Dick Tracy by Mike Curtis and Charles Ettinger for May 02, 2022

Good morning™,all!

So, now the question is: Who is “Stuntman Mike”?

Coffyhead is angry again! Head will roll — metaphorically, at least — maybe even literally. It does sound like he might be the owner of that store.

Poor use of the shading cue on Lizz’s face once again. Behind the line should be a little darker colour.

Good morning™, angry business men !

I do believe Coffypot’s lid has been blown off. LOL !  More and more store guy looks like he was very much involved in the dark side of home furnishings.

From the look on the guy’s face that Sam is interrogating, I think he’s in for a long stretch in THE BIG HOUSE.

Meanwhile Coffyhead is finding someone in the know has dropped a dime on him. I don’t know if he’s angry or worried or maybe both.

So, an inside tip gave Tracy what he needed to put the sting on Coffeehead… I am sure a search warrant from a magistrate was necessary to conduct the sting…To be continued l am certain!

Stuntman Mike? You mean Kurt Russell’s character from Death Proof? Mike’s basically pulling plot elements out of thin air at this point. It’s fun in a way but makes absolutely zero sense.

Is it just me, or is the comma after “Stuntman Mike” superfluous?

“Yes, Coffyhead, that is what I just said.”

“What the…? That is what you just said?”

“I don’t see why you have this compulsion to repeat everything I say.”

“What the…? I have this compulsion to repeat everything you say?”

Coffyhead’s really perculating now isn’t he?.

If Coffyhead ever goes straight he might get a job at Maxwell House!

I hate saying this, but the way the one way glass is reflecting on Liz is not attractive.

“Darnitall! I left my best sports coat and patent leathers in there! Now I’ll have to go to the ball in sneaks and a tee shirt. Hope my My Little Pony shirt is clean!”

Yes, who is “stuntman Mike”? And Neil is right about the art work on Liz’s face.

1-DT: I got these kind of mirrors in my bathrooms at home – so fun!

DOLL: WHAT? I’ve used your bathroom before! DT: I know…

2-SAM: Fine. You can have your one phone call…

3-COFFEEHEAD: Hi Scott. What?!?! The cops found the drugs I hid in the chairs? Wait…where are you now? THE PRECINCT PHONE?!?! YOU MORON! Sit tight. I’ll get Stuntman Mike. He’ll get us out of this. Who’s he? Well, I don’t know actually. I just know he’s omniscient and only appears at opportune moments AND THIS IS ONE OF THOSE! CLICK HEY LOOGIE – GET STUNTMAN MIKE OVER HERE, PRONTO! LOOGIE: Who?

Lizz and Sam nab one guy in the store. Where were in the rest of the workers? In the breakroom? Does this explain why Coffeyhead as Bart Simpson would put it is having a cow?

MOVIE QUOTE—

“But it’s too far,you’ll have to stay overnight!”

Maurice Kaufmann to Stefanie Powers—“DIE,MY DARLING!”—1965

Remember the old “Wandering Minstrel” from the Middle Ages? I think he is writing this story.

Are there any second-hand psychiatrist couches in that store.Our villain will be needing one soon.

And the rat-trap slowly but surely closes.

Okay,Coffeyhead…you were just given bad news. Now I suppose your next phone call will be to a lawyer.

I have a GREAT idea (cackles mindlessly) about resolving the Yeti situation. Make Clyde the spider the new Chief! Boot Patton, give Clyde a wisecracking, occasionally alcoholic fly partner (okay, we can make it a sugar addiction), and let HIM solve a few crimes! GENIUS!

My meds? Oh, right. forgot to take ’em this morning.

Might as well cut the salesman loose now Tracy…you’ve got nothing on him.

Lizz is lookin’ good with the longer locks again. Like! It looks like old Coffypot is about to over-percolate over the news of his shop’s abrupt closure by the police. If the lab tests on these bags are positive, they’ll have him for the drugs finally.

So, an unseen up to this point informant is responsible for bringing Coffyhead’s drug operation down? It sure seems to render the entire Matt./Dot View storyline pointless.

So, Custom Furnishings is Coffyhead’s cover for his drug importing, and Cawlie’s was just one retailer selling the Hot Cushions. Are there other individually-owned furniture stores that also deal in Custom Furnishings from Coffyhead, Inc.?

Is “Stuntman Mike” none other than New Driver? So far, Coffyhead seems not to suspect him, as in panel 3 he’s just learnig about the raid on Cawlie’s from somebody (who?) on the phone….