning™, Empty Shells !

Dicky is left holding the bag.

Best Minnit Mystery that I recall.

Does the Mac have an owner’s name written on it? Or even better, a wallet with an address? Stranger things have happened in real life.

And where is the mirror mask?

Good morning™, everyone!

I have no new comment to make today.

I still use a flip up phone.

10 / 17 – Tracy’s left hand is in his coat pocket as MM threatens him. MM’s phone rings.

10 / 18 – Tracy slugs MM with his right and pulls open flip phone out of pocket with left. MM runs off while wearing his coat.

10 / 19 – Tracy’s left hand hand opened the flip phone and speed dialed MM while the hand was in his pocket. (Pretty amazing since it wasn’t his phone and he didn’t know which number to hit to use the speed dial for MM. That’s one smart left.) Meanwhile, the coat MM was wearing yesterday when he ran off is now off and in the… what we will euphemistically call water – near Tracy.

I think that’s the action for the last three days. Anyone want to explain the logic… If there is any logic to explain. Nonsense requires no explanation.

What oh what be this Mistery of this Misterious Mirror eh.

Mr M is the heretofore unknown identical triplet of the Scarborough Brothers. He does the killings while they provide his alibi.

“Nobody home here……..at the tone, leave your name. #, and a brief description of your problem & we’ll get back to you ASAP”………

So…if I’m getting this right, the 1st victim had the flip phone with Mr. Mirror’s number in it…but why? I’m thinking he paid Mr. Mirror to ventilate either his brother or his wife…but then why off the man paying you? Then I thought maybe his brother double crossed him and paid my favorite assassin MORE to eliminate victim numero uno…but THEN I realised that with BOTH brothers “out of the way” it clears the road for the hot tamale/grieving widow to collect not ONLY the husbands insurance policy, but POSSIBLY the “secret lover’s” policy as well PLUS inheriting the company as well and all of its assets

DT: So the perp was related to the Wicked Witch of The West and he melted in the sewer water. Oh well. That’s Justice for you. Doh dee doh…

I invite you all to give a listen to my latest home studio effort of a song I KNOW you love – the original anyway… LONG LIVE WARREN ZEVON!

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So I suppose that MM also had a burn phone. If he were smart he would have had Jay purchase both phones. The police should be able to trace burn phones to a point of sale. That means tracing any electronic transactions or at least looking for security camera footage at the time of sale.

“Wowwwwwww-EEEEEEEEE, all you Happy Hyper Hipsters and Super-Swell Swingers out there in Terrific Tracy Town! Our Duly Daring Detective is left holding the Mr. Mirror Mac, as the Krazy, Kooky Killer slips away! Will Tricky Tracy trap him tomorrow? We’ll have to wait and see! Meanwhile, I, your Dashing, Dynamic Deejay, JPuzzle The Whiz, have the perfect song to play for you in the Big, Bold BMBG turntable!”

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Outstanding work by the guests.