Most likely that Mr. Bigg turns out to be Little Notting …
… But would B-B Eyes have recognized Notting?
Other suspects include …
Dyne O’Matick [I’ve written at length as to how/why he might not be dead.]
P.S. Tone[Based on his secretary’s name, “Mrs. Biggs,” and the devilish fun of this story’s master villain turning out to be a caricature of Chester Gould.
Oswald Chesterfield Cobblepot [?!!]
Purdy Fallar[Which would make perfect sense if the Purdy we’ve seen was actually a double, surgically altered in the same way that Mysta Chimera was – Thus giving a second level of meaning to the title Fall (er) Of The Blackhearts!
Thinking about it, might feel like a bit of a cheat if Mr. Bigg isn’t someone who’s been visually established at some point in the story, and having plugged the “Purdy” plot hole by using techniques which are an established part of the Blackheart’s M.O. to allow him to – Seemingly – Be in two places at once, Purdy thus becomes a viable suspect.
And Purdy has a history of delivering “packages” to Notta, as Willy pointed out in The Notta Chronicles.
But that beggars the question of who the other Purdy – The one on life support – Might be.
My guess?
Ace, of the original 52 Gang, who was ejected from an orbiting space coupe and – presumably – likewise frozen.
His body could have been retrieved and “revived” by Dr. Klipoff in a similar fashion.
Guys, I have the craziest theory about Mr. Bigg’s identity. Since he appears today, it seems as good a time as any to share it with you.When B-B Eyes first saw Mr. Bigg, he thought to himself, “I know that face!” This doesn’t necessarily mean that B-B’s met him before, just that his face is familiar, possibly a public, well known character in the Tracyverse. That instantly suggests a past Tracy villain and also suggests that “Bigg” is an alias.So why is “Bigg” spelled with two gs? The most likely explanation is that it’s an anagram of some kind, most likely hinting at his real identity. When Wally did his excellent summary of Notta Chin Chillar’s career, a lot of it had to do with the crook, P igg y B utcher. It occurred to me that he might be Mr. Bigg, except that Butcher wound up, as Mike Curtis would say, “Dead fish dead”. And only Mumbles is allowed to come back from that. Than it hit me: there’s another past Tracy villain whose last name starts with a B. And his first name is also Piggy.Guys, what if Mr. Bigg is P igg y B ank?Piggy Bank was created by Mike Kilian, the writer for the strip from 1993 to 2006. He was a crooked Wall Street broker from the 80s who took to criminal land investments and outright armed robbery to maintain his wealthy lifestyle. He went up against Tracy in no fewer than six stories during Kilian’s run, far more often than any other villain from that period, and would still be one of the most frequently seen villains in the entire history of the strip. Sometimes he escaped, sometimes he was caught, I can even recall one story where he was manipulating crimes while still serving time in prison, but in this final story (alas, the only one available on the GoComics archive) he escaped, alive, unreformed, and still at large. Since the summer story Curtis has taken to calling, “The Downfall of the Blackhearts”, it’s possible this is Curtis’ way of finally tying up that loose end. If Piggy Banks is Mr. Bigg, than what with the Blackhearts involved with the “Return” of Moon Maid, hiring Abner Kadaver to drive out the Apparatus, and being involved in the Tabby Angus case as well as this one, Piggy Bank could end up rivaling Tracy’s first archenemy Big Boy in the number of stories he’s involved in. I must admit, I’d be delighted if my theory was true.
The real question at the moment is how you make a train car vanish. It’s probably a harder thing to hide than even a space coupe because you can’t move it anywhere unless you follow the track which kind of leaves a “trail.”
Welcome back to Morrow! I’m falling behind, despite efforts to keep up. I’ve just got a lot of things going on right now, but the good news is that all the “things” are good things.
