Screwball and Cueball as the heavies working for B-B Eyes! Great! But will Junior’s cover be blown? Will Honeymoon’s risky observation and report back to Pop Pop save the day? Stay tuned for the continuing adventures of Dick Tracy!
I took it as the crooks being savvy enough to know about radios, televisions, computers, and genees, that any high-tech looking wrist device, even if it’s not something they recognize as being brand spanking new, would set off some alarm bells (and has). Interesting heavies. I’m not very familiar with the serial/movie Tracy, though I recognized Cueball as being from such. Of all the improvements the team has made over the previous runs, the best one has been the fact that Sundays are actually useful and interesting again, a highlight for the week!
Indeed, many rogues managed to escape the ‘ultimate’ punishment as it were. Broadway Bates, Larceny Lu, The Blank, Boris Arson, Mamma (but not Jerome Trohs), Trigger Doom, Littleface Finny, Tiger Lilly, Measles, Mumbles, Shoulders (though he was presumed dead in his first story, and he did not survive his second encounter), Coffyhead (although I forget, did he get reformed during that 50th anniversary shindig?), Black Pearl, Deafy Sweetfellow, Blowtop, Sleet, The Pouch (hmmm, I swear I’ve seen his face a few times recently. Oh well), Haf n’ Haf, Ogden (but not Spots…say…I think I’ve seen that rogue poet around too…you can’t fool me with that warthog disguise…), Hypo….Many were killed, but many more were apprehended. There were only two ways that a rogue could end up in a Gould story, and these individuals were the lucky ones…
Of course, my Neon Noodle campaign hasn’t been as successful as I hoped, so I thought I would lobby for Honeymoon’s pet cat. In fact, I probably shouldn’t even use this image as my avatar…it’s probably a spoiler…I’m certain it’s only a matter of time…
As for the Wrist Wizard… chances are the criminal element knows by now that the police wear some sort of wrist gadget at one time or another. Suspicious tech on the wrist? In that town, that’s a cop.
Re: Crimestoppers: when my brother was 8, he decided to walk home from school instead of take the bus. At the time, the only thing between our new house in Anaheim and the school was orange groves. Needless to say, he got lost. When a policeman found him wandering around, he was able to give all the information listed above and was taken home immediately.
Cueball! I can’t believe it! Although, considering all the neat inside stuff Mike, Joe & Co. have given us, I shouldn’t be surprised. Thanks again!
@scuttlebutt99 and others —Ease off Junior. Screwball is just paranoid and couldn’t possibly have recognized Junior’s Wrist Wizard. I’m betting BB Eyes won’t recognize it either.But will he see through Junior’s disguise…?
If anything, I was trying to make the point that in comics today, almost NOBODY dies (Well, Joe killed Ch’p) in GLCorps, but I digress) because nobody wants to lose a great character, or more correctly the trademark for one. Endless characters from comics sure LOOKED dead, but once the sales figures came in, were hastily saved from a fate worse than the frying pan.
But I stand by my happiness for seeing those classic characters making a comeback. The average person who’s onlyheard of the strip and rarely read it think Pruneface and Flattop show up every third story. The cartoons from the sixties and seventies commonly used villains like Breathless Mahoney regardless of their life-status.
They’re what people expect, so I don’t see a problem with finding a way to bring them back.
Having B.B. eyes in DVD bootlegging is sheer brilliance. As readers of the original adventure, know, B.B. was a black marketeer, so this is exACTly up his alley. Whether or not he seals Junior in a giant candle, we shall have to see.
Well, both Jack Lambert and THE CLAW are dead, so figure that one out guys. Karloff would appreciate if there’s a Gruesome reprise. I Like Cueball though.
The villain from the RKO noir film DICK TRACY VS. CUEBALL was killed when he was run over by a train during a shootout with Tracy at the end of that film, and, moreover, was not African-American, so this guy is another character who just happens to share the same nickname.
This, by the way, is not unheard of in the real-life criminal underworld. Both Al Capone and Joe DiGiovanni, for example, were known as “Scarface.” Jack McGurn and George Kelly both acquired the nickname “Machine Gun.” George Moran and Benny Siegel were both called (though rarely to their faces) “Bugs” or “Bugsy.” And Jack White and Tommy Lucchese were both known as “Three-FIngers.”
As for the other characters from the four TRACY features series released by RKO, The Claw (from DICK TRACY’S DILEMMA) was electrocuted and Gruesome (from DICK TRACY MEETS GRUESOME, the worst of the four in my opinion, notwithstanding the legendary Karloff’s presence) was burned to death, so both are unavailable.
