Dick Tracy by Mike Curtis and Charles Ettinger for December 23, 2024

looks like Lee is FINALLY going to solve the case with some detecting…

if so, what a pleasant change for someone OTHER in the MCU besides Dick or Sam…

“Hmm, he was there for valid, verifiable reasons. Highly suspicious!”

“Malibi Mike.”

Good morning™, Suspicious Timings !

Is this a convenient story coincidence we can allow ?  Is that man begging to be spared a heinous punishment ?  Totty looks as innocent as a newborn baby Goat, he would never do a bad thing like killing people.

Yeah, any would-be killer would go to a law enforcement facility to kill his victim, & be sure to leave a paper trail documenting his presence around the time of the murder as well. Move over, Brain, there’s a new super-smart criminal genius in Tracy’s rogue’s gallery!

Good morning™, everyone!

So it seems that they can jam receipt machines as well as other things?

That was real smart of rotten totten feller. But why cops not noted it already till now? This shouda be one of the first theeng thems was done. What utter incompetence.

Bad planning…even if Fred Jr was expecting the receipt machine to fail, there was still the logbook. So as in the Libris case, the logbook puts the murderer at the scene of the crime.

Yesterday: “The cameras aren’t alone in getting jammed.” Yet today, the receipt machine wasn’t jammed.

Paid a…ah…sort of a pre-incident brib…er…atonement. Well, he’s cleared then. wink-wink grin-grin.

Paid a fine?

MOVIE QUOTE—

“Besides that, I got tired of shoveling all that mules—h—*—t”.

R.G.Armstrong—-THE GREAT NORTHFIELD MINNESOTA RAID—1972

TO DMITRIO—whoever and wherever you are—-

THE RITZ CLUB certain WAS in the main strip continuity-

in 1933 Stooge Viller took Tess there to dazzle her with his charm—-and win her over for spite

Why didn’t they do a holiday themed mystery? This one is quite boring.

dear Santa, here is my wish: an actual story from Tracy.

Crooks—-AND honest citizens—have no idea how many “hidden cameras” are out there——if you’ve trying to skip town they’re all over interstate toll booths and they read liscense plates

1- DRUNK TOTTEN GUY: URP! WOW…You haven’t aged a day since…urp…since…since you were on the Mission Impossible TV series!

2- DETENTION CENTER CLERK: Don’t forget your receipt, big guy. I wrote my number on the back – if you’re interested…

3- DT: So – how’d you get this receipt if the Clerk gave it to Fred Junior? LEE: I seduced him and stole it. I deserve a medal for that distasteful effort! DT: And what does this receipt tell us that we didn’t already know?

LEE: Uhhhh…well- nothing. BUT when Totten includes it as a business expense on their company taxes, we’ll swoop in and bust ‘em for unsupported deductions! Maybe even FRAUD! DT: Sigh…maybe we’ll get a Christmas miracle and Springsprong’s killer will come in and confess.

LEE: OR A HANUKKAH MIRACLE! Do those exist? I’ll go ask Santa… NO! SAM-TA! GET IT? DT: Get out…

PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER—December 19,2024

6 in Catalytic Converter Ring sentenced to prison.

Leader Michael Williams(age 53) ran the racket with his wife—sentenced to 2 and a half to 5 years in prison and ordered to pay $125,000.00 in restitution to his victims.

Between 2020 and 2023,Williams was buying $10,000.00 per night in stolen converters. His total haul was over eight million dollars.

One of the people hired to steal the converters was named Michael Evangelist.

And they say Gould’s names were funny.

A couple days ago, Fred Jr looked like a 1940’s palooka who had taken too many shots to the head. Today he’s a combination of Arnold and some ’40’s action star.

COULD FRED JR MAYBE HAVE A TWIN WITH BOXING RELATED BRAIN DAMAGE WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE MURDER OF SPRINGSPRONG?!?

Merry Christmas and a Joyous Hanukkah!