Mr. Bigg—whoever he may be—sends Blaze Rize off to see the redoubtable Pouch, who can always be counted upon to have some useful information not readily available anywhere else. The Blackhearts, therefore, ought to keep a closer eye on Pouch at all times. But I digress. If Blaze does report back that she has information that Jimmy Choo Shooz might be involved in the gold car heist, it won’t take Mr. Bigg long to determine that Jimmy is one of BB-Eyes’ “clients” and in turn pressure BB-Eyes to squeeze Jimmy hard and find out how the caper is going down….
Pouch has a very uncanny way of knowing things that no-one else knows. How or where he gets his information is very deep and mysterious, as if there is something supernatural going on with him
Blaze does seem to be a lot different from her hard boiled deceased sister, Hot. She is a lot softer, not as much a cold killer, and although presumably twins, she seems to be drawn a few years older, and prettier. Makes one wonder if there is an endless line of Rise sisters, like Quick, Early, and Soonta.
Sorry no poem today I’ve just now recovered from reading Morrow’s post from last night. What a thing of beauty! We love you Morrow! For the benefit of those who didn’t see it since it was posted so late I’ve taken the liberty of reposting it.
Morrow said, about 10 hours ago
Thanks, folks, for the party! I want to say something serious for a change in my normal M.O.. I want to say to Avenger09, and all of you, that I am truly sorry for the snotty remarks that I had gotten so used to using. That is bullying. Tongue-in-cheek humor is a very much part of my daily existence on earth, and maybe it won’t be so funny in the afterlife when I am shoveling coals, but if I could give Av a big ol’ hug, I would! I learned a hard lesson and at my age, lessons come with pain. I also learned something about Av and his sidekick whats-his-name out in Boulder that touched me. Thanks for reading this all the way to the bottom. All of you
By an accident of history, my introduction to procedural plotting was the 1966 Batman TV series. (The Blu-Rays are gorgeous, BTW.) I tend to think of criminal informants like Pouch as their stories’ equivalents of that show’s Batcomputer: Implausible, just barely possible shortcuts that stand in for realistic-but-dull shoe-leather investigation.
This may have been observed before, but it just occurred to me that Blaze Rise’s physique is a near-perfect blend of Brenda Starr and Jimmy Olsen. She’s coming off as one of this arc’s more sympathetic crooks — perhaps more victim of circumstance than career criminal. I wonder if she’ll reform and become a newshound.
Morrow, speaking for myself, I’m glad to see you back. And thank you for the blanket apology, although I personally was never offended by your comments.
Tess, she left early.. she had her own missionLeaving Tracy and kids alone in the kitchenJoe reading comics, Bonnie the want adsTracy to work, longing for moon-tech doo-dadsBigg thinks he’s smartPouch will sell info in the beat of a heartSending Blaze to find out whatever she canis all part of his master planBut what would happen, if Sam asked the samewould Pouch be willing to give up the nameThe Billion Dollar Limited, it has disappearedbut not to the Blackhearts, as most we had fearedwhere did it go- is it near or farjust how can one hide a loaded traincar?for these clues and some others our heroes will lookand may even find Johnny, a beating he tookbut what of the traincar and it’s haul of gold?i hope that they find it ’fore Stilldamatt grows old :)
I need to know how Jimmy Choo “swiped” a railroad car. Never mind that a billion in gold is only 52,000 pounds (a fraction of a r.r. car’s capacity), he’d have to have his own switch engine for starters and a gaggle of operatives to uncouple and re-couple the train.
Ya know, on second thought I reminded myself about the 737’s that have “disappeared” in Libya. How the heck do you hide a Boeing 737 from a sat camera? There are about a dozen or so airliners that are AWOL. So, a boxcar might not be too far out of the realm!
Good morning Tracy fans and friends.________@AnyFace: your theory could be correct. ________@tsull2121: great poem.________@cockerham2: good Blaze comic.________@avenger: thanks for reposting Morrow’s comment.________Thanks to all who posted today. I have learned a lot from all you fine people. Y’all have a rewarding day.
Never mind how they switched train cars. what are they going to do with all this gold= Hold it for ransom? Sell it to a foreign nation? Not easy options. Amd it does them no good sitting in a hideout.
