Dick Tracy by Mike Curtis and Charles Ettinger for March 09, 2015

Good Luck Vitamin!

All smiles from the Nitrate Siblings — not a good sign. I wonder if those “horns” have the ability to swivel down if Vitamin and Kandi are on the floor. This scene is somewhat reminiscent of the opening scene from the Disney Dick Tracy movie. The outcome in that case was quite devastating for the targets.

Did work up some sympathy for Sprocket. She seemed to have some redeeming qualities. Compared her to Ugly Christine & her brother, Mr. Bribery (but that gal had none!)Now, we can see that Sprocket is irrredeemable. There’s no coming back from this. She didn’t even flinch!

Although, I do have to point out that the Mole was a murderer (strangulation), and he has become a sympathetic chartacter…So you never know.

They just got the car back from the shop,what are the odds the horn is filled with blanks?

Good morning Tracy fans. Will our lovers live to see another day? Maybe tomorrow will tell. Have a spectacular day my friends.

A six-barrel Gatling gun! Cool! I gotta get me one! I wonder what caliber it comes in?

That Third panel …

Woo!

Gosh!

Good morning, DT fans!Those Nitrates are crazy murderers! I see that won’t-hurt-a-baby Sprocket has no qualms killing adults!

Because the suspense is killing me …____________________

Dick Tracy, 3/10/15

PANEL ONE:EXTERIOR, WAREHOUSE, NIGHT.Tight on VITAMIN FLINTHEART and KANDIKANE LANE as Vitamin tackles Kandi to the ground, embracing her protectively even as a HAIL OF BULLETS tear into the wall just above and behind them.

SOUND EFFECTS: “RATTA-TATTA-TATTA”

PANEL TWO:INTERIOR, WONDER CAR, NIGHT.Close-up of THE NITRATE SIBLINGSSilver looks angry. Sprocket looks frustrated.

SILVER: “Why aren’t they dead, Sprocket?”

SPROCKET: "When Hot Rod refinished the car, he must have locked the air horns …<SPROCKET: "… they won’t pivot down!

PANEL THREE:TIGHT CLOSE-UP on THE WONDER CAR’S REAR TIRE as it SPINS OUT, preparing to run down KANDI and VITAMIN.

SILVER (Off-Camera): “Fine.”

SILVER: (Off-Camera): "We’ll do this the old-fashioned way.

SOUND EFFECT: “VROOOMM!”

What a senseless murder! Ok, Sprocket is insanely jealous, but why SiLVER would do such a thing?

One more, ’cause I need to write these in twos …____________________

Dick Tracy, 3/11/15

PANEL ONE:EXTERIOR, WAREHOUSE, NIGHT.(DOUBLE-WIDE PANEL)A mysterious, “Black Beauty”-esque BLACK SEDAN rams the WONDER CAR from the side, knocking it away from VITAMIN and KANDI.

SOUND EFFECTS: “KEE-RAASHH!”

PANEL TWO:INTERIOR, WONDER CAR, NIGHT.Close-up of THE NITRATE SIBLINGS, shaken by thesudden impact. SILVER is in a panic. SPROCKET grips the wheel tightly and resolutely, beads of sweat forming on her forehead.

SILVER: “It’s Mrs Flattop’s gang!”

SPROCKET: “Hold on!”

SPROCKET: “They’re going to ram us again!”

@anyfaceI like your scripts- expecially the second! Are you a comic writer? Cool!

And II’d forgotten that Dick Tracy’s own JOE STATON worked on issue #7 of DC CHALLENGE …

Uncle $crooge is my favorite comic character. TheShadow is my favorite fictional character. Both of themgot me through long periods of being confined to bed athome or at the hospital. I have an entire run of Uncle$crooge comics and 255 out of the 325 Shadow pulps.

I’m wondering what kind of mini-gun would fit into that car horn. And what sized bullets would it actually fire. Seems it would have to have barrels that were both short and small. Has anyone ever made that type of weapon in such a tiny size? And I don’t think we need to worry about Vitamin. He’s a tough old guy whose been through a lot.

@HAL69 (from yesterday)1. The Nitrates don’t have to look that similar to be siblings. There are actually some of Flattop’s family (Blowtop, for example) that don’t really look like Flattop.2. Sprocket has given Silver a loving look, but it doesn’t necessarily imply “romantic love.”

The could be only posing as siblings, but it doesn’t really seem likely to me. That’s too complicated a deviation from what we’ve been told. (… I think.)

Morning, Tracyville!

She missed! The air-horn guns are not accurate enough, because they are not swiveled to the side. Notice that the car is broadside to the building in which Kandi is standing and Sprockett is aiming straight ahead.

Surprised the events in panels one and two were basically repeated from yesterday.

This is just a guess, but I think Vitamin survives but kurtains for Kandi. .

I must admit, I see Sprocket, more and more, turning herself over to “The dark side” and there isn’t any stopping herself. Anakin, not Luke.

Good morning guys!

I don’t like what I’m seeing. Will Vitamin and Kandikane get out of this alive?

Good morning guys!

I don’t like what I’m seeing. Will Vitamin and Kandikane get out of this alive?

Ratta-tat-tat…What’ll happen here??

