D. J. David B. Spins Comics-Tunes: Dick Tracy, Crime-Fighting Pioneer
We haven’t turned the Tuesday Comics Tunes spotlight on Dick Tracy since 2010 (and 2008 before that).
So I think it’s time to turn our attention to the world’s greatest detective. Yes, before Batman, before CSI, and before Forensic Files, good old Plainclothes Tracy was scouring crime scenes and studying exit wounds in graphic detail. You have to give credit to Chester Gould. He was way ahead of his time. It was only this year that Samsung introduced a real two-way wrist radio, the Galaxy Gear watch. Dick Tracy had that decades ago!
My favorite thing about Dick Tracy are the bizarre villains. Some of them are plum nuts! In fact, Plum Nuts was the name of one of Tracy’s toughest foes. (No, he wasn’t.)
So let’s take listen to this totally mental instrumental track by The Ventures entitled “Dick Tracy.” We featured The Ventures way back on Tuesday April 29, 2026 if you want more info about one of my favorite bands (and one that recorded songs about more comic characters than any I’ve been able to find).
Click the link below and make up your own bizarre lyrics!
— DJ David B.