Well today’s “highlight” (reaching beyond a “yesterday”) like - morrow and perhaps Hillary’s political return . . . was the ‘speculation’ by colleague ‘boboscar -* that Pig E. Bank (from the Kilian/ Locher days), might well hold the ’secret identity’ of Mr. Bigg !Great choice ! And he could be right ? Time will tell !Although, at one time there had been some dissention in the camp, on using characters from that ERA. But Mike’s already had in one, turncoat detective Lt Teevo !
The other marked issue, is the continuing exposure of Blaze Rize -and as we see her below from mid 2011, we realize she’s wearing the same outfit, Bow Tie and Red Check Jacket … Heck*!* For near 4 years now . . . Not blaming Joe (how could I ?), guess it’s there to provide an ‘IMAGE’, like those Hats Tracy’s or B-B Eyes’, or Sam’s high recognition smoke ?(Reminds; that Locher had Lizz in the same white, turtle-neck top for 8 years !)
But time came, Sam had to cut the butt, and likely now times here, for Blaze to cease looking like “yesterdays” girl. A change of Clothier perhaps ? And add a little Vogue … to tomorrow’s pose.Actually, being LESS like Brad, might make us glad ! ?
First off, thanks to Neil Wick, Willy007, and SYDNEY PHILLIPS for your kind comments on my Piggy Bank theory.However, I must respectfully disagree with you, Syd, that Lt. Teevo qualifies as a character from that era. To my mind, the Kilian-Locher era and the Locher-solo era are very different and distinct from each other. Teevo is from the Locher-solo era, Locher’s own creation that Kilian had nothing to do with.This matters to me because I enjoy Kilian’s run very much, and IMHO he was a vastly superior writer to Locher. Even if some among you dislike Kilian’s stories, at least he knew how to tell them in the format of a daily strip without the endless, mind-numbing repetition that Locher’s writing became so infamous for after Kilian died. Leaving any opinions aside, there wasn’t much overlap between the two writers. Aside from the regular cast and the Plentys (which they share with all previous and succeeding Tracy writers), the only continuities by Kilian that Locher ever referred to were finishing up the second Oily case after Kilian died, and bringing back a now reformed Dab Stract.So far, there hasn’t been much reference to Kilian’s run under Curtis and Staton. But if Piggy Bank is Mr. Bigg, the hidden big bad of much of the major criminal activities of the past two years, that would be awesome.To anyone curious who has access to newspaper archives to papers that carried Tracy during this period, here’s a list of when Piggy Bank (full name: Piggoty E. Bank, sometimes called Pig E. Bank, but by the end, was exclusively called Piggy Bank) went up against Tracy, grouped by date.19941. January 24-May 319952. January 16-April 303. October 17, 1995-January 28, 199619974. June 11-September 2119995. January 27-May 920046. May 31-August 27 (the only story available on the GoComics archive)
The joy of this story will be finding out when Tracy does just how the heist was done. I know I am salivating at the concept today. All that is missing is Lt. Colombo.____________________
Train rustling might be more of a McCloud thing, at least thematically. :)
Colombo was all about how he find out. We are shown at the beginning how it is done and by whom. He never draws a gun and his adversaries always underestimate him because of his demeanor. More in the line of Sherlock Holmes than Law & Order.____________________
True enough.
Columbo is more about “How’s he gonna get the perp to trip themselves up” though. And the audience has seen the crime committed.
In this case, we (… but not Tracy) know the who – It’s the how that’s in question.
The headline in Tracy’s paper didn’t give much information as to what happened to the gold car. My guess is that at some point an empty car was substituted for the gold car so the rest of the train didn’t realize it was missing until the train stopped at its destination. I have a theory that a Space Coupe could’ve lifted the gold car and flew it away but since there don’t appear to be any available that’s very unlikely.
The newspaper doesn’t say “Gold Disappears,” it says “Gold Car Disappears.”
