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COVER DETAILS
Characters:
Dick Tracy; Junior Tracy; Mugg
Pencils:
Joe Simon [as Chester Gould]
Inks:
Joe Simon [as Chester Gould]
STORY DETAILS
Title:
Dick Tracy and the Case of the Killer's Revenge
Characters:
Dick Tracy; Tess Tracy; Junior Tracy; Sam Catchem; Mugg; Blowtop; Dipsy
Synopsis:
Angered over the death of his brother, Flattop, Blowtop rigs explosives to the wiring outside Tracy's house. He drugs Tracy's dog, Mugg. While Tracy takes Mugg to the veterinarian, Blowtop makes the final attachments to the explosives, and his gang returns at night to make sure everything will work as planned. Junior spots them from his bedroom window, but they trap him and put him inside a barrel. Tracy and Tess barely escape when the dynamite explodes and sets fire to their house. Tracy believes that Junior was caught in the explosion and flames.
Pages:
13.000
Script:
Joe Simon (splash panel); Chester Gould
Pencils:
Joe Simon (splash panel); Chester Gould
Inks:
Joe Simon (splash panel); Chester Gould
Letters:
? (splash panel); Chester Gould
Pages:
1.000
Notes:
This feature appears between pages 1 and 2 of the first Dick Tracy story.
Title:
The White Deer
Pages:
1.000
Pencils:
? (illustration)
Inks:
Jack Kirby (illustration)
Letters:
typeset
Title:
"I've been tailing these jewel thieves for a week now"
Characters:
Myra Martin; Glenn Wilson
Pages:
1.000
Notes:
Myra solves a crime where two criminals are using a joint safety deposit box to communicate with each other.
Title:
Trapping a Murderer!
Characters:
Green Hornet
Pages:
1.000
Letters:
typeset
Notes:
next app. in FOUR COLOR COMICS #496
Characters:
Boris Gehrhart; Inspector Kelly; Pete Nickel; Frank Montalbo; Rudy Bock; Joe Rorski; Len Reardon; Aldo Davis
Synopsis:
Boris solves the murder of a gang boss.
Pages:
1.000
Characters:
Dick Tracy; Tess Tracy; Junior Tracy; Blowtop; Sam Catchem; Oliver the milkman; Mugg
Synopsis:
Blowtop and his men seal Junior in a barrel and send it rolling slowly toward a 250-foot drop into an abandoned quarry. As they leave, they pass a patrol car. The patrolmen report the incident to Tracy. The barrel holding Junior is stopped by a turtle, and Tracy and Sam arrive at the quarry just in time to keep Junior from rolling off the edge of a cliff. Blowtop is having little luck fencing stolen cash and hides in a hotel. Vitamin Flintheart unknowingly enters the room, thinking it's his own. Believing Blowtop to be a rich investor, Vitamin talks him into producing a play.
Pages:
8.000
Script:
Chester Gould
Pencils:
Chester Gould
Inks:
Chester Gould
Letters:
c
Notes:
The last panel of this story has been changed to indicate that the story continues in this issue.
Title:
Prophecy
Characters:
Tom Caine; Joe Nesser; Carlotta
Synopsis:
Caine and Nesser solve the murder of a gypsy fortune-teller.
Pages:
0.750
Letters:
?; typeset
Title:
Hi, kids! Look for me in every Harvey Comic in the upper left corner.
Characters:
Harvey Jack-in-the-box.
Synopsis:
Generic house ad for Harvey Comics.
Pages:
0.250
Characters:
Myra Martin; Glenn Wilson; Hugo Storm
Synopsis:
Myra solves the murder of one of Glenn's clients.
Pages:
1.000
Pencils:
Sam Burlockoff ?
Inks:
Sam Burlockoff ?
Title:
Gateway to Murder
Characters:
Inspector Kennedy; Agnes Goodrich; Brad Donnell; Guy Farraday; Phillip Lane
Synopsis:
Inspector Kennedy solves a murder.
Pages:
0.750
Letters:
?; typeset
Characters:
Boris Gehrhart; Mr. Parkins
Synopsis:
Boris solves a locked-room murder.
