Dick Tracy by Mike Curtis and Charles Ettinger for August 21, 2015

Well, that’s two of the gang out of the “game.” I guess Mumbles is on his way to warn the Munro Brothers (if my guess is right) on the 4th floor. Fritz Ann went in the front door of the museum and is heading up the stairs where the girls went before her.

So… we have (subject to revision as the seige continues):

Penthouse/roof: Mr. Bigg’s waiting helicopter getting ready to leave, Mysta preparing to land in a Smith Industries helicopter.6th floor: Mr. Bigg/Bribery and T-Bolt, likely with Diet Smith in Mr. B’s office; Honeymoon and Annie listening outside the office door (that’s where we last saw them).5th floor: Venus, Apollo, and Méliès preparing for the approach of their “execution squad” (They don’t likely know it’s been mostly neutralized).4th floor: The Munro brothers, likely (they were all together, last we saw). In the stairwell between the 3rd and 4th floor is Mumbles, headed up.3rd floor: Tracy and Sam, BB-Eyes (awaiting the attentions of an EMT), Doubleup without his whip.Stairwell (just below the 3rd floor, I guess): FBI Agent Fritz Ann, observing Mumbles’ flight to the 4th floor.

BB-Eyes moaned, more out of disgust then out of painThere was so much potential, so very much to gainYet all of it is wasted, like pasta overcookedSending an empty elevator up, was the oldest trick in the bookFeeling woozy and losing blood I’m trying to stay awakeMumbles proved useless again at least Doubleup wasn’t a fakeThey say help is on the way but I’d rather stay right hereEven if they save me prison’s something I couldn’t bearMy only regret is never knowing who betrayed our trustI’ll never have the pleasurable joy of turning them to dustIf only I could gather strength I’d shoot Tracy in the eyeLet me try to raise my gun come on you can do it…OH MY!

Biggs is bound to die by falling out of the helicopter, this time for real!

There’s Fritz Ann!

The gunman in the stairwell might be Mumbles, but Fritz Ann hasn’t made a Positive ID yet.

Mumbles got away? I thought Tracy had him on his sights.

@Neil Wick, I think your “floor plan” is correct but I still believe the sneaky faction of Melies already snuck out of the building.

I bet Doubleup wishes he had a gun now, gun now!

… your wit is so qwick !

Haha!

All roads lead towards the rooftop, and the potential for …

Escape!

Love the Split-Screen Third Panel!

Last I saw Mysta, she was in the Smith Helicopter looking down, & looking as if she were ready to zap it Broom Hilda style with her ability to send out enough zap to shut it down.

Once again we see the softer side of Doubleup, worried about BB-Eyes’ welfare. “Get him some help. Some help.”With the police and FBI working their way up, and Mysta likely coming down, the trap is closing quickly on Mr. Bigg and his organization. Will Bribery escape? I find myself rooting for that to happen, as we’ve barely been reintroduced to him and it’d be a shame to see him die or taken into custody so quickly.As for Melies, Venus, and Apollo, Venus is the only one I care about, and I hope she survives all this. I keep thinking about Apollo’s hand cannon….And I’m looking forward to Mysta’s appearance!

C’mon SUNDAY!

Good morning guys!.More excitement ahead!

For a moment there (in panel 1) - I thought Sam had “lit up” ‘one’, for the “occasion” (?) But a second reconfirming look, indicates what’s there, is a mouth piece of sorts for a Communication Device. And Tracy there, is wearing one too !In the past thought the old Two Way was standard police issue. So what’s this Head Piece needed for here ?

In any event, the Head Pieces seem to somehow have vanished prior to panels 2 and 3 ? And we do have a ‘puzzling’ object in Fritz Ann’s hand. The little ‘lights’ tell us she’s hearing Tracy’s voice. Yet it looks like a broach ??

“Just get him some help! Some help!” A great response would have been, “Done and done! EMTs are on their way…”

To be honest, I am very surprised that BB-Eyes is still alive, after taking a full burst of sub-machinegun fire from short range (must be one of those wimpy 5.56s). But if he’s alive now, I guess he’s going to survive to come back as an antagonist yet another day…. DoubleUp has played it very smart, very smart (and shows unexpected compassion for BB-Eyes). Mumbles seems to have somehow escaped to the stairwell, where surely he is the gunman spotted from below by Fritz Ann. Unless he continues his upward dash toward the sixth floor, Honeymoon and Annie are relatively safe, as long as they make no foolish moves. Once the EMT and/or back-up cops arrive on three, Tracy and Sam can advance their assault floor-by-floor. Next stop (per Neil Wick’s analysis of the layout), the fourth floor and the Munro boys, and possibly the badly shaken Mumbles….

A lot of action these days! I’ve noticed that Joe Staton has began to draw Fritz Ann to be more attractive than when she first arrived on the strip and in Sam’s life a couple of years ago..Where has Starman1948 been the last few days? I hopehe is well.

