Dick Tracy (comic strip)/WMG

The wacky looking villains of the Dick Tracy universe aren't even human
They're mutants, aliens, or Half Human Hybrids.

Flattop didn't die
And the name Flattop Jr. was a cover for his immortality.

Dick Tracy is Chester Gould.
His human form was stuck here writing his other form's stories as he encounters them. After his retirement, he was free to gradually merge the two worlds, unfortunately resulting in the loss of his real human body.
 * Who said the real "Chester" body was the real one anyway?
 * But how do you explain the Tracy strips after his retirement?
 * How do you explain the gradual decline of coherence?