Pages:
1.000
Title:
Trapping a Killer
Characters:
Walt Taft
Pages:
1.000
Letters:
typeset
Notes:
Text story with illustrations of Dick Tracy and Pat Patton.
Title:
Dick Tracy and the Case of the Killer's Revenge
Characters:
Dick Tracy; Sam Catchem; Junior Tracy; Blowtop; Vitamin Flintheart
Synopsis:
Junior identifies the man who put him in the barrel. The man jumps through a sixth-floor window and tries to take Junior with him. Meanwhile, Blowtop is holding Vitamin as a semi-prisoner and using him to fence stolen money through a laundry. Not knowing there is money in the laundry he is delivering, Vitamin trades it for a shrunken head.
Pages:
13.000
Script:
Chester Gould
Pencils:
Joe Simon (splash panel);Chester Gould
Inks:
Joe Simon (splash panel);Chester Gould
Letters:
? (splash panel); Chester Gould
Notes:
There is a one page Sparkle Plenty feature between pages 1 and 2 of this sequence.
Characters:
Myra Martin; Glenn Wilson
Synopsis:
An inoperative doorbell helps Myra solve a crime.
Pages:
1.000
Title:
The Professor
Characters:
Prof. Norman von Kelvin
Pages:
1.000
Pencils:
Bob Powell
Inks:
Bob Powell
Letters:
typeset
Notes:
Text story with illustration.
Title:
Perilous Journey
Characters:
Capt. McReady; Pasang
Synopsis:
Capt. McReady and companions attempt to climb Nanga Parbat.
Pages:
1.000
Letters:
typeset
Characters:
Dick Tracy; Sam Catchem; Vitamin Flintheart; Blowtop
Synopsis:
Tracy and Sam trace stolen money and discover where Blowtop has been fencing the money he stole in Boston. When the newspapers report the Boston robbery solved, Blowtop panics, seals the remainder of the loot in a can, and throws it into the river. He slips and falls into the river and almost drowns but is rescued by Vitamin, who attempts to recover the money.
Pages:
7.000
Script:
Chester Gould
Pencils:
Chester Gould
Inks:
Chester Gould
Letters:
Chester Gould
Title:
It Happened in the Tropics
Characters:
Mono; Tama; Pepe
Synopsis:
Tama is accused of murder.
Pages:
1.000
Letters:
typeset
Characters:
Myra Martin; Glenn Wilson; Ned Rabb
Synopsis:
Myra solves a murder at the theater.
Pages:
2.000
Pencils:
Jim Mooney
Title:
The Green Goods Swindle
Pages:
1.000
Letters:
typeset
Characters:
Boris Gehrhart; Inspector Kelly
Synopsis:
Boris believes a caretaker to be guilty of his employer's murder.
Pages:
1.000
Title:
Dick Tracy and the Case of the Killer's Revenge!
Characters:
Dick Tracy; Sam Catchem; Junior Tracy; Blowtop
Synopsis:
A shrunken head floating in the river provides the lead that help Tracy and Sam find both Blowtop and Vitamin Flintheart. Blowtop wounds Vitamin and flees, but Tracy catches him when BLowtop finds his escape blocked by a wire fence. Vitamin is taken to the hospital, and Blowtop is taken to jail.
Pages:
5.000
Script:
Joe Simon (splash panel); Chester Gould
Pencils:
Joe Simon (splash panel); Chester Gould
Inks:
Joe Simon (splash panel); Chester Gould
Letters:
?; Chester Gould
Notes:
There are two pages of ads between pages 2 and 3 of this sequence.
Characters:
Boris Gehrhart;
Synopsis:
A young man wants Boris to solve his uncle's murder!
Pages:
1.000
Title:
Nazi Paymaster
Characters:
Dick Tracy; Pat Patton
Synopsis:
Brief story about the man who distributed money to Nazi spies in the United States
Pages:
1.000
Letters:
?; typeset
Notes:
Text story with illustration. Even though Dick Tracy and Pat Patton appear in the illustrations, neither of them is mentioned in the story.
Title:
The Fatal Clue
Characters:
Dick Tracy; Pat Patton
Synopsis:
Dick solves the murder of Bill Philany, conductor of the famous All-Girl Orchestra.
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