Jimmy Choo Shooz notwithstanding, what if there was never any “Gold Car” in the first place, and this is the unnamed South American government playing Three Card Monty with the actual reserves?
cpalmeresq over 9 years ago
Poor Blaze always looks so nervous around Mr. Bigg!
cpalmeresq over 9 years ago
More importantly…WELCOME BACK, MORROW!
Vista Bill Raley and Comet™ over 9 years ago
Good morning fellow DT fans!
wanewonderful over 9 years ago
BB was in on the job – guess he didn’t share with the top brass?
AnyFace over 9 years ago
Looks like Big Boy’s hand to me today.
Most likely that Mr. Bigg turns out to be Little Notting …
… But would B-B Eyes have recognized Notting?
Other suspects include …
Dyne O’Matick [I’ve written at length as to how/why he might not be dead.]
P.S. Tone[Based on his secretary’s name, “Mrs. Biggs,” and the devilish fun of this story’s master villain turning out to be a caricature of Chester Gould.
Oswald Chesterfield Cobblepot [?!!]
Purdy Fallar[Which would make perfect sense if the Purdy we’ve seen was actually a double, surgically altered in the same way that Mysta Chimera was – Thus giving a second level of meaning to the title Fall (er) Of The Blackhearts!
Thinking about it, might feel like a bit of a cheat if Mr. Bigg isn’t someone who’s been visually established at some point in the story, and having plugged the “Purdy” plot hole by using techniques which are an established part of the Blackheart’s M.O. to allow him to – Seemingly – Be in two places at once, Purdy thus becomes a viable suspect.
And Purdy has a history of delivering “packages” to Notta, as Willy pointed out in The Notta Chronicles.
But that beggars the question of who the other Purdy – The one on life support – Might be.
My guess?
Ace, of the original 52 Gang, who was ejected from an orbiting space coupe and – presumably – likewise frozen.
His body could have been retrieved and “revived” by Dr. Klipoff in a similar fashion.
Pure speculation, of course.
But fun to think about.
AnyFace over 9 years ago
I’ll go one step further with the Purdy theory.
What if the real reason Blaze seemed so freaked out at Notta’s place was because Notta was caring for a vegetative look-alike of Mr. Bigg?
Maybe the “Errand” was staged to see if Blaze could keep quiet about that little fact.
She seems a bit edgy today as well.
AnyFace over 9 years ago
And …
… This wouldn’t be the first time Purdy Fallar had shown an interest in gold!
boboscar over 9 years ago
Guys, I have the craziest theory about Mr. Bigg’s identity. Since he appears today, it seems as good a time as any to share it with you.When B-B Eyes first saw Mr. Bigg, he thought to himself, “I know that face!” This doesn’t necessarily mean that B-B’s met him before, just that his face is familiar, possibly a public, well known character in the Tracyverse. That instantly suggests a past Tracy villain and also suggests that “Bigg” is an alias.So why is “Bigg” spelled with two gs? The most likely explanation is that it’s an anagram of some kind, most likely hinting at his real identity. When Wally did his excellent summary of Notta Chin Chillar’s career, a lot of it had to do with the crook, P igg y B utcher. It occurred to me that he might be Mr. Bigg, except that Butcher wound up, as Mike Curtis would say, “Dead fish dead”. And only Mumbles is allowed to come back from that. Than it hit me: there’s another past Tracy villain whose last name starts with a B. And his first name is also Piggy.Guys, what if Mr. Bigg is P igg y B ank?Piggy Bank was created by Mike Kilian, the writer for the strip from 1993 to 2006. He was a crooked Wall Street broker from the 80s who took to criminal land investments and outright armed robbery to maintain his wealthy lifestyle. He went up against Tracy in no fewer than six stories during Kilian’s run, far more often than any other villain from that period, and would still be one of the most frequently seen villains in the entire history of the strip. Sometimes he escaped, sometimes he was caught, I can even recall one story where he was manipulating crimes while still serving time in prison, but in this final story (alas, the only one available on the GoComics archive) he escaped, alive, unreformed, and still at large. Since the summer story Curtis has taken to calling, “The Downfall of the Blackhearts”, it’s possible this is Curtis’ way of finally tying up that loose end. If Piggy Banks is Mr. Bigg, than what with the Blackhearts involved with the “Return” of Moon Maid, hiring Abner Kadaver to drive out the Apparatus, and being involved in the Tabby Angus case as well as this one, Piggy Bank could end up rivaling Tracy’s first archenemy Big Boy in the number of stories he’s involved in. I must admit, I’d be delighted if my theory was true.
