60sFan,
Simple petty revenge could be the Fifth’s motive as well, at least as far as being stupid enough to risk blowing his immunity just to kill Liz.
I came over from a comics blog about a week and a half ago (absorbascon.blogspot.com, for those curious- probably the best comix blog on the net), and I have to say that I am really enjoying this strip so far.
I have a confession to make, though- I always thought Chester Gould probably got the inspiration for Tracy’s weird rogues’ gallery from Batman, thanks to Bob Kane and Bill Finger- but now I think it was the other way around.
I’d also be willing to bet that Stan Lee was influenced by Chester Gould when he was coming up with Spider-man’s rogues (as far as being threatening and wanting to do in their nemesis).
Well, Mike, you and Joe and the gang have me hooked, and I was only vaguely aware of Dick Tracy beforehand, so I would say that’s a success.