Dick Tracy by Mike Curtis and Charles Ettinger for October 14, 2023

“I’ll be here, making sure this chair stays nice and warm.”

OMG…am I seeing things or imagining it?…

Lizz and Lee finally on a case?… has Mike or Eric heard the cries and have answered our prayers?…

or will this be yet another instance of the ladies making a quick hit ’n git appearance and disappear into the woodwork again after they have completed their contributions to the strip and the case?…

let’s have them make major contributions to the case and not just have them as window dressing and decorations as obligatory walk-ons…

Why do I feel like the last two weeks of this story feel like watching the 2nd ten minutes of a Law and Order episode?

Good morning™, all!

It’s great to see Lizz and Lee taking initiative and not just standing in the background in the office. It’s at least the second time we’ve seen them in this story, so it’s more than just a cameo appearance.

Good morning™, ladies in play !

Tracy can use all the help he can get on this one and his top cop dames are on the job. Both ladies are looking ‘well’ today.

Second look? Why you was too lazy to examines everything first time?

While they have lightbulb turned on ideas, there’s no lightbulb turned on above their heads.

Second look ? More like looking for a second girlfriend ! Maybe she will hook up with the uptight old book broad .

Let’s see what they find! May be interesting!

Shelley’s images of these beautiful ladies is just that " beautiful " top marks : )

Note to self; never leave it to a goat lover to convey a message!

A couple of you were concerned since I haven’t posted for a few days. That’s actually very nice of you.

All is well, I just got bored of posting about gay goats and smelly farts.

Nothing about this story interests me, so why waste everyone’s time.

I’m afraid I’ll turn into a miserable, nasty, shriveled up Viagra loving nut job like Firestrike!

Don’t worry(or, sorry), I’m coming back!!

Wheres the sweatbox Express when you need it?

Why does she need a tech to check the log book for suspicious names like “X Libris”? LOL

Well, I guess they need a motive too, so maybe the tech can help explain the missing Volume IV.

Okay, a more serious idea…Xaveria seems too smart to have signed in the day Aldus was last seen, if she was the killer. (If members were on an honor system, I would assume some of them would neglect to sign in as well as to sign out.) Unless the murder was not premeditated…

“I’ll just sit this one out.”

And so, inspired by CAGNEY AND LACEY, a new era begins as Tracy assumes his new role as New-Sam.

Rather than characters telling me what they are going to do, I would prefer seeing them do it. When they tell me rather than show me, I tend to think I’m being fed filler.

Setting us up for a razzle dazzle blockbuster of brobdignagian proportions tomorrow .

“Rare” book “Crimes”? Oh, fuddle-dee-doo, GOOD LUCK with THAT one, Liz!!

…nice near-silhouette-ing the ladies in P3…..gives the scene “punch”……..

The rich, snooty lady is behind it all. Thats how she became a rich snooty lady.

PFISTER! (Show of hands – who giggles every time they mention that?)

“I’m impressed by both of your initiatives. Let me know if you find anything, I’m going to take a nap.”

This is called putting on the Ritz………….

1-LIZ: I’m tired of being overlooked for promotions just because I’m a woman!

2-LEE: AND I’M tired of being overlooked for promotions just because I’m a black, gay woman!

3-DT: What’s that? Did you say you want to work undercover together or was I just imagining that in a sexual kind of way? ANYWHO…I gotta go pack for my “downstate” trip. Go write some parking tickets or something. DIS…MISSED!

What happened to Dick’s evening get-together with Ms. Icy??

We have come to a grinding halt, it seems in forward momentum with this case and are in the process of setting a Restart! It is good to see that both Lizz and Lee have angles to work on the case; but, jeepers, this should all have been done pretty much from the start!

Liz, Lee, Tracy, and Sam. And they are the entire staff of MCU? Dang! Sure, not like the tv detectives: Kojak, Major Crimes, Law & Order, Hunter, Naked City, M Squad, Felony Squad and 87th Precinct. Those series had main characters but there were others at headquarters to help carry the load.