Dick Tracy by Mike Curtis and Charles Ettinger for December 21, 2019

Good morning™, everyone!

Rise and shine! Well, at least that woke them all up, and there was a “Holy Toledo” to follow the “Ye gods!”

Lorenzo’s breath might really that bad. The 4 regained consciousness when the gator opened its mouth.

Now altogether – one, two, three kick him in the nose…

Good morning™, food four !

White sidewalls guy has nothing to worry about. There is plenty of meat between him and “jaws”, that an appetite will be sated .. for the moment.

Sam: “Does the term ‘Cold-Blooded’ mean anything to you two?”

Is this when Tarzan swings in?

Crocs and Gators are scary, but not too brave on land unless defending their nest or young. https://youtu.be/5sAF8gMN9c0

Not the first time Tracy’s dealt with gators. That time, he simply used his gun to shoot them in the quarter-sized “kill spot” in the back of their heads, which he learned about on TV.

Awe shucks, we have to wait til tomorrow to see the gruesome details!!!

This reminds me of the time when, during a road trip, my mom, siblings and I stopped by a swamp in Florida. A gator emerged, thinking, “Lunch is served.” Needless to say, we all hightailed it away from there.

Later, gator, find out tomorrow?

I’ve been to Toledo—it’s not that Holy

Do they have alligator repellent?

That Gator should be Hibernating, it’s so cold.

Interesting as I believe they typically drown their victims and there is no water. I doubt this one is hungry enough to eat all four and thus we would have survivors. But we can “hope” a miracle will occur quickly.

One gator is not eating 4 grown men. Not all at once.

holey ravenous reptiles, Batman!!

Most likely we all agree that the situation of allowing a criminal to capture you was highly unlikely. That being said. ….We know when they get freed that someone will say something like “see you later…alligator” or in a while crocodile."

I didn’t know Toledo was holy… (Sorry – couldn’t resist.)

Of course, everyone wakes up from the gas at the same time…

Look at those festive red ties for the Christmas season! What a heartwarming sight…WAIT WHAT’S THAT ALLIGATOR DOING THERE?!? lol

This is, what… the 4th day wasted on ‘make believe peril’ so far? Seriously, someone needs to instruct Mike on how to plot a story properly because he falls into the same trap all the time.

The sad part is… he baits the traps HIMSELF!

Tracy has a good point about the cold

“Tell him about the time you ran into Flattop at Wal-Mart, Dick! That story always puts me to sleep!”

It’s all about location. The one on the far left is likely pretty safe. Tracy on the other hand……

CAPTAIN: We accepted a ride from a stranger. So, how’d you get in this predicament Tracy?

DT: Well, doofus here wanted to go to the Cat House – in the winter!

SAM: Sigh. Again, not the one I meant.

DT: Then the security guard got mad that we hadn’t paid to get into the zoo and I guess this is the penalty.

CLUELESS: OMERGERD! Does anyone else see that?

DT: No worries. I’ve got a plan. Step 1 of 3 – Sam, trade places with me!

“Whoever’s humming the JAWS theme back there, knock it off!”

reality has seriously checked out here.

I guess he’s still hungry after the steak.

Leapin’ lizards! How are they gonna get outa this one?!

If they are able to stand up, that should be enough to make the beast walk away. Unless they are starving, they don’t go after things substantially taller than them. It’s not normal for me to make a serious comment here, but I think there’s a good chance that we’re going to see that happen.

Gotta keep it slowed down before the weekend

It ain’t the meat, it’s the humanity, croc need food. Oh, the Tension, the tension

Some of them might survive. But it will be a mess when the alligator latches on and starts spinning.

Ye gods! Looks like it’s down the chute for the Four Dumb Detectives of the Decade!

How can they possibly be saved? Maybe Lorenzo will decide he needs to take a nap?

This doesn’t beat the entire week that Tracy spent standing on one foot with the other poised to kick down a door that had been booby-trapped with a bucket of [GASP!!] acid, but it’s getting there.