not April Fools comic news: Dick Tracy to solve the kidnapping of Little Orphan Annie...
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Remlik (aka remlik)
Apr 1 '14, 09:45
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Dick Tracy (written by Mike Curtis and drawn by Joe Staton) might not be the first place you’d look for comic-strip metacommentary, but the sequence that started March 23 seems to have a couple of different flavors. First is an in-universe newspaper-strip parody of Tracy himself (which is deliberately reminiscent of “Fearless Fosdick,” the Tracy parody from Li’l Abner); but more significant may be Tracy’s involvement in the search for none other than Little Orphan Annie. Fans of classic comics might remember that Little Orphan Annie ended its 86-year (!) run back in June 2010, and not exactly on the happiest of notes — namely, with Annie kidnapped and presumed dead. Leapin’ Lizards indeed!
Fortunately, Daddy Warbucks and his minions appear ready to reach out to Tracy, so it looks like Annie’s ordeal is coming to an end. Annie characters have appeared in Dick Tracy before, and Curtis and Staton even did a don’t-say-Batman pseudo-crossover where Tracy fought the Penguin’s brother. However, there’s nothing stealthy about this storyline. Like the Avengers defrosting Captain America, the Justice League and Justice Society rescuing the Seven Soldiers of Victory, or Fox Mulder and Dana Scully pulling Dale Cooper out of the Black Lodge (okay, that’s just my fan-fiction), it pushes all the right buttons. Tracy may have a deadline, though — Aug. 5 is Little Orphan Annie‘s 90th anniversary, and there’s a new Annie movie set for this Christmas. That reminds me — hope he remembers to drink his Ovaltine! (Tom Bondurant)
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he long running (86 years) comic strip had her being kiddnapped by mexican drug lords and the series ended on that note...
- link (robot6.comicbookresources.com)
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