Neil Wick over 9 years ago
The real question at the moment is how you make a train car vanish. It’s probably a harder thing to hide than even a space coupe because you can’t move it anywhere unless you follow the track which kind of leaves a “trail.”
Welcome back to Morrow! I’m falling behind, despite efforts to keep up. I’ve just got a lot of things going on right now, but the good news is that all the “things” are good things.
AnyFace over 9 years ago
This isn’t a “Whodunnit.”
This is a “Howdunnit.”
Sisyphos over 9 years ago
Mr. Bigg—whoever he may be—sends Blaze Rize off to see the redoubtable Pouch, who can always be counted upon to have some useful information not readily available anywhere else. The Blackhearts, therefore, ought to keep a closer eye on Pouch at all times. But I digress. If Blaze does report back that she has information that Jimmy Choo Shooz might be involved in the gold car heist, it won’t take Mr. Bigg long to determine that Jimmy is one of BB-Eyes’ “clients” and in turn pressure BB-Eyes to squeeze Jimmy hard and find out how the caper is going down….
davidf42 over 9 years ago
Morning, Tracyville!
Pouch has a very uncanny way of knowing things that no-one else knows. How or where he gets his information is very deep and mysterious, as if there is something supernatural going on with him
jrankin1959 over 9 years ago
How do criminals send reports to higher-ups? Someone’s actually stupid enough to leave a paper trail?
FFosdick over 9 years ago
Blaze does seem to be a lot different from her hard boiled deceased sister, Hot. She is a lot softer, not as much a cold killer, and although presumably twins, she seems to be drawn a few years older, and prettier. Makes one wonder if there is an endless line of Rise sisters, like Quick, Early, and Soonta.
http://assets.amuniversal.com/75c2e7b0bef10132d58d005056a9545dFFosdick over 9 years ago
avenger09 over 9 years ago
Sorry no poem today I’ve just now recovered from reading Morrow’s post from last night. What a thing of beauty! We love you Morrow! For the benefit of those who didn’t see it since it was posted so late I’ve taken the liberty of reposting it.
Morrow said, about 10 hours ago
Thanks, folks, for the party! I want to say something serious for a change in my normal M.O.. I want to say to Avenger09, and all of you, that I am truly sorry for the snotty remarks that I had gotten so used to using. That is bullying. Tongue-in-cheek humor is a very much part of my daily existence on earth, and maybe it won’t be so funny in the afterlife when I am shoveling coals, but if I could give Av a big ol’ hug, I would! I learned a hard lesson and at my age, lessons come with pain. I also learned something about Av and his sidekick whats-his-name out in Boulder that touched me. Thanks for reading this all the way to the bottom. All of you
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johnrussco over 9 years ago
Joe has drawn Blaze R. under stress in March on the 27th & 30th and in April on the 3rd, 4th and today. I’m just wondering what’s up with that?
jimakin over 9 years ago
By an accident of history, my introduction to procedural plotting was the 1966 Batman TV series. (The Blu-Rays are gorgeous, BTW.) I tend to think of criminal informants like Pouch as their stories’ equivalents of that show’s Batcomputer: Implausible, just barely possible shortcuts that stand in for realistic-but-dull shoe-leather investigation.
