Dick Tracy by Mike Curtis and Charles Ettinger for May 13, 2024

Dick’s chin has gone extra pointy!

Good morning™, everyone!

Croptop raises her foot once again, but this time, Tracy is ready for her.

Tracy!!! Call Attitude!!!

Three against one. Time B.O. shows what the hat-mobile can do……

Good morning™, Edge Of Our Seaters !

I like how the ‘battlements’ are silhouetted. Night scene looks great too. If it looks like Tracy will get the better of Moptop her boys are liable to pitch in and that means B.O. better be ready…

Ok DT, time to kick butt…. Or drag this out a week or two.

Croptop’s arms are in the wrong position for a kick, She is off balance.

Only thing missing are the Whams! & Pows! from the “HatMan” Tv show along with Bill Dozier’s narration. A great fight sequence continues. 4 stars.

Tracy ‘d better not hit Croptop’s head with that pointy chin of his or he may split open her skull.

ACTION! THRILLS! Join us tomorrow for more Hatman adventure!

So those two clowns just gonna stands there watching and lets her does all the work?

The Fight at Sunny Dell Acres. Will Chick Tracy save the day?

What is B.O. doing ? Maybe Gravel Gertie will come out with a shotgun to help Tracy !!!

Isn’t Dick getting a little too old for fisticuffs in the street?

A foot " sweep " may do Tracy in , I think ?

she’s going for the same move. dumb.

Great action. This strip needs more of the same.

In my version of this comic, Croptop and Tracy are doing the same thing, and in the background we see Thug One and Thug Two running away in Croptop’s car. They are not fools (in my version), they don’t want to pick a fight with any cop, but certainly not Dick Tracy.

Never under estimate the power of a woman.

MOVIE QUOTE—-

“All he had for breakfast was two raw eggs and a jug of honey”

Ranch-hand pointing to John Wayne

McLINTOCK—1963

…and btw, I’m betting that Cropsy’s two toadies are “lovers not fighters”….y’know, the kind who stand around just watchin’ a fight but won’t get involved beyond that……….B.O will prevail……..

alright, Tracy got up… lets see how well it holds up this round. :D

To me, it looks like everybody is standing around mesmerized by the fight and they’ve forgotten they’re supposed to b e doing anything BUT stand still.

The henchmen are on the phone with their bookies.

At first glance, I thought Croptop was holding some kind of curved blade in the last panel, but now I see that it’s a crescent moon.

I went back to read Saturday, Sunday and today. This fight sequence has very nice continuity – especially Sunday’s so called “throw away panel” – it is a slightly different repeat of Saturday’s last panel. Nicely done!

Meanwhile, BO is trying to remember how to use his phone. He calls Gertie to ask her.

INSERT: Kung Fu Fighting —>here<—

1-DT: TIME OUT! BOWLING LEAGUE: I’LL ALLOW IT! CROPPIE: WHOSE SIDE ARE YOU ON??? No matter…

2-…I’m way ahead on points. Have your man throw in the white towel. DT: Will his brown underwear do? CROPPIE: Never mind. Once again you’ve left your jaw as open as a 24 hour convenience store. Say goodnight, Dick.

DT: We’re doing Rowan and Martin routines now? How about “YOU BET YOUR SWEET BIPPY…” *THUNK”

DT: Goodnight…Dick… thud.

Great art work….can’t wait for the finished brawl…….?

So it’s Tracy vs a woman half his size? That sounds about right. Good thing B.O. is there to bail him out. BTW, where’s Sam? Nearest deli?

I’m enjoying the action here. Tracy won’t be hit again – the next one that lands is going to be that massive Tracy fist in that pucker puss Croppie has.

Once again the art is great. Interesting silhouette of B.O.’s face under the beard.

Oh please, let BO be the one who saves the day!

WOOO!! I’m settin’ this fight to Guile’s Theme in my head!

Tracy surely “getting his kicks” the last couple of days~~~“Croptop Drops Top Cop!!”

she’s in trouble now! knocked his hat off

DT “You call that a kick?” “My granddaughter, Honeymoon, can beat you with one hand behind her back.”

Whoa, ho, ho, ho, everybody was kung-fung fighting, those kicks were fast as lightning. In fact, it was a little bit frightening, but they fought with expert timing.

Fantastic! Fights under the moon are always the best.

RUMBLE!

That kick is not going to work twice. Apparently croptop was never told not to try the same trick twice in a fight. She’s gonna have to learn the hard way. She should have finished off Tracy when she had him down.