Dick Tracy by Mike Curtis and Charles Ettinger for May 14, 2015

Probably one of the biggest “OH, OH”s in the history of this strip!Also want to say that it was good to see an avenger09 comment here, yesterday! That deserves a “Wahoo”!

Well, looks like Doubleup won the race. won the race. At least, so far. This is cetainly a talk that Jimmy has been trying to avoid, but he’s cornered now.

It looks like Mr. Ed is on the board to win, place, or show.

Axelrod has an interesting choice ofshirt. I see he has a bikini babe calendar on the inside of his office door, too. It looks like Axelrod is not going to die at the hands of Jimmy, because Jimmy likes to do his killing in private.

Do you suppose that guy in the overalls is a client? It almost seems like he’s opening the door to let Jimmy in, but maybe he was on his way out.

Good morning everyone!

“Gentlemen, choose your weapons.”

For a second there. seeing just the hand, I’d thought it was Mr. Bigg. Mr. Bigg!

Thanks to everyone who contributed information about Jackson Beck yesterday. In case it hadn’t been mentioned. the late Mr. Beck – Fittingly enough – contributed to Woody Allen’s Radio Days as well.

And played detective Philo Vance for awhile.

Also from yesterday, I agree with Chris Sherlock that the narration could be read in the voice of “Batman” producer William Dozier to comparable effect.

Good morning, DT fans!It seems for Jimmy all bets are off, are off!

I’d have liked to see the expression on Jimmy’s face, Jimmy’s face!

You been a bad boy, bad boy, Jimmy!

At least I got one right for a change…..now, when will Dick Tracy and Sam Catchem show up?

Say their names three times, and they’ll suddenly appear.

Think Doubleup has a twin brother named Doubledown out there somewhere?

Called it. Called it. Actually a few of us did.

Good to see Av09 helped us out! I think that car was just a little over the top not to comment. Now for today’s, Jimmy’s definitely got the Glock (or whatever), so the bullwhip is outgunned. We’ll see. Tracy’s appearance on the scene might scramble up the mix, though! Blaze, sitting outside, would be wise to hit the trail if she wants to stay clean.

Gweedo said,“Rikki must have run home to mom. Bill’s on time today.”-———————————————————————————-

Rikki had to drive the death coach for a late appointment.

My, my! Isn’t this convenient?Somehow, DoubleUp, with his whip this time, got into the inner office without Axelrod noticing—or is Axelrod playing Jimmy, having let DoubleUp in himself?This could get very messy, unless Tracy and Sam show up almost at once….

I guess Mike and Joe lost count. Lost Count LOL!

Good morning Tracy fans and, of course, ‘the Magnificent Gweedo’. Jimmy is about to get the worst whipping of his life!__________Have a beautiful day my friends.

Gweedo, Jimmy and Axelrod are safe from the whip.. either one has a ponytail. :)

I wonder if Double Up carries a gun. I cant remember if he had one during the firefight at Panda’s Talent Agency.

… Doubleup being there just may be a life saver … well at least for now.

Shouldn’t Doubleup have Two Whips … Two Whips?

So I’m assuming that that the guy in the overalls is a younger, heavier version of Slim and his “brother” from the other OTB places – upon zooming in, he appears to have a mustache similar to the other two (plus Tommy O’Connor from the 1924 job), only darker. Probably a relative :)

Dad’s girl Sally. Man, oh man she is fun!

I hear the bass line for Golden Earring’s “Twilight Zone” in the background…

Timmy, a pistol bullet like the semi-auto that Jimmy packs travels right at or a little faster than Mach 1. A high-powered rifle bullet, on the other hand, travels at 4-5 times Mach 1.

Expressive ART . . .

That Hand on the Whip . . . like a Hand resting - on the ‘ready’. on a Pistol but . . .Portending a calamitous event about to occur ! ?

And the face shadows cast in panel 2 also foretell of a threatening meeting in that inner office.

Avenger09 critiqued panel 1 yesterday, on minor technical grounds yet I loved the ambiance of it - which seemed to so ‘effectively’. CAPTURE the essence of the rotund Jimmy Choo Shooz - the one I think; the Writer ‘intended’ ! ? More meaningful than the ‘perceived’ (tiny?) discrepancies

But good to see Avenger09 back or rather SDM (aka Mattie).Guess morrow, can now breath a sigh of relief ?

Let’s Go, Sam….TBC..

The “doorman” looks like a railroad crew member, no? Could Axelrod be in on the train caper?

thanks sir, isn’t she too cool or what?!

Your ears must have been burning, people on this board were mentioning you! Welcome back, my friend!

Hey JPW it really was just Morrow who missed me. I guess he’s just got so much time on his hands since he’s not the party animal Sydney is!LOL!

“Where am I to go now that I’ve gone too far? Well, you’ll come to know – when the bullwhip hits the bone…”

I think that when “some” posters go to the doctor, while trying to listen to their lungs, the doc says, “inhale”, the guy whips out a soda straw…….

I got plenty of laughs with the wordplays for DoubleUp. (Great ones, Tsull, Anyface)

I’m sort of surprised no one has mentioned his long lost cousin, Double Entendre.

Hate to think what HE (or she) does?

Addendum for AnyFace: “Say their names three times, and they’ll suddenly appear.”

You want Beetlejuice in the fray? He might be competition for Abner.

“Go ahead! Make my millenium!”

That’s a great-looking duck. Very cute.

I’m guessing not everyone will come out of this confrontation alive. The question is, will Jimmy, Double Up or both of them end up dead?

One thing I like about the character of Jimmy Choo Shooz is that he looks like an ordinary person – he’s fat, balding, and working his way through another cigar. He looks like somebody you might actually see walking down the street, and if you did, you wouldn’t notice him.Most of the bad guys are so distinctive in appearance, you’d take one look and never forget them, and most are intimidating. Not Jimmy.

@Gweedo the Magnificent: thank you my friend. Be well.

Doubleup finished with his urgent phone callNo way he could stay he would take a big fallThis wasn’t the time to respond with his whipThe smartest move was to heed Blazes tipOutta here fast they all had to scramBut Jimmy the whale had a different escape planThe door he’d take was back in the rearHe hoped it’d help him to quickly disappearThe gun in his waist would confirm his main pointThat nobody bosses Jimmy when he’s in one of his jointsDoubleup knew there was no time to play gamesIf Jimmy bellied up it was he Bigg would blameSo faster than Superman to his feet did he standAnd forcibly moved Jimmys pop gun from his hand.

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Just because I felt like being nice today! LOL!

Doubleup finished with his urgent phone callNo way he could stay he would take a big fallThis wasn’t the time to respond with his whipThe smartest move was to heed Blazes tipOutta here fast they all had to scramBut Jimmy the whale had a different escape planThe door he’d take was back in the rearHe hoped it’d help him to quickly disappearThe gun in his waist would confirm his main pointThat nobody bosses Jimmy when he’s in one of his jointsDoubleup knew there was no time to play gamesIf Jimmy bellied up it was he Bigg would blameSo faster than Superman to his feet did he standAnd forcibly moved Jimmys pop gun from his handI planned to write more but somebody yelled freezeI value my life so obeying’s a breeze.

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Just because I felt like being nice today