Dick Tracy by Mike Curtis and Charles Ettinger for December 27, 2015

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    Pequod  almost 9 years ago

    Three Detectives at the airport have occasion to detectEach from a different country yet a mutual respect.Deduction and fact-gathering, sticking forth one’s beakInto the dirty dealings of the criminals you seek.All assembled here in Tracytown, the cause a mysteryEach Inspector with Dick Tracy has a unique history.Who might probe and who might poke, turn over every stoneUntil charges are levied, foul transgressions are atoned.Three Detectives at the airport known to disturb and questionTo disrupt the violent criminals, wreak havoc on digestion.Three Detectives at the airport: Ivanon, Trailer, WunbrowSeek answers to the questions: Who, why, when, where, what and how.Watching the Detectives, see the wheels commence to spinDetect a prepared band of sleuths, smart money says they win.

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    DaJellyBelly  almost 9 years ago

    Tovarisch = Friend

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    cpalmeresq  almost 9 years ago

    Wunbrow, from the Gould Miss Egghead story! Love it!

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    cpalmeresq  almost 9 years ago

    You’re entertaining as always, Pequod! Thank You!

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    AnyFace  almost 9 years ago

    “The Three Detectives!”

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    Can't Sleep  almost 9 years ago

    Morning all.Hope everyone had a good Christmas, and Santa was generous.-This should be an interesting story.

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    Vista Bill Raley and Comet™  almost 9 years ago

    .Good morning fellow DT Fans!.Some new guys… two yesterday, three today. What more could we ask for?.Nice poetry Pequod!

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    jonahhex1  almost 9 years ago

    Looks like some impressive detectives are gathering for a lawman’s convention….

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    cpalmeresq  almost 9 years ago

    Realize now that Inspector Ivanov has appeared before. At first, his face looked like a mask. (Almost thought it was a Johnny Scorn lookalike!)

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    DocNero  almost 9 years ago

    Seeing those international versions of Dick Tracey reminds me of the Batmen of All Nations.

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    Sisyphos  almost 9 years ago

    An international flair, for sure! Tracy knows them all, FBI Special Agent Trailer, USA; Inspector Ivanon [sic], Russia; and Inspector Wunbrow, Cuba. How this distinctive assembly of professional friends of Tracy will play out a rôle in the case of Specs and Spicy is yet to be seen, but it should be quite interesting….

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    fhoffman01  almost 9 years ago

    Nice, the new story is under way.

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    AnyFace  almost 9 years ago

    A few days late, but worth the wait …

    The Campbell Playhouse production of A CHRISTMAS CAROL, narration by Orson Welles, and starring Lionel Barrymore as Scrooge, from 1939

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    AnyFace  almost 9 years ago

    And the version from 1938 as well!

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    mikeg52  almost 9 years ago

    Anyface said:“The Three Detectives!”

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fw7p7tAdVuE

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    tophead  almost 9 years ago

    I said that it was Jim Trailer at the Play of Mc Goo Christmas Carol

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    tophead  almost 9 years ago

    I first started reading Dick Tracy in 1958 with the Miss Egghead story best story EVER!

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    Ashmael  almost 9 years ago

    Who is this inspector Ivanov? When did he appear? And how did Wunbrow remain in place after Castro’s revolution? I’d have loved to see Supt Whitehall English friend of Tracy on Granite Island!

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    Morrow Cummings  almost 9 years ago

    An inspector from Castro’s “policia” doesn’t bode well. Especially, for any prisoners he happens across.

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    cripplious  almost 9 years ago

    some kind of cop convention

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    Jonathan K. and the Elusive Dream Girl  almost 9 years ago

    Good morning to ✯✯ Vista Bill Raley and Comet ✯✯ and all Tracy fans.We have detectives from Cuba, Russia and the USA. This upcoming story could have a Cold War-era espionage/spy novel tone to it.

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    AnyFace  almost 9 years ago

    I’m also reminded of an old Bob Hope special, where a group of 70’s-era gimmick detectives teamed up.

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    AnyFace  almost 9 years ago

    And of this movie, of course …

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    Pequod  almost 9 years ago

    Yesterday we were introduced two new characters: Specs and Spicy (the red turtleneck and green eyes suit her: more quality work from the gocomics colorist). Today we have three detectives. Trailer and Wunbrow will be familiar to many fans, but I can’t say I recall Ivanon (sic). An intriguing start to this story. If wise, the detectives flew into Midway, which is a far more civilized introduction to Tracyville than the notorious O’Hare Airport. Classic renderings of Trailer and Wunbrow further whet my appetite for this new tale of crime and punishment. Miss Egghead forgot to duck!

    Thanks to cpalmeresq, Gweedo, Vista Bill, Chris Sherlock, Jonathan K. (I’m pleased you picked up on the EC reference) and Night-Gaunt49 for the kind words. Very much appreciated!

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    Daniel Quilp  almost 9 years ago

    “Buffalo is warm but had a serious dump in the southtowns last year.” (12-26-15)

    My grandparents used to live at 94 Hoyt St. My family drove back there for Christmas, 1954. Granddad let me shovel snow off the sidewalk!

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    doc1947g  almost 9 years ago

    Anybody notices that the “Tracy’s Hall of Fame” are Police that write books…

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    Jonathan K. and the Elusive Dream Girl  almost 9 years ago

    @Night-Gaunt49 said: “Or a no war tone to it, international cooperation.”That’s a possibility, too, now that relations between the US and Cuba are improving.

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    abdullahbaba999  almost 9 years ago

    In the beginning, before Superman & Batman, there was Dick of All Nations…He’s the Greatest..

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    Pequod  almost 9 years ago

    Don’t forget Hec Ramsey, which starred the always entertaining Richard Boone.

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    Richard Klinzman Premium Member almost 9 years ago

    So good to see Wunbrow again. As to how he survived the murderous Castro regime, even blood thirsty dictators need good cops. Pretty much how Arkady Renko survived in Russia all these years.

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    retropop  almost 9 years ago

    Too bad Mike can’t use Joe Jitsu or Manuel “Go-Go” Gomezdue due rights issues – “realistic” less stereotypical versions would fit right in.

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    JanLC  almost 9 years ago

    Shouldn’t that quote in panel 2 be attributed to Rex Stout? He created Nero Wolf after all, along with every word that came out of his mouth.

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    Starman1948  almost 9 years ago

    A sunny day to everyone.-————-Excellent poem, Pequod.-————-Have a fun filled day my friends.

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    Paul1963  almost 9 years ago

    Inspector Porfiry Ivanov was originally called “Ivanova,” until someone realized that’s the feminine form of that surname.The world has changed a LOT since these two were introduced.

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    Durak Premium Member almost 9 years ago

    Russians don’t use Toverisch any more, they went back to Gospodin, mister, more or less.

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    Pequod  almost 8 years ago

    Three Detectives at the airport have occasion to detect

    Each from a different country yet a mutual respect.

    Deduction and fact-gathering, sticking forth one’s beak

    Into the dirty dealings of the criminals you seek.

    All assembled here in Tracytown, the cause a mystery

    Each Inspector with Dick Tracy has a unique history.

    Who might probe and who might poke, turn over every stone

    Until charges are levied, foul transgressions are atoned.

    Three Detectives at the airport known to disturb and question

    To disrupt the violent criminals, wreak havoc on digestion.

    Three Detectives at the airport: Ivanon, Trailer, Wunbrow

    Seek answers to the questions: Who, why, when, where, what and how.

    Watching the Detectives, see the wheels commence to spin

    Detect a prepared band of sleuths, smart money says they win.

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