Dick Tracy, 12/15/25

For a month now, we've all been like, "Who or what is the Ghost Cat? We've been told he'll appear when needed -- obviously that will be some time during this storyline but when?” Well, today we've got answers. What is the Ghost Cat? He's Batman, or at least as close to Batman as you can get without infringing on the intellectual property rights of DC Comics, Warner Bros. Discovery, and Netflix/Paramount Skydance [TBD by 2027]. He's close enough to the real deal to strike fear into the hearts of criminals, anyway, so much fear that they self-censor when saying even mild swear words. Who is the Ghost Cat? Well, it seems pretty clear that he's just Buford, the lawman who showed up in Neo-Chicago with this case yammering about the Ghost Cat in the first place, in an elaborate costume.

Honestly the part I'm most unsure about is the "when" component. Sure, sometimes the conventional law enforcement apparatus can't deal with a specific injustice and only a costumed vigilante can restore righteous order, that's something we understand and believe, but Dick and Buford were in hot pursuit of some suspects after an informant planted a tracker on their vehicle, and then said suspects ran out to confront them while they were just parked legally at the curb, a scenario where I'm pretty sure the police-friendly Neo-Chicago courts would give retroactive license for them to go nuts, so I'm not sure why he felt like he had to go "Ghost Cat" mode. Who am I to judge, though? If he needs a fursuit to fight crime properly, that's his business.