Didn’t shoot Mumbles. Didn’t even shoot Doubleup.-———————————————————-Mumbles: You don’t shoot someone in the back (centuries old code of ethics).Doubleup: You give him a chance to surrender, especially since he hasn’t a gun and you have an assault rifle.

Gweedo … my friend from your yesterday comment … .John. If I am in New York for Christmas, perhaps a side trip can happen….YES! YES! YES! .There should be no reason to miss such an opportunity again. A little later today I plan on calling you. I hope you’re up for that.

Suppose Fritz Ann shoots Mumbles in the stairwell, and he dies while she’s there with him, he could tell her his last words. But Fritz Ann wouldn’t understand them. (Like that irony?)

I’m wondering if one of the Treasures of Am are going to come into play here, or if they were only a plot device to get Honeymoon and Annie in the building.

Good morning everyone.-———————@avenger09: Another award winning poem!-———————@Neil Wick: Thanks for posting the layout of the crime scene.-——————-Be healthy, wealthy and wise my friends.

@Sydney: The head sets were shown in the two previous days.

Why is Tracy using the wrist wizard to contact Fritz Ann? Does his chin mic not work?

Well, up on the roof we have Mr. Bigg trapped between Mysta and Honey Moon. Will he get off for a helicopter chase???

… Venus is the only one I care about, ..-—————————————————————Wont Mysta be jealous ?Mysta doesn’t know about Venus, and let’s keep it that way. Definitely don’t want to get her riled up.

@Neil Wick… Not having a gin may actually be what saved him.

Only because he couldn’t find the tonic.

I’m constantly mixing up uio keys when I type fast. I’m going to have to watch that. (I’m sure he doesn’t have any tonic. :)

“You and Bill are sure a coupla characters; him with Abner’s girl and you two timing. Howz yer bank ? I could use a few bucks….”I’ll tell you, pardner, juggling the needs of Venus and Mysta is no small feat. Thankfully, they each have a sugar daddy that keeps them happy that way. So my bank’s fine. I’m just hoping they don’t run into each other in the Ace Tower, or the jig will be up for me.

Night-shade09

Yeah, NightShade09, I couldn’t remember.

I’m thinking Bribery will have some kind of control over Mysta, he will use her to get away and she will see Honeymoon in peril and her Lunarian DNA will grow exponentially stronger like the Grinch picking up that Xmas sleigh.

…and the Moon Maid part of her will conquer what’s left of Mindy and she fries Bribery

I think Blaze is free and clear on this one.____________________

Blaze is flying under the radar as far as the MCU is concerned. Assuming she’s out of the building, she’ll probably be fine.If no one rats her out.

Only because he couldn’t find the tonic.-————————————————————————-

And the combined might and power of the MCU & FBI give chase …

Woo Gosh. Nobody can complain about lack of action this week. Now we have Tracy back and he’s nailing down a den of criminals. All is as it should be. As people mentioned earlier I would like to see Bribery escape too because we’ve just been re-introduced and it would be a shame to have him captured so quickly. Maybe there’s another branch of Blackhearts in another city that he could escape to.

My prediction for the immediate future is that we won’t lose anyone on the police side. That includes Honeymoon, Annie and Mysta. I don’t know the status of T-Bolt but I predict she will survive. The Blackhearts I’d like to see survive are Bribery, Mumbles, Venus and Blaze. Not concerned about the Munro brothers, Melies or Apollo. BB Eyes and Doubleup are already in custody, in custody.

Thanks everyone for your kind words regarding my poems.

@Gweedo ‘the Venus Lover’ and John Russell: My friends you may not have noticed my new avatar (that’s really me) and name change (Ronnie ‘Starman1948’ Thompson). I am well. Thanks for asking about me. You are 2 of my favorite commenters and friends. Be well my friends.

Someone today mentioned the “pendant” that Fritz Ann is speaking into. I think that is not a pendant – that is supposed to be the little microphone that police folks wear on their shoulder – you always see this in the movies, where they turn their heads into their shoulder and press a button to send.

Gweedo replied to @Willy007,You and Bill are sure a coupla characters; him with Abner’s girl and you two timing.-————————————————————————-Are you referring to Rikki, Gweedo? Abner’s our cryptmate. Sure, Rikki runs errands for Abner but she isn’t Abner’s girl! Abner had dinner with us tonight, Scorpions and assorted spiders sprinkled with red ants, and garnished with cobwebs. Yummy!

@AnyFace

Looks like a Wallace and Grommit, without Wallace.____________________

Good catch, Gweedo.

Aardman Studios in England produced both.

‘Shaun’ currently sits at a whoppin’ 99% on RottenTomatoes.com

Gweedo politely responded,Pardon my goof, Skipper Bill. I thought they were an item; they had been seen together so much. Are you guys going on an ocean cruise ?-—————————————————————————-

Ocean cruise? You’re putting ideas in my head! I wonder if our coffin is waterproof. As for the new avatar, it’s a two day special. .One question, Gweedo. I looked in the mirror and cannot see my reflection. Should I worry?

Well, it seems to be working for you, Gweedo!