Only Splitface (played by the great Mike Mazurki in the first and best film in the series, DICK TRACY – DETECTIVE) is available, since Tracy managed to take him alive. But that’s only assuming that there are no legal problems with using characters created especially for the films.
And while we’re on the subject, all the villains from the four Republic serials, the Spider from DICK TRACY, Pa Stark and his murderous sons from DICK TRACY RETURNS, Nicholas Zarnoff from DICK TRACY’S G-MEN, and the Ghost from DICK TRACY VS. CRIME, INC., are all, like their RKO collegaues, “not only merely dead, but really most sincerely dead.” And, in any case, since the Republic films, great though they are, depicted Tracy as a West Coast FBI Agent rather than a Midwestern city cop, they are outside of Canon.
It is just my opinion of course, but I think Joe, Mike, Shelley and Shane have done something never done before. I think they took a dead strip and brought it to a level not seen since the golden years of Gould’s best strips … at times I think it is even better. I’m sure the folks at King Features would say that the new crew working on Prince Valiant did as much for that strip, but I don’t think John Cullen Murphy had allowed PV to sink as low as Locher allowed DT to sink. Like I said … just my opinion.
OneUrantian almost 13 years ago
Hmmm…. Without using that big “S” in the sign, it looks the place is called “Tar Truck Video”.
The artwork is VERY nice. And, Junior better watch out.
doctor075 almost 13 years ago
Cueball?Another blast from the past!
Donald Benson Premium Member almost 13 years ago
Was Cueball ever in the comic strip? I thought he was invented for one of the B movies.
Sisyphos almost 13 years ago
Screwball and Cueball as the heavies working for B-B Eyes! Great! But will Junior’s cover be blown? Will Honeymoon’s risky observation and report back to Pop Pop save the day? Stay tuned for the continuing adventures of Dick Tracy!
Aaron Mimura almost 13 years ago
I took it as the crooks being savvy enough to know about radios, televisions, computers, and genees, that any high-tech looking wrist device, even if it’s not something they recognize as being brand spanking new, would set off some alarm bells (and has). Interesting heavies. I’m not very familiar with the serial/movie Tracy, though I recognized Cueball as being from such. Of all the improvements the team has made over the previous runs, the best one has been the fact that Sundays are actually useful and interesting again, a highlight for the week!
Aaron
coratelli almost 13 years ago
Cueball!!!
Aaron Mimura almost 13 years ago
@Vbartilucci from yesterday:
Indeed, many rogues managed to escape the ‘ultimate’ punishment as it were. Broadway Bates, Larceny Lu, The Blank, Boris Arson, Mamma (but not Jerome Trohs), Trigger Doom, Littleface Finny, Tiger Lilly, Measles, Mumbles, Shoulders (though he was presumed dead in his first story, and he did not survive his second encounter), Coffyhead (although I forget, did he get reformed during that 50th anniversary shindig?), Black Pearl, Deafy Sweetfellow, Blowtop, Sleet, The Pouch (hmmm, I swear I’ve seen his face a few times recently. Oh well), Haf n’ Haf, Ogden (but not Spots…say…I think I’ve seen that rogue poet around too…you can’t fool me with that warthog disguise…), Hypo….Many were killed, but many more were apprehended. There were only two ways that a rogue could end up in a Gould story, and these individuals were the lucky ones…
Aaron
Aaron Mimura almost 13 years ago
Of course, my Neon Noodle campaign hasn’t been as successful as I hoped, so I thought I would lobby for Honeymoon’s pet cat. In fact, I probably shouldn’t even use this image as my avatar…it’s probably a spoiler…I’m certain it’s only a matter of time…
Aaron
Aaron Mimura almost 13 years ago
Oh, and of course one of these days I’ll have to get a little more organized on Sundays. At 2 in the morning.
Aaron
Chris Colvard almost 13 years ago
Cueball!! Now, where’s Gruesome?
As for the Wrist Wizard… chances are the criminal element knows by now that the police wear some sort of wrist gadget at one time or another. Suspicious tech on the wrist? In that town, that’s a cop.
436rge almost 13 years ago
The little boy pictured in the Crimestopper looks like Boog from Gasoline Alley.
Morrow Cummings almost 13 years ago
In the new DT, the cops aren’t supposed to be sloppy. A year ago, I’d expect it. No, I’d bet money on it!
s.gottlieb almost 13 years ago
Starstruck Videos, Hmmm… Does Elaine Lee know about this? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starstruck_(comics)
willamp almost 13 years ago
JanLC almost 13 years ago
Re: Crimestoppers: when my brother was 8, he decided to walk home from school instead of take the bus. At the time, the only thing between our new house in Anaheim and the school was orange groves. Needless to say, he got lost. When a policeman found him wandering around, he was able to give all the information listed above and was taken home immediately.