This may have been observed before, but it just occurred to me that Blaze Rise’s physique is a near-perfect blend of Brenda Starr and Jimmy Olsen. She’s coming off as one of this arc’s more sympathetic crooks — perhaps more victim of circumstance than career criminal. I wonder if she’ll reform and become a newshound.
davidf42 over 9 years ago
Morrow, speaking for myself, I’m glad to see you back. And thank you for the blanket apology, although I personally was never offended by your comments.
tsull2121 over 9 years ago
Tess, she left early.. she had her own missionLeaving Tracy and kids alone in the kitchenJoe reading comics, Bonnie the want adsTracy to work, longing for moon-tech doo-dadsBigg thinks he’s smartPouch will sell info in the beat of a heartSending Blaze to find out whatever she canis all part of his master planBut what would happen, if Sam asked the samewould Pouch be willing to give up the nameThe Billion Dollar Limited, it has disappearedbut not to the Blackhearts, as most we had fearedwhere did it go- is it near or farjust how can one hide a loaded traincar?for these clues and some others our heroes will lookand may even find Johnny, a beating he tookbut what of the traincar and it’s haul of gold?i hope that they find it ’fore Stilldamatt grows old :)
I Go Pogo over 9 years ago
Good morning VB and all – and a belated ’welcome home" to morrow. I left the party before your return yesterday.
Morrow Cummings over 9 years ago
I need to know how Jimmy Choo “swiped” a railroad car. Never mind that a billion in gold is only 52,000 pounds (a fraction of a r.r. car’s capacity), he’d have to have his own switch engine for starters and a gaggle of operatives to uncouple and re-couple the train.
Pequod over 9 years ago
Welcome back, Morrow. Good day to all DT fans. Even Pouch may be stumped by the mystery of the missing gold car. Have a balloon, Blaze.
punchydugan over 9 years ago
The Pouch is starting to remind me of Johnny, the know it all boot black from Police Squad.
Morrow Cummings over 9 years ago
Ya know, on second thought I reminded myself about the 737’s that have “disappeared” in Libya. How the heck do you hide a Boeing 737 from a sat camera? There are about a dozen or so airliners that are AWOL. So, a boxcar might not be too far out of the realm!
Neil Wick over 9 years ago
The joy of this story will be finding out when Tracy does just how the heist was done.
For sure, there is detecting to be done here. Tracy (and probably Sam) should be on the job soon.abdullahbaba999 over 9 years ago
Who is He???
Starman1948 over 9 years ago
Good morning Tracy fans and friends.________@AnyFace: your theory could be correct. ________@tsull2121: great poem.________@cockerham2: good Blaze comic.________@avenger: thanks for reposting Morrow’s comment.________Thanks to all who posted today. I have learned a lot from all you fine people. Y’all have a rewarding day.
Ashmael over 9 years ago
Never mind how they switched train cars. what are they going to do with all this gold= Hold it for ransom? Sell it to a foreign nation? Not easy options. Amd it does them no good sitting in a hideout.
whiteaj over 9 years ago
Do we have another ingenue in Blaze who isn’t quite sure if (s)he wants to be a crook?
willy007 over 9 years ago
Feeling like a day late and a dollar short on this, but welcome back, Morrow!
punslinger over 9 years ago
I don’t think Jimmy ever told BB Eyes what the job was…
SYDNEY PHILLIPS over 9 years ago
Well today’s “highlight” (reaching beyond a “yesterday”) like - morrow and perhaps Hillary’s political return . . . was the ‘speculation’ by colleague ‘boboscar -* that Pig E. Bank (from the Kilian/ Locher days), might well hold the ’secret identity’ of Mr. Bigg !Great choice ! And he could be right ? Time will tell !Although, at one time there had been some dissention in the camp, on using characters from that ERA. But Mike’s already had in one, turncoat detective Lt Teevo !
The other marked issue, is the continuing exposure of Blaze Rize - and as we see her below from mid 2011, we realize she’s wearing the same outfit, Bow Tie and Red Check Jacket … Heck*!* For near 4 years now . . . Not blaming Joe (how could I ?), guess it’s there to provide an ‘IMAGE’, like those Hats Tracy’s or B-B Eyes’, or Sam’s high recognition smoke ?(Reminds; that Locher had Lizz in the same white, turtle-neck top for 8 years !)
