Dick Tracy by Mike Curtis and Charles Ettinger for July 13, 2019

Good morning™, question closers!

… and with a summary “Goodbye,” I think we are finished with this storyline. I’m still working on some Annie stuff I’ve been researching and I will try to get some of that up later today. By the way, the character with the most speaking days in this story was Dick Tracy, in case any of you think that he wasn’t participating in his own strip. Full stats will be posted later today.

Goodbye and see you later. Maybe!!

Good morning™, and goodbye old friends !

Where’s a good subpoena when you need one ?

And it is left to us to speculate as the next story begins.

What did Tracy expect? I recall reading a sunday strip of LOA when Trixie, disappointed by the ship on which she would cruise, eventually dived to the sea. Warbucks apparently did not spend much effort to recuperate her. And he’s loath to reveal his probable neglicgence to Tracy. According to the Comics Curmudgeon site he nay have killed her, but I strongly doubt this. Tracy could find his reticence suspicious, but Wabucks couldn’t care less.

Annie did not even say goodbye to her friends – Honeymoon and Crystal.

Speaking of H&C, where were they these past few days? Still having a good time in the hotel pool?

Nailed it.

Very cold exit. Didn’t even call him by his name. Could be a very long time before we ever see the likes of Daddy W. in Tracyville….I hope that doesn’t exclude Annie, ’cause the interplay between the three tweens was kinda cute.

Well, Tracy at least tried.

Oliver Warbucks uses “Goodbye” like Bilbo Baggins uses “Good day”.

Hey, copper. I’m in the 0.00001%. I don’t have to answer your silly questions.

Move along Officer Tracy!!!

I don’t think it was a good idea to dis Tracy like that, it should make him more determined to find out what happened to Trixie.

…….Ò_Ó!

Whoo-HOO! It got chilly in here…

What a striking second panel. Wonderful art work!

Geez, like we needed a close-up of those all white creepy eyes!

1- WARBUX: Check this out Tracy… 2- It’s a glass floor to the room below. I like to walk across it while going commando in a kilt. Hardly anyone stays in that room more than 10 minutes after seeing that. And if they do I just hitch up the kilt and sit on the floor awhile. TRACY: Urp…which way’s the toilet…

This strip jerks us around like the last two seasons of Lost. Bad form, painted themselves into a literary corner. Storytellers wanted

Tomorrow we will get the big reveal! After Tracy leaves, “Warbucks” will pull of the mask that covers “his” whole head, to reveal that “he” is really Trixie Tinkle all these years! Trixie found a way to get Warbucks’ wealth without divorcing him. It was the perfect crime! With all that wealth, she found she could tolerate the presence of Annie (keep your friends close, but your enemies closer.) As long as Trixie kept feeding Sandy steak at every meal, the dog was willing to play along.

So what if Annie was supposed to inhere Warbucks’ wealth he died. Trixie planned to blow through most of it, and had hidden away a large stash for when it came time to for Warbucks to “die.” She would then assume yet another new identity……………..

Alright, after being teased about the mystery of Trixie Tinkle, we deserve some sort of big reveal on Sunday.

Well, there you go. Classic brushoff.

The door’s over there, Detective Tracy. See you again next summer, maybe.

Will Tracy try to force the issue, calling on the court system? Qui bono? I think he won’t…..