Dick Tracy by Mike Curtis and Charles Ettinger for December 11, 2024

Sam looks ready for a night at the opera!

Woo Hoo!

Getting “roped” into this is a major crime.

Good morning™, everyone!

The path of the bullet suggests the height of the assailant, I assume. I’ve forgotten what happened here before.

Good morning™, Trajectory Checkers !

It is presumed that Tracy knows the angle the bullet came in from by the angled shape of the entry hole on the Roche man. (I bet Tracy took that measurement when we weren’t looking.)

Tracy appears angry today!

Or Tracers ?

The background perp portraits are etched very sketchily today, but that’s Pouch in P1. P3 is more puzzling, unless it’s supposed to be Angeltop?

EVIL LEPRICHAUN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! In a bow tie!!!

Sam has that ‘time to lure Tracy into my cunning death trap’ look.

Trajectory can be guess with reasonable accuracy simply by where the bullet struck the victim.

But it should be mentioned that “silencers” don’t really silence a gunshot

In a surprise ending, THIS is another false Tracy, the real one, unknowingly and in flower print Bermuda shorts, and on a date with Olive Oyl, is n holiday over at BRENDA STARR.

suddenly the clock story seem exciting

I thought that “stringing” trajectories was a disproven forensic tool.

MOVIE QUOTE—

“My father was like you. Just a man with a family. Never amounted to much. Didn’t care. But as long as he was alive we had plenty to eat and clothes to keep us warm”

Were you happy?

“Oh,yes”

“Then your father was a very successful man”

Marjorie Reynolds&Bing Crosby—-HOLIDAY INN—1942

Is it over yet ?

And they’re no doubt doing Dickens at the Flintheart Playhouse. Which “ghost” will Vitamin be playing out of 4 possibilities?

1- SAM: Well, that’s my 8. Ima headout to the Department Christmas Party now. DT: sputter BUT we’re in the middle of a murder investigation! And aren’t you Jewish???

2- SAM: Two for two there buddy! But you know department regs as well as I do – 8 hours on, 16 off. And who says Jews don’t like parties and presents? Later my Mensch! wink

3- DT: Stoopid department rules don’t apply to salaried employees! No OT pay, work as many hours as it takes and the end-of-year bonus that’s spozed to make up for it is Charlie Brown – PEANUTS!! Hello? A CLUE! The shooter had The Roach hold this string to his chest before shooting which leads me to believe he was either or a bad shot or has bad eyesight…

SAM! GET SHAKY IN HERE! AND ANYONE WITH THICK EYEGL… Oh…yeah. No matter – it’ll keep. THIS THING IS AS GOOD AS SOLVED!

Oh, I thought the characters today were the villains, Schnozz and Lips.

HEY!!! We return to our old story on Monday the 16th!!!!!

Continuing y Popeye speculation…the master fiend this time around is the Sea Hag! Look for a reconstituted vulture and listen for ‘the cackling of a old hag.’ in the night.