Dick Tracy by Mike Curtis and Charles Ettinger for October 10, 2020

Good morning™, everyone!

So, we finally find out who left the sisters money and why Stokes thinks it should have gone to him. Apparently, he is one of those “eccentric types” that Uncle Matthew was supporting. I can’t disagree that he’s “eccentric.” (Nice car.)

So, just in case we didn’t already know who the bad guy is, we now have just been supplied his motive.

Oh, well. Just along for the ride.

Hmm… so behind our answer to Stokes’ motive lurks another question: Did Uncle Matthew die of natural causes or was he an earlier victim?

“Wow, that sales guy was a real sweetie. He had those quarters counted in no time while they were prepping the car. Did you see how he cried when we refused all of those extra thingies, whatever they were, that he kept asking us about?”

“Yeah, but I don’t get why he kept sobbing about getting third prize. It must be something special for him to be that happy about it.”

“What eccentric types?”

“I didn’t get it all, but it had something to do with a carnival sideshow and some outfit called “Scientology” or something."

“Well, nertz to them we got it. Is your code name going to be Thelma?”

“Yeah, you can be Louise.”

A high five later and they go blazing down the highway at 40 miles/hr because they always drive safe.

And so it goes, by gar, by gar…

New sports car, no seat belts. Are they trying to do the Prof’s work for him?

Good morning™, cruisers !

Enjoy the day, ladies. Night time looks bad for one of you.

So they’re heiresses without a clue? And I’m guessing Stokes is one of uncle Matthew’s eccentric friends

So now we are getting the back story, the reason why the “vampire” is out to get the sisters. Its all about $$$$$$

I’ll say a Triumph TR 6 same as my ride

UH OH,, How many “Patron’s” will be blaming those two for taking “Their” Inheritance?

And there is your motive for murder.

1-HOPE: I think it’s a nice tribute to Faith that I got a red car, ya know, like her hair. CHARITY: Faith was blonde, like you.

2-HOPE: Well, they don’t make blonde cars now do they. Geez. Quit harshing my buzz.

CHARITY: Ten and Two please. Do you want to lose an arm to a passing semi-truck?

3-HOPE: I think our next purchase should be a Jazzy Scooter for you, old woman.

CHARITY: Oh yeah? Well, why do suicidal blondes buy convertible automobiles? Because they think the wind will blow their brains out without making a mess.

HOPE: You wish! You would get my share of the money then, wouldn’t you? Ummm, do you have a hat or something? You got me worried…

Stokes didn’t simply extract Faith’s blood: He collected it. Talk about “eccentric.” He wants to collect more blood but the money is beyond his grasp. Hope’s car drives like a dream, yet her life is about to become a nightmare.

Why do I have this curious feeling the brunette sister (sorry – can’t seem to keep their names straight) is hoping to be a Bride of Professor Stokes?

I’m guess Stokes is one of those and he plans to off the sisters for the inheritance. nice to know when a vampire wanna be has a reasonable motive

Imagine Chester Gould channeling “The Girls In Apartment 3-G”?

Great rendition of Hope today by Joe with nice, delicate inking by Shelley.

Finally….an actual motive. :p

Something tells she isn’t going to get to enjoy that money that wasn’t really hers, and that she did not earn.

We love our uncle but only because we have his money. These two are astonishingly, breathtakingly shallow.

One would think Stokes would have had to kill them before the uncle had died if he wanted the inheritance. Once uncle died and the will was probated, the money apparently was distributed to the Brown sisters. No mention of it being in a trust or having conditions on it so how would Stokes get the money?

(Apologies to Another Take)

Billie Jo: “This car’s faster than the Hooterville Cannonball!”

Bobbie Jo: "We owe it all to Uncle Joe.

He may have been ‘movin’ kinda slow,’

but he left us lots of dough."

Billie Jo: “Hey, you’re a poet!”

Bobbie Jo “Yes, I’m a big fan of Pequod.”

This story started off well but has since turned into a big snooze.

Heaven forbid that their uncle Matthew was a patron to the professor. Could this be the reason the first sister got bumped off? The inheritance money was being siphoned away from the professor’s research? Gee whiz, how many of those fang gadgets does he want?

Matthew Brown = Abner Kadaver

Car’s a ‘’putzter.’’

Good old Uncle Matthew! (Dead, you know.) Is there anyone here who doesn’t think one of the “eccentric types” he was a patron to was Professor Stokes? And that Stokes is killing Browns to get his hands on the remaining inheritance?

Now, with Tracy and the MCU closing in on identifying the Vampire Killer and Stokes getting his fangs on straight, life itself is a gamble unawares for Hope and Charity.

It’s a Race with the Devil, to recall the old Gene Vincent rockabilly hit. https://tinyurl.com/y32zs2c7