Dick Tracy by Mike Curtis and Charles Ettinger for August 25, 2016

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    AnyFace  over 8 years ago

    Consider this …

    It had been Doyle’s intent that Holmes meet his fate in the adventure of “The Final Problem.”

    Might ’Doyle’s’ presence on-site be meant to endorse ‘The Great Detective’s’ demise …?

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    Gweedo -it's legal here- Murray  over 8 years ago

    I knew cane guy had a reason…. !

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    AnyFace  over 8 years ago

    Also …

    Kadaver has set the stage in such a way as to take full credit.

    It’s likely that he’s pulled a bait-and-switch, but it might be fun to see the after-effects of Tracy’s “Death” play out for awhile.

    … perhaps till Halloween?

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    Gweedo -it's legal here- Murray  over 8 years ago

    Kinda lonely starting up the ol’ transmitter without my partner’s witty banter to get me through the steps.-Good morning Radio Land !

    I would say “Good morning, Vietnam”, but that one’s already taken. Maybe Good morning, Matterhorn ?-This lull is where we ourselves become simple spectators. The reporter’s life has its moments.

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    AnyFace  over 8 years ago

    Thirdly …

    Remember who made a guest appearance towards the beginning of this story?

    Might Tracy himself soon be considered “A Ghost Who Walks” …?

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    Neil Wick  over 8 years ago

    The local constabulary is on the case, interviewing witnesses and “cane guy” is listening intently for clues. It seems that he might be going to search for the bodies himself.

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    heligmyer  over 8 years ago

    Continuing the parade of fictional detectives, Panel 2 sees Fred and Daphne in their later years.

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    Pequod  over 8 years ago

    Just a caneBut then againA dog may sniff out clues.If Tracy is indeedNo moreI’ll weep and sing the blues.They heard no yellWhen those men fellNow look to see no moreA fiendish ghoulTaken to schoolNo sign of corpse or gore.As with the riverWhere they fellSome waters run so deep.Could “cane man” lendA helping handWhat secrets might he keep?

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    avenger09  over 8 years ago

    The crowd gathers like Pooh bear to honeyDid Monty Hall say they’re giving away money?Oh it’s about those two wild and crazy guysDancing with the stars before our very eyesWho knows where they went they’re both lost in spaceLocating them will be a mission impossible at this pacePerhaps station Vbeedo’s current DJ Wolfman JackCan do a Midnight Special and hopefully pick up the slack!

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    Can't Sleep  over 8 years ago

    I hope they don’t play out the whole “Tracy’s dead” idea: mourning, funeral, etc. We all know he isn’t.DC Comics did it when they “killed off” Superman, stretching the idea out for year or more before “Superman’s back.”

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    flowerpainter  over 8 years ago

    I’m on the edge of my seat waiting for the conclusion!

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    Ignatz Premium Member over 8 years ago

    I will buy the idea that that’s Arthur Conan Doyle if someone can show me Doyle ever having such a cane.

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    Ignatz Premium Member over 8 years ago

    I will buy the idea that that’s Arthur Conan Doyle if someone can show me Doyle ever having such a cane.

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    Vista Bill Raley and Comet™  over 8 years ago

    .Good morning fellow DT fans!.Sunday is approaching.

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    abdullahbaba999  over 8 years ago

    A Conan Doyle wannabee, maybe….TBC

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    Don Bagert Premium Member over 8 years ago

    Where is Fred and Daphne now!?!

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    Sisyphos  over 8 years ago

    Telling the police what they saw, and what we saw, and what the Doyle lookalike saw, gives us time to mull possible outcomes. If Tracy and Kadaver both did go off the ledge, plunging down into the river, a search of the river and its downstream banks should begin at once. But maybe the smoke cloud has obscured a different ending to the struggle on the ledge and another way down the valley of the Reichenbach Falls….

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    Can't Sleep  over 8 years ago

    It’d be funny if the guy with the cane turned out to be a European detective hunting Abner.

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    Tomas B Texino  over 8 years ago

    The fact that Sir Arthur maintained an unshakable belief in the Cotswold fairies hoax as well as being an active participant in seances meant to contact the dead does not speak well for him to bring forth a character like Holmes; a master of deductive reasoning. Does it now?

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    scorpy007  over 8 years ago

    AnyFace said that Doyle had intended to kill off Homes in THE FINAL PROBLEM. But as Justin Playfair said in “They Might Be Giants”…..“I came back in the sequel.”

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    elbasco1947  over 8 years ago

    The Phantom? The fellow with the cane is the Phantom.

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    Can't Sleep  over 8 years ago

    Considering that Sherlock Holmes is in the public domain, I wonder if this fellow may be some distant relation of Watson, and know of some secret pathway (such as something Holmes may have used to survive the falls).

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    Morrow Cummings  over 8 years ago

    Maybe, in the hidden aura of the smoke, Tracy & Kadaver climbed into a pre-positioned barrel and went over the falls (ala Niagra-style) in an attempt to use the publicity stunt to boost popularity count for the strip. The old guy with the cane could be part of the camera crew for ESPN. Anyone thought of that? That is just about on a par with their trash-talking each other to death on the trail.

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    AnyFace  over 8 years ago

    If literary figures do indeed exist within the Tracyverse, it’s entirely possible that Doyle was Watson.

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    Morrow Cummings  over 8 years ago

    Uh-oh! ERROR ALARM! Kudos to my great friend and penalty box occupant, SDM, for catching the mistake, but the chickie’s arm behind Sugar’s back should be re-positioned to where she has her hand sliding down into his back pocket where his Black American Express card resides.

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    avenger09  over 8 years ago

    Morrow  said, 15 minutes ago

    Uh-oh Kudos to my great friend and penalty box occupant, SDM, for catching the mistake, but the chickie’s arm behind Sugar’s back should be re-positioned to where she has her hand sliding down into his back pocket where his Black American Express card resides..

    Still Da Man! Says thanks for never forgetting him!

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