The Dress Suit, Part 3

When we last left Doll Man he was hiding under a man's pillow.

To keep the man safe, of course.

But out of the closet -- as you might have guessed -- comes The Dress Suit!

It really IS the logical place to hide if you're a Dress Suit.

CLOMP.  Here comes The Dress Suit to death-stab the next partner of Dewey, Cheatham, & Howe.

This is usually the part where Samatha explains that the tiny man and the animated suit are all part of Darren's new ad campaign for the client's product.

Just how DID Mr. Tate get turned around like that?
I'm curious how they will animate this in Doll Man: The Animated Series.

"There it is, Mr. Tate!"? 

"Not that time, you didn't!"? 

If this weren't 1946, I'd assume Doll Man's dialog was AI-generated, because, while it's not irrelevant, it's definitely off-the-mark (just like The Dress Suit's knife).

Mr. Tate appears to suffer from episimokostoumiphobia.
Or perhaps maxilaropolemophobia.

Then the police show up, bringing machine guns to a pillow fight.

For all the good it does.

And the Dress Suit blithely clomp-clomps away, unimpeded.  

Remarkably cooperative and amenable police officers in Doll City, I must say.

Darrel Dane's next step, as he promised Martha Roberts, is to visit THE PENITENTIARY for an in-depth, detailed clue-gathering mission that would exhaust even Velma Dinkley!

And why WOULDN'T the Warden of the State Penitentiary be eager to cooperate with a RANDOM RESEARCH CHEMIST?  People, there's a reason that most superhero secret identities are police, reporters, or billionaires.

Well, I'm sure Darrel's research at the Penitentiary was just fascinating, but, we'll never know, since the next panels are:

In which Doll Man tours the Solar System before paying a visit to the next potential victim.

Lessee: Dagnam is dead (murdered by the Dress Suit); Tate is still alive (saved by Doll Man from being murdered by the Dress Suit); Weamer is dead, having died in prison (with his ghost animating the Dress Suit which was his trademark), and Sordin is... this guy:

"Hey, buddy; my eyes are down HERE!"

I guess we are to understand that by Doll Man Quarterly No. 9 (Summer 1946), Doll Man is a sufficiently well-known and publicly supported superhero that regular folk in Doll City don't FREAK OUT when a living action figure shows up at their door.

"Worried? Why, I've been distraught since I saw it on The Teletype!"

Mr. Sordin, a seasoned and generous host, goes to get Doll Man some refreshments: "Here's a Hydrox the size of your torso and a demitasse of coffee so large you could bathe in it."

Tomorrow: Refreshments are SERVED.