Can't Sleep almost 13 years ago
Cueball! I can’t believe it! Although, considering all the neat inside stuff Mike, Joe & Co. have given us, I shouldn’t be surprised. Thanks again!
@scuttlebutt99 and others —Ease off Junior. Screwball is just paranoid and couldn’t possibly have recognized Junior’s Wrist Wizard. I’m betting BB Eyes won’t recognize it either.But will he see through Junior’s disguise…?
APersonOfInterest almost 13 years ago
Joe, Mike, Shelley and Shane … I think Dick Tracy should get the Ruben for best syndicated strip in 2012 !!!! You ARE the best.
Morrow Cummings almost 13 years ago
Wonder if Junior took off his Wyatt Earp badge before he went undecover?
Vbartilucci almost 13 years ago
Well Ken in Ohio and idesama certainly showd ME…
If anything, I was trying to make the point that in comics today, almost NOBODY dies (Well, Joe killed Ch’p) in GLCorps, but I digress) because nobody wants to lose a great character, or more correctly the trademark for one. Endless characters from comics sure LOOKED dead, but once the sales figures came in, were hastily saved from a fate worse than the frying pan.
But I stand by my happiness for seeing those classic characters making a comeback. The average person who’s onlyheard of the strip and rarely read it think Pruneface and Flattop show up every third story. The cartoons from the sixties and seventies commonly used villains like Breathless Mahoney regardless of their life-status.
They’re what people expect, so I don’t see a problem with finding a way to bring them back.
Having B.B. eyes in DVD bootlegging is sheer brilliance. As readers of the original adventure, know, B.B. was a black marketeer, so this is exACTly up his alley. Whether or not he seals Junior in a giant candle, we shall have to see.
mumbles almost 13 years ago
Well, both Jack Lambert and THE CLAW are dead, so figure that one out guys. Karloff would appreciate if there’s a Gruesome reprise. I Like Cueball though.
Ken in Ohio almost 13 years ago
@Vbartilucci:Thanks for joining in the fun and helping us remember all these classic characters.
Vista Bill Raley and Comet™ almost 13 years ago
Good afternoon all…
Weegel almost 13 years ago
The villain from the RKO noir film DICK TRACY VS. CUEBALL was killed when he was run over by a train during a shootout with Tracy at the end of that film, and, moreover, was not African-American, so this guy is another character who just happens to share the same nickname.
This, by the way, is not unheard of in the real-life criminal underworld. Both Al Capone and Joe DiGiovanni, for example, were known as “Scarface.” Jack McGurn and George Kelly both acquired the nickname “Machine Gun.” George Moran and Benny Siegel were both called (though rarely to their faces) “Bugs” or “Bugsy.” And Jack White and Tommy Lucchese were both known as “Three-FIngers.”
As for the other characters from the four TRACY features series released by RKO, The Claw (from DICK TRACY’S DILEMMA) was electrocuted and Gruesome (from DICK TRACY MEETS GRUESOME, the worst of the four in my opinion, notwithstanding the legendary Karloff’s presence) was burned to death, so both are unavailable.
Only Splitface (played by the great Mike Mazurki in the first and best film in the series, DICK TRACY – DETECTIVE) is available, since Tracy managed to take him alive. But that’s only assuming that there are no legal problems with using characters created especially for the films.
And while we’re on the subject, all the villains from the four Republic serials, the Spider from DICK TRACY, Pa Stark and his murderous sons from DICK TRACY RETURNS, Nicholas Zarnoff from DICK TRACY’S G-MEN, and the Ghost from DICK TRACY VS. CRIME, INC., are all, like their RKO collegaues, “not only merely dead, but really most sincerely dead.” And, in any case, since the Republic films, great though they are, depicted Tracy as a West Coast FBI Agent rather than a Midwestern city cop, they are outside of Canon.
APersonOfInterest almost 13 years ago
It is just my opinion of course, but I think Joe, Mike, Shelley and Shane have done something never done before. I think they took a dead strip and brought it to a level not seen since the golden years of Gould’s best strips … at times I think it is even better. I’m sure the folks at King Features would say that the new crew working on Prince Valiant did as much for that strip, but I don’t think John Cullen Murphy had allowed PV to sink as low as Locher allowed DT to sink. Like I said … just my opinion.
GESWho almost 13 years ago
I want one of those Droid Phone thingies. :)