Dick Tracy by Mike Curtis and Charles Ettinger for April 05, 2021

Well, things are looking up.

Yesterday, it looked like the cavalry was going to be a bust.

Good morning™, upsets !

Shouldna messed with that leg, Osc. All you’ve done is make him angry and you wont like him when he’s angry.

Never got around to it yesterday but every time I went back to the spread I couldn’t help but notice the very realistic placement of Alex’s feet in the last panel. A job well done ! :-)

Someone’s awake?

Where did Peggy go? The bed looks empty. To the bathroom maybe?

Good morning™, fight fans!

I suppose that that is the leg that Aquarius injured in the car accident and Oscar knows it.

Oscar is going to have to pay extra to the catering staff to clean up this mess!

Glad to see Alex was down but not out. And there’s the escape/reversal and knockdown I was rooting for! Hopefully the cheap-shot to Alex’s bad leg (from the accident I presume) won’t stop him from being able to stand and continue to fight. But I worry about that knife we see above Oscar’s hand — if he’s able to quickly retrieve that, he’ll have Alex at an even deadlier disadvantage than before.

Wake up, Cheesecake!! Alex needs you to grab two of those domed plate covers and play the cymbals with Oscar’s head!

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Not a good idea, Oscar. You’re leaving trays evidence.

Exciting, love it!

GO AQUARIUS!

and down he goes.

a brawl is not going to go unnoticed

I kind of hope both of these characters lose. Now where is Tracy so he can arrest them?

av makes a good point; about the missing Peggy. Chances are she is meant to still be in the bed but was left out of the scene to keep it from becoming cluttered. Maybe the colorist “took her out” to save time ?

They’re making enough noise to wake the dead………….Peggy!

1-OSCAR: First the rabbit punch and now I sweep the leg. I know all the illegal moves!

2-NARKY: OH YEAH? HOW ABOUT THE TROUSER CUFF GRAB N TUG?

3-CRASH BOOM BANG! OSCAR: TIME OUT! I need a sec to rethink my plan. GOT IT! I kill you and make it look like suicide because you were so upset to find that Peggy died in her sleep! TIME IN!

KELLY POWDER NOSE (from the doorway): What’s going on here?

OSCAR: CRAP! TIME OUT! Let’s see…OK. You two are distraught at finding that Peggy died in her sleep so you go for a drive to grieve. And given Narky’s driving record, no one will be surprised when you both die in a fiery crash.

TIME IN. OK, PRETEND I HAVE A GUN. NOW COME WITH ME TO THE GARAGE…

Maybe….just maybe: the knife will spin around a few times in the air, fall with a deadly momentum………and stick right into Oscar’s eye (or “right between ’em”, as the saying goes….)……..

Wake up Sweet Cakes! Ah….what’s her name again?….Oh yeah, Cheese Cake! Wake up Cheese Cake!

What kind of knock off drops did Oscar give Auntie Bellum and Cheesecake? The noise should have them awake by tomorrow’s or Wednesday’s strip….probably groggy and thought they were dreaming.

“Oops that’s your bad leg isn’t it? Ah!” I don’t know how long Oscar has been with the Bellum’s but he sure knows them well.

Somehow, between panels one and two, Alex went from having his bad left left leg crushed under Oscar’s foot, to being up, on his good right leg but falling backwards, having grabbed Oscar’s foot and shoving it up and away with considerable force. I don’t think that move would be possible even for a trained gymnast or ballet dancer, or martial artist. There is just no way to exert the necessary forces and torques, even with great strength and agility. Anyway, this is clearly the age of Aquarius!

My question is how did Aquarius get into the hotel room???

“What have I told you boys about roughhousing indoors?!”

Personal combat between Alex and Oscar grinds on.

Ouch!

If Alex can walk after that vicious attack on his bad leg, he may be able to beat down Oscar while he is still stunned from being tripped against the room service cart….