Dick Tracy by Mike Curtis and Charles Ettinger for March 21, 2025

a bit of oral work is mentioned by the Padre…

Good morning™, everyone!

Yeah, so, this was “The Sergeant” and he got his teeth fixed on his own, unless someone else ordered the teeth work and set him up to be murdered.

Dental “hyjack”.

Good morning™, Stone Statues !

Sarge is definitely cut from the same spray painted granite rock men that seems to be Carlos stock in trade.

Once again a veteran plays a role in a Eric Costello Dick Tracy story, but unlike the previous one, this vet seems to be a good guy (or was a good guy, all the arrows seem to be pointing in the direction of the Sergeant being the body found in the park). Maybe tomorrow the minister will tell Lee the Sergeant had just come into a new pair of shoes as well.

I guess “Sargeant” is the dead guy?

Villain in last story was a vet with PTSD whose symptoms the VA ignored. Victim in this story is a homeless vet. What does Eric have against vets?

What if “HORACE” is the real corpse and the “SARGEANT” is the one pulling the strings? Would explain why the shoes were taken…stereotypical homeless people rarely have shoes or they’re worn out, plus the insurance money would come in handy

Sarge appears to be decked out in a smoking jacket pulled straight from Hugh Hefner’s closet.

I remember an episode of “The Protectors” with Robert Vaughan that had a similar plot detail with the dental work.

MOVIE QUOTE

“I’m cooped up with Mary Poppins 24 hours a day!”

Walter Matthau—-THE ODD COUPLE—1968

I really like the art work today; at least somewhere it is spring, with all the green leafy walks. Looks like pictures I’ve seen of the stoops in Brooklyn…

Second the motion on the artwork and the wonderful coloring.

That IS Lee Ebony in Panel One, for those who haven’t polished their specs yet.

And somebody in the military SHOULD have Sarge’s fingerprints.

Meanwhile, Stan finds the dentist’s card AND a card advertising potato pancakes at half price.He is torn between duty and stomach

1- LEE: I only date girls but you wearing a dress makes me think that I could date you. Confusing! BROTHER TOM: Yeah, Dad makes me dress like him since I decided to go into the family business. Ooops. I’m not supposed to reveal any of that or the fact that that makes me Dick’s half-brother. Anyway…

2- : … Has anyone read the note that was with Sarge’s wallet in the Po-Boy Box? Maybe it explains why we haven’t seen him lately. LEE: No. We forgot after Sam nearly ran over the Chief as he ran out to get a box of Po Boy sandwiches.

3- BROTHER TOM: No matter. You got a little something-something on your cheek. Right about here. Mind if I lick it off?

“Yep, I filed those vampire fangs down so his little midnight snacks wouldn’t draw undue attention from Tracy. Or his secret master, Superior Sam.”

Does DNA analysis exist in the Tracyverse? If so, they wouldn’t give a second glance at the dental work.

It will be discovered that Chester Gould’s 1970 triplet crooks have made a comeback with plastic surgery

Now this make more sense. A lower ranking staff minister would probably remember the Sergeant more than the Cathedral’s Pastor.