Subject Matter
Genres:
crime, mystery
Character(s):
Dick Tracy; Tess Trueheart; Pat Patton; Pruneface; Itchy Oliver; Itchy's construction site goons; various police; Mumbles (bullet-ridden corpse); Police Chief Brandon; Shoulders; Shoulders' killer-goons; Marge (Shoulders' girl); Junky Doolb; Flattop Jones
First Line:
"...It's an insult, an offense to the entire city."
Synopsis:
In 1947, Pat Patton, now teamed with Tracy and Tess Trueheart, investigates the disappearance of his brother who has gone missing from Itchy and Pruneface's construction site. Tracy and Patton (now deputized) pull a raid on Itchy but find not the expected drugs but building materials. Shoulders and his goons ride up, tommy guns blazing, and execute both cops and Itchy's men as a warning from Lips Manlis. Tess finds Mumbles dead despite being in police protective custody. Given these events, Tracy begins to suspect a spy within the department. Flattop guns down Junky, another Manlis associate.
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:
Miscellaneous
Pages:
22
Notes:
The theme of "traitors" goes beyond someone(s) rotten in the police department, extending back to World War II where Pat Patton tells Tracy of the origin of Pruneface.
PATTON: "Word was he was a traitor. Sold out his squad to save his own neck. Gave the enemy their location, but things didn't go as planned."
PATTON (continues): "Pruneface managed to distance himself from his squad when the attack happened. But luckily, he learned a simple lesson... firebombing is rarely accurate."
PATTON (continues): "Every man in Pruneface's squad died that day. Every man except HIM."
For two panels, Pruneface is seen staggering through the bombing, engulfed in flames and screaming in agony. Then, in a third, he emerges severely scarred - but with eyes bulging wide open and convulsing in completely mad laughter... a la The Joker. In response to this revelation, Tracy momentarily drifts into thoughts of his WWII flashback nightmare of the previous issue. ...A possible connection?
Detail
Mad Cave Studios
0 
Notes:
Germany
Norway
Sweden
United Kingdom
My Collection
My Favorite Pages
Ask for Support
Report Bug
Review Site