But time came, Sam had to cut the butt, and likely now times here, for Blaze to cease looking like “yesterdays” girl. A change of Clothier perhaps ? And add a little Vogue … to tomorrow’s pose.Actually, being LESS like Brad, might make us glad ! ?
Sure you’re quick on the uptake ?
boboscar over 9 years ago
First off, thanks to Neil Wick, Willy007, and SYDNEY PHILLIPS for your kind comments on my Piggy Bank theory.However, I must respectfully disagree with you, Syd, that Lt. Teevo qualifies as a character from that era. To my mind, the Kilian-Locher era and the Locher-solo era are very different and distinct from each other. Teevo is from the Locher-solo era, Locher’s own creation that Kilian had nothing to do with.This matters to me because I enjoy Kilian’s run very much, and IMHO he was a vastly superior writer to Locher. Even if some among you dislike Kilian’s stories, at least he knew how to tell them in the format of a daily strip without the endless, mind-numbing repetition that Locher’s writing became so infamous for after Kilian died. Leaving any opinions aside, there wasn’t much overlap between the two writers. Aside from the regular cast and the Plentys (which they share with all previous and succeeding Tracy writers), the only continuities by Kilian that Locher ever referred to were finishing up the second Oily case after Kilian died, and bringing back a now reformed Dab Stract.So far, there hasn’t been much reference to Kilian’s run under Curtis and Staton. But if Piggy Bank is Mr. Bigg, the hidden big bad of much of the major criminal activities of the past two years, that would be awesome.To anyone curious who has access to newspaper archives to papers that carried Tracy during this period, here’s a list of when Piggy Bank (full name: Piggoty E. Bank, sometimes called Pig E. Bank, but by the end, was exclusively called Piggy Bank) went up against Tracy, grouped by date.19941. January 24-May 319952. January 16-April 303. October 17, 1995-January 28, 199619974. June 11-September 2119995. January 27-May 920046. May 31-August 27 (the only story available on the GoComics archive)
Morrow Cummings over 9 years ago
Gweed, Av, there’s a streetlight shining under here that kept me awake all night. Where’s my BB gun now that I really need it!
AnyFace over 9 years ago
@AnyFace
The joy of this story will be finding out when Tracy does just how the heist was done. I know I am salivating at the concept today. All that is missing is Lt. Colombo.____________________
Train rustling might be more of a McCloud thing, at least thematically. :)
AnyFace over 9 years ago
@AnyFace
Colombo was all about how he find out. We are shown at the beginning how it is done and by whom. He never draws a gun and his adversaries always underestimate him because of his demeanor. More in the line of Sherlock Holmes than Law & Order.____________________
True enough.
Columbo is more about “How’s he gonna get the perp to trip themselves up” though. And the audience has seen the crime committed.
In this case, we (… but not Tracy) know the who – It’s the how that’s in question.
Probably all done with mirrors.
Jerryjohn52 over 9 years ago
The headline in Tracy’s paper didn’t give much information as to what happened to the gold car. My guess is that at some point an empty car was substituted for the gold car so the rest of the train didn’t realize it was missing until the train stopped at its destination. I have a theory that a Space Coupe could’ve lifted the gold car and flew it away but since there don’t appear to be any available that’s very unlikely.
AnyFace over 9 years ago
The newspaper doesn’t say “Gold Disappears,” it says “Gold Car Disappears.”
Jimmy Choo Shooz notwithstanding, what if there was never any “Gold Car” in the first place, and this is the unnamed South American government playing Three Card Monty with the actual reserves?
Just a thought.
And an unlikely one at that.
johnrussco over 9 years ago
Thanks for that sir … that is a good word
celeste0416 over 9 years ago
wow she is going to be great on that assignment i hope she meets dick Tracy.