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Issue: Dick Tracy #26
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Variant: unnamed
Rating: [no rating]
Publisher: FlagHarvey
Brand: Harvey Comics HView Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: Harvey Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 02/10/1950
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 19 (7 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Leon Harvey (credited)
