Dick Tracy by Mike Curtis and Charles Ettinger for December 30, 2023

Good morning™, everybody!

Yes, Rikki, we’d all like to know the answer to that question, but Mike is keeping it a secret from us for at least one more day.

Also, what does Rikki have hidden in her prison uniform top?

yes, who ARE you?…

Rikki’s starting to look like she’s part of the Addams family. I don’t like how Shelley’s drawing her.

The mystery lady will turn out to be a relative of Abner’s(sister, niece, etc) seeking revenge against Tracy.

Has potential.

“Afraido”?

Fettuwhat? What on earth be that odd lookin purple goop? Better no touch it. And what with that odd blue colour skin and violet hair and yellow eyes? Obviously they no let you colour hair in prison. She an outer space alien eh. So that purple goop must be some sorta alien food eh.

Good morning™, indignant demands !

She is almost pretty … if she had on a more pleasant countenance. If her outfit is a prison jumpsuit where is the Tracyville jail lettering ?

Rikki reminds me of Raven from the “Teen Titans” cartoon. >

Quid Pro Co is coming. It will be interesting to see what strings are attached. Rikki has “skills”. Now if I just remember what they are.

I thought she avoided prison and where is her baby ?

She woke up in a cell in prison

A strange lady knew her name

She said, “You can sleep at my home tonight

If you can get up and walk this way”

She staggered off to the back of her car

And fell asleep slumped in the rear

Now she’s livin’ in the Bates Motel

What the h**l’s goin’ on ’round here?

-after Townshend, Daltrey and Co.

Who am I? I’m the one to tell ya: “I’m AFRAIDO you’re puttin’ the fettuccine in the wrong place..”

“In life I was your partner, Jacob Marley. And you’re here for a New Year’s carol.”

That woman is too tall to be Janice Trohs, who’s dead anyway. I’m beginning to wonder if she’s Prunella, Angel Top, or Trendy, whose hubby Uppwardly Mobile was killed at a health spa back in 1986.

Well it ain’t Gwengoolie!

Rikki looks like another villain, Poison Ivy… In her previous appearances, she was bone white…

What is with constantly using this old saw of hiding a face for the purpose of some perceived dramatic reveal later in the story?

I mean, gosh, what a good idea and so fresh and so innovative because we’ve obviously never seen anything like it before. /sarc

What is Rikki reaching for in her neckline?

“Afraido” that was funny.

“I am your daughter, come back through a breach in time to save you, Mommy!”

1-RIKKI TIKKI TAVI: A plate of raw hamburger??? Dag! Even prison food gets cooked first…

2-…Oh, I see. Your food is cooked_ and mine isn’t – a classic Power Play. Well, lemme change the dynamic by…

3-…WHIPPING OUT A 22 AND A HALF! If I got ‘em both out, I’d be pulling out my 45’s but I’m only pulling out one so it’s a… awh, fawgedaboud it and just pass the salt.

“I am Xaviera Libris’ relative, Bookem Dano.”

Maybe this stranger is Plentia’s sister, Diggia, who added an ‘r’ to her last name: Corpz.

The question “Who are you?” is a classic philosophical inquiry that delves into the nature of identity and self-awareness. From a philosophical standpoint, responses can vary based on different perspectives. Some might approach it from a personal identity angle, discussing their roles, relationships, or experiences. Others might take a more existential or metaphysical stance, exploring concepts like consciousness and existence.

♪ ♫ “Who are you? Who, Who? Who, Who?” ♫ ♪

Oh no, the poor wordplay, it must mean that the mystery person is Ed Crankshaft in drag!

Rikki’s eyes seem more almond-shaped and less round than they used to be, to my recollection. "Fettuccini Afraido (rather than “Alfredo”) is a meaningful alteration in some way from the Mystery Woman who “got” Rikki out of prison (prison break? bail? conviction overturned on a technicality?)—to what end? What does the Mystery Woman want with Rikki?

And what is Rikki doing in panel 3? I’d say she was tucking in her napkin, if she had one. Others above have suggested adjusting her bra (seems like a totally irrelevant gesture) or perhaps extracting something she had hidden in her cleavage, such as a shank/shiv. For the nonce, her gesture is as much a mystery as the identity of the person whose “guest” she now is….

I hope this mysterious lady doesn’t have a beard.

I’m guessing the benfactor is a part of Abner’s family and they want her baby

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