Dick Tracy by Mike Curtis and Charles Ettinger for February 23, 2025

the General is trying to get some feet action again and it went awry… LOL…

There’s a body in the park. What mischief might this be?

Canvass quick for witnesses. Did anybody see

Suspicious conduct in the park. The victim has no shoes

Wallet, watch, or jewelry. His life he did here lose.

No signs of a struggle. He appears to be asleep

Looks composed and in repose. His loved ones soon shall weep.

Identify the fallen guy. For now he is “John Doe”

Coroner, take a close look, then tell us all you know.

Amazing how quickly that stiff was able to change his socks from black to blueish. Don’t tell me it’s shadow.

Heathens with no decent “soles”.

Oh! You see, her name is “Homicide”. Like a chef named “Cook”.

Homicide detective Ellie Mae is trying to cop a feel! What a sicko!

Good morning™, everyone!

I guess that a composed body is better than a decomposed one. I have no idea why someone would have taken his shoes.

The wallet, watch, and rings could have taken to prevent identification, however the shoes could have been stolen by a homeless person.

Good morning™, Missing Ruby Slippers !

These are Florsheim’s, Special Edition Fine Footwear, and you’d better believe they’re worth a mint, or maybe are just a middle of the road quality pair of loafers destined for some gross macabre ritual ?. Love the lady jogger’s horrified scared about to shriek higher and louder than Geddy Lee look.

No attempt to hide the body, either. The killer is a confident psycho.

He was found pretty quickly; he was a lucky stiff!

Seems like this is a set-up!!

What evidence did the police mark with the 4? Where are 1, 2, and 3? Was this the fourth body they found that morning?

Vengey, I AM going to tell you that panel #2 socks WERE in shadow! Known for my infamous truth bombs, I await some undeserved attacks~~

The body was composed. Now it is more decomposed.

Detective Anne Nonymus seems to be getting more screen time than Lizz or Lee. I guess the MCU team was not comprehensive enough and outside help had to be brought in for the routine homicides/murders that Tracy couldn’t solve with his ESP. It’s either Sam’s day off or he’s taking a nap in that empty cell at headquarters.

Oh, NO! Looks like another Hamburglar killing! His pockets were suffed with cold fries!

The police officer was a Veteran MP, but died on the mean streets of Elmwood, IN. What a terrible shame.

….sans footwear….Well!! Y’all do,of course, remember the Twilight Zone episode “Dead Man’s Shoes”?……

New villain. The Fetishist

EXCELLENT, CARLOS! My sharp eye (the one without a cataract) noted that the deceased’s shoes in P1 looked just like socks but before rushing to the Comments to remark on that, I read through to learn that THAT WAS YOUR WELL-DRAWN INTENTION!!!

1 – HOMICIDE HARRIET: While I got your ear, Tracy, lemme tell you a story. An early morning jogger was running through Pervy Park when she smelled feet…

2- : … After ascertaining that it wasn’t just another Foot Flasher on the ground, she called it in…

3- : …I gloved up, gave him the “Fingers-To-Thumb Resuscitation Procedure” but alas…

4- : …it was unsuccessful. So I blessed his little ol’ heart. That’s when I noticed…

5- :…that his otherwise well-tailored suit pants were a good two inches too short. UNLESS he wore boots! THUS I had my first clue – the deceased was a Texan. Likely a Texas Oil Magnate. So I turned the case over to the Texas State Police and once again, I was able to successfully avoid any effort! DT: MAGNIFICENT!

Great art and color work Charles and Shane!

He was stolen from a morgue or a funeral home, this is a deception done by criminals for some nefarious alterior motive.

ka-Nikes

His name wouldn’t happen to be Harry? If so, he’ll be trouble.

If you can maintain your composure you’ll be OK. Meanwhile put out a BOLO for Shoeless Joe Jackson.

Plot twist: the victim enjoyed walking in the grass in his socks.

The deceased’s footwear was part of the Ed Sullivan line. They were really big shoes.

I’ll see myself out…!

no sign of a struggle? really? no marks on the body? the hands or face. just because they straightened the body doesn’t mean there are no signs. seriously between this and DT chasing the bomb nut in the last story they are abandoning basic police procedures here

Will this story make any more sense than the last one?

IT WAS JIMMY CHOO SHOOZ WHO DID HIM IN!