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1. about 17 hours ago on Dick Tracy

   The craft looks like it belongs in the Coast Guard fleet. The Chicago River off of Lake Michigan would not be out of the way. There are numerous harbors on the lakefront.

   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_equipment_of_the_United_States_Coast_Guard#/media/File:United_States_Coast_Guard_current_and_future_acquisition_programs.gif

2. about 18 hours ago on Dick Tracy

   Love the b&w. Good visual variety as we move from a medium shot of Sam and Tracy at work, to Tracy checking out Dollar Bill’s file, to the location of which Tracy speaks: dock security trolling the wharf. Like the blue balloon, Dollar Bill is (was) a floater.

3. 1 day ago on Dick Tracy

   Tiger is caged. Aquarius hopes some time in the box will loosen Tiger’s tongue. Tiger might like it were Sam and Tracy keeping an eye on the “commune.” The MCU is working to take down a supplier, with Dollar Bill’s presence at the morgue an added complication. Aquarius is unaware of Tiger’s connection to the dead dealer and seems equally clueless as to the contents of the blue balloon. Might the MCU grab up two birds in one bush? Elsewhere, Pouch is starting to sweat as the clock ticks down on his grace period. More of the good stuff.

   Thanks to all for the generous likes. Very much appreciated.

4. 2 days ago on Dick Tracy

   See wine bottles emptied out. A pizza box forlorn

   On a mission. Sent by Pouch. Slip out before the ‘morn.

   Cheesecake sleeps as Tiger creeps in search of blue balloon

   “Almost too easy,” he does smirk. That notion ends so soon.

   Aquarian Age, once all the rage, a memory of times past

   Tiger Lilly’s luck runs out. Might this day be his last?

   Hammer in hand. Aggressive band. The questioning begins

   He’ll tell them what they wish to hear. Confess to all his sins.

   Just to avoid some shattered bones. For Pouch he shall not die

   Locked away this fateful day, he heaves a heavy sigh.

   In isolation, agitation. This is a tight spot

   There are two ways about it. He’ll survive or he shall not.

5. 2 days ago on In Security

   I fondly recall the Patreon sketch of Ellie giving the lamp a loving gaze in the aftermath of the “date.” Tremendous. Don’t slap down Hubbs when he reaches out, Ellie. Stand by your man in the glass box.

6. 3 days ago on Dick Tracy

   Not a spider’s bite or webbing but balloon strings have this criminal all tangled up in a hue of blue.

7. 3 days ago on Dick Tracy

   Swing and miss!

   Enough of this

   Take him to The Room.

   Contemplate

   A gruesome fate

   No escaping doom.

8. 4 days ago on Dick Tracy

   While the suggestion of imminent violence got a pass, I agree that we are not likely to see serious injury or death. In volume seven of The Complete Dick Tracy, we see Kitty dead, brutally murdered by Krome. We witness Krome nursing a “throbbing, bullet-shattered arm.” Later, we see Sugar dead, thrown through a car windshield. We subsequently see Mole murder Duke, although Duke’s face is just out of view and off panel. The dead Duke is seen prone on the floor in the next day’s strip. Later, Tracy puts a bullet through Baggo, killing him. Plenty of violence in the 1941-42 volume. Newspaper circulation was robust.

9. 5 days ago on In Security

   You’re not really a hockey player if you have all of your teeth. Draft her!

10. 5 days ago on Dick Tracy

    Good stuff! Criminals getting violent with other criminals is an action staple of which Gould made good use. When Duke paid Mole to hide out in his underground lair his days were numbered. His mistake in thinking he could rob Mole was his last. Mole strangled Duke (11/21/41) and no tears were shed. Aquarius, Ty, and the Big Fella have Tiger trapped. Going downstairs under duress could mean leaving in a bag…or bags. Great action, well suited to the striking b&w panels. Now, where is that blasted blue balloon? Either Aquarius gave it to (the as yet unseen) Auntie Bellum or it is a floater.