Credits
Writer(s):
Mike Curtis (credited); Jim Doherty (credited, Crimestoppers Textbook; Tracy's Hall of Fame)
Penciller(s):
Joe Staton (credited)
Inker(s):
Shelley Pleger
Letterer(s):
Shelley Pleger
Editor(s):
Leigh Hanlon (original Tribune editor); Tracy Clark (current Tribune Dick Tracy editor)
Subject Matter
Genres:
mystery
Feature(s):
Dick Tracy
Character(s):
Dick Tracy; Silver Nitrate; Sprocket Nitrate; Lean the Hyena; Mykyla (Flintheart's assistant); Vitamin Flintheart [also as Miles Mycroft]; Pat Patton; Sam Catchem; Mary Perkins; Junior Tracy; Sparkle Plenty; Honeymoon Tracy; Coffee; Fritz Ann Dietrich; Lizz Worthington; unnamed train station officer; unnamed car salesman; Lee Ebony; Flattop Jr. (cameo); Dennis O’Copper
Synopsis:
Silver and Sprocket Nitrate try to scam Vitamin Flintheart with a phony copy of a supposedly long-lost episode of Captain Video TV show that was Flintheart's first acting job. Mary Perkins warns Flintheart and he disguises himself as Miles Mycroft to expose them. The Nitrate's run for it but pick up the refurbished Flattop, Jr's "Famous Car," which was their original aim. During their getaway from Tracy and Catchem, Silver slaps Sprocket and out of anger Sprocket crashes the vehicle into an icy lake to their possible deaths.
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:
from Dick Tracy daily and Sunday newspaper comic strip (Tribune Content Agency, LLC) 2014-01-06 - 2014-03-19
Miscellaneous
Pages:
17.5
Notes:
Since the comic strips are reprinted in full, the Sunday strips include the Dick Tracy logo, and the Dick Tracy toppers Crimestoppers Textbook (2014-01-12, 2014-02-09, 2014-03-02) and Tracy's Hall of Fame (2014-01-19 - 2014-02-02, 2014-02-16 - 2014-02-23, 2014-03-09 - 2014-03-16) are included within the reprinted story as well.
On the pages where the strip does not fill in the page, portraits of Dick Tracy villains are used to cover that portion of the page.
"The End?" panel added to finish the story, not reprinted from the strip.
Title for storyline appears at the end of the story.
Shane Fisher is credited on the Sunday strips (as the colorist), but since it is reprinted in black and white, his work is not represented here.
Shelley Pleger does the inking and lettering, but is only credited on the Sunday strips.
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