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COVER DETAILS
Title:
The Case of Wormy and His Deadly Wagon
Characters:
Dick Tracy; Wormy
Pencils:
Joe Simon
Inks:
Joe Simon
Notes:
Art credit based on Joe Simon's comments in his book The Comic Book Makers.
STORY DETAILS
Title:
The Case Of The Interrupted Honeymoon
Characters:
Dick Tracy; Tess
Synopsis:
Dick Tracy gets married to Tess.
Pages:
13.000
Script:
Chester Gould
Pencils:
Chester Gould
Inks:
Chester Gould
Letters:
Chester Gould
Synopsis:
Warnings against mail-order schools, stamp dealers, miracle suits, weight loss products.
Pages:
1.000
Pencils:
Rudy Palais
Inks:
Rudy Palais
Notes:
This feature appears between pages 1 and 2 of the first part of "Case of the Interrupted Honeymoon."
Title:
The Clue in the Diary
Characters:
Arnold Howell; Fred Wilcox
Synopsis:
A diary holds the key to solving a bank robbery.
Pages:
0.900
Letters:
typeset
Characters:
Barnard Barnet; Bertha Barnet
Synopsis:
Barnard solves the murder of a friend.
Pages:
2.000
Pencils:
Art Peddy
Inks:
John Belfi
Synopsis:
A brief history of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, highlighting significant events.
Pages:
1.000
Pencils:
Rudy Palais
Inks:
Rudy Palais
Title:
The Interrupted Honeymoon Part 2
Characters:
Dick Tracy; Tess Tracy; Sam Ketcham; Wormy
Synopsis:
Even though battered after being dragged for miles behind a car, Tracy sets out to find the identity of the man who dragged him. Meanwhile, Wormy returns to the paint shop and begins changing the color of his car. Unknowingly, the exhaust from the gasoline-powered compressor is pooling inside the car where his wife has gone to keep warm. Wormy finishes painting the car, only to find his wife suffocated inside it.
Pages:
7.750
Script:
Chester Gould
Pencils:
Chester Gould
Inks:
Chester Gould
Letters:
Chester Gould
Notes:
Story continues in the next issue on sale May 14th.
Title:
The Couriers!
Characters:
Special Agent Pete Carlin; Achmed ben Yusef
Synopsis:
A courier makes a tricky exchange.
Pages:
0.800
Letters:
typeset
Characters:
Myra Martin; Glenn Wilson; Peter Salont; Carl Norman
Synopsis:
Did Carl Kill Peter?
Pages:
1.000
Title:
Footprints
Characters:
Jim Byrne; Baldy
Synopsis:
Jim Byrne tracks killers in Australia.
Pages:
0.800
Letters:
typeset
Characters:
The Count; Victor Carter; Hugh Carter
Synopsis:
How Did The Count Know Victor Killed Hugh?
Pages:
1.000
Title:
The Los Angeles Police Reserve Corps
Synopsis:
A brief history of the Los Angeles Police Reserve.
Pages:
0.800
Letters:
typeset
Characters:
Sparkle Plenty; Gravel Gertie
Synopsis:
Sparkle and Gravel let loose a chicken and Sparkle attempts to retrieve it.
Pages:
1.000
Title:
The Lost Millionaire
Characters:
Inspector Eugene Cloud; Thaddeus Sloan; Marcia Lane
Synopsis:
Inspector Cloud searches for Marcia Lane's uncle.
Pages:
1.000
Pencils:
Vic Carrabotta
Inks:
Vic Carrabotta
Letters:
typeset
Notes:
Text story with small illustration.
Characters:
Dick Tracy; Sam Catchem; Mugg the dog; Pop Stoltz; Janie Stoltz; Ted Tellum
Synopsis:
Wormy's hideout behind the scoreboard is discovered, he manages to escape just ahead of Tracy. He makes his way to a house that is also the studio of radio personality Ted Tellum. Tellum likes Wormy's voice and offers to hide him from the police if he'll become part of his radio program.
Pages:
12.000
Script:
Chester Gould
Pencils:
Chester Gould
Inks:
Chester Gould
Letters:
Chester Gould
Notes:
Continuation of Dick Tracy and the Case of the Interrupted Honeymoon.
Title:
Quantico, Virginia is only a spot on the map.
Synopsis:
A brief account of the activities that occur at FBI training headquarters.
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