I believe that Kandikane is indeed their intended victim, but I wonder if they even knew that Vitamin was there?They probably haven’t noticed Vitamin yet, but once they do, having killed or tried to kill Kandikane in front of him, they’d have to kill Vitamin to leave behind no witnesses. And given that Vitamin sabotaged their last scam so they didn’t make a dime out of it, I can’t imagine the Nitrates would feel any hesitation or remorse about killing him as well. So for all intents and purposes they’re trying to kill Kandikane and Vitamin even if they haven’t yet noticed the latter.

Here is Sprocket’s twisted conscience: she’s willing to put her life on the line for Dick Tracy’s granddaughter, but she relishes machine gunning an innocent dupe.

Those Nitrates are crazy murderers, but they are no “Punch and Judy” or "Joker & Harley Quinn. Let’s face it. Silver & Sprocket might have a pet hyena (In which I like), but these 2 siblings don’t have a bizarre sense of humor as Mr. J. or Harley. These guys like hanging out at movie theaters and scamming people, along with bodily harm to their victims. The Nitrates are unique in every way. Heck, even Sprocket doesn’t wear any shoes! I mean, what’s going to make this girl to wear footwear? Maybe running away from Dick Tracy & the crew while she’s running in broken auto glass while running through one foot of snow! Who knows? Sprocket might get gangrene and get her feet cut off one day!

… and that KandiKane is such a nice girl…!

Can’t believe the feelings I’m experiencing from just following a strip. I always liked the Nitrates and thought Sprocket had found some empathy in her soul but damn… I am depressed____________________

It’s a sign of great storytelling that we’re so involved and emotionally invested in the characters.

Once that’s achieved, everything else in a story is just gravy.

Hopefully Vitamin and Kandi don’t end up as gravy on the warehouse wall.

Much as I enjoy the Nitrates, it’s in part because we’ve swept their propensity towards casual, cold-blooded murder under the rug …

At their best, they’ve a “Steed-and-Mrs. Peel” “Avengers” villain charm to ’em.

How about this for a twist: Sam and Tracy have found the print of the old Flintheart movie and they already know that the Nitrates were involved in Mrs. Flattops demise. Knowing that Kandi Kane is a film producer and that the Nitrates have enough of an ego that they might do some form of video for what ever nefarious reasons, deduce that Kandi and the Nitrates may have collaborated on a movie. They go to interview Kandi and arrive just when the shooting happens…more to follow

It would be terribly, terribly cruel of Mike & Joe to cut away to a fresh locale tomorrow.

Kandikane Lane delivers the goodsAs promised to the Nitrate hoods.Silver asks Sprocket to take a shot,Sprocket thinks to herself, “Why not?”Flintheart tells Kandi to hit the floor,He’s dealt with these siblings before.Tried to separate him from his moneyTo him, the duo just aren’t funny.They’re shady, they’ve murdered beforeAnd it looks like they’re up for one more.Sprocket, with the air horns, takes aim.Clearly, the Nitrates have no shame.Will Vitamin and Kandikane survive this assaultOr are their deaths to be the Nitrates’ fault?

NOOOOO!The Nitrates promote themselves from small-time cons and occasional murderers to the very top of the Most Hated Villain list if they off both the Sweet Thing, Kandikane, and the veteran supporting character, Vitamin Flintheart!And even if they only succeed in murdering Miss Lane (and perhaps wounding Vitamin), creating a most heart-wrenching moment of pathos, still they no longer merit any sympathy whatsoever.P.S. their customized weapon is probably a version of the 7.62mm Dillon Mi34D minigun, as used, e.g., by the Secret Service: Dillon Mi34D minigun & vehicle.

Thanks to everyone for the kind words about my silly little “Parallel Time” scripts, by the way. Very much appreciated.

Well, if they were going to kill KandiKane off, they wouldn’t have Vitamin show up just in time, would they?

although watching her die in his arms would be at least a 50 – 50 proposition to happen back in the Gouldian days, I guess….

Looking at Metal Storm’s website, they would definitely be the company, if anyone, to develop something like that. Awesome firepower. If the Confederate Army had a few of those in 1865, Richmond, Va. might be the capitol now!

I actually think that if Curtis/Staton kill off just one of the Vitamin/Kandi couple, it’s going to be Vitamin. The whole thing is designed for Vitamin to do a last second rescue, which could be done by him shoving Kandi out of the way only to get the full barrage himself. Furthermore, if the Nitrates escape the scene, Vitamin would have no idea what they were doing there, but Kandi could tell Tracy about the commercial they hired her to film, giving Tracy the clue he needs to figure out where the Nitrates are going next. I want to be wrong about this.

Did Hot Rod load up the guns, too? If so, that makes him an accessory.

Every time a new smartwatch (as they’re calling them now) comes out, numerous people say, “This finally Dick Tracy come to life,” but they always flop. The world still hasn’t caught up with Dick Tracy of the 30s

Some say the Apple Watch, announced today, will be “the one” but we will see. I was reading a very interesting article a few days ago called, “As the Apple Watch ticks closer, experts await a fatal flop.” It’s worth looking at.

Read more: http://www.digitaltrends.com/wearables/everyone-thinks-the-apple-watch-will-be-a-disaster/#ixzz3Twvy3M42

Just made it over 100 comments today, for two days running …

wow that’s why he got hurt.