# Comic strip crossover on Dick Tracy

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**Created:** [July 9, 2020, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comic-strip-crossover-on-dick-tracy/914841 "2020-07-09T16:52:57Z")\
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**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\
**Post date:** [July 9, 2020, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comic-strip-crossover-on-dick-tracy/914841/1 "2020-07-09T16:52:57Z")

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The Dick Tracy comic strip has done a few crossovers over the years, such as Batman and Little Orphan Annie, but this last Sunday they started a new one. Dethany from the strip Fastrack makes her first appearance in what looks to be a major storyline. The different styles of artwork are rather striking.

> **[Dick Tracy by Mike Curtis and Shelley Pleger for July 05, 2020 | GoComics.com](https://www.gocomics.com/dicktracy/2020/07/05)**
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> July 05, 2020

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**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\
**Post date:** [July 9, 2020, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comic-strip-crossover-on-dick-tracy/914841/2 "2020-07-09T22:45:55Z")

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I agree it’s striking, but that works on Dick Tracy. Dethany has looks and a name that sound like a Chet Gould-era Tracy villain.

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**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\
**Post date:** [July 10, 2020, 10:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comic-strip-crossover-on-dick-tracy/914841/3 "2020-07-10T10:32:39Z")

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This isn’t her first appearance.  
She first showed up when Tracey was after Abner Cadaver, & his sidekick Rikki Mortis.  
Who were Goth assassins for hire.  
Part of Mr Bribery’s Gang.

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**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\
**Post date:** [July 10, 2020, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comic-strip-crossover-on-dick-tracy/914841/4 "2020-07-10T14:17:26Z")

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How could I have forgotten? That was about three years ago or so, I think.

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**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\
**Post date:** [July 11, 2020, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comic-strip-crossover-on-dick-tracy/914841/5 "2020-07-11T00:37:49Z")

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I wish Stilletta Jones hadn’t been killed-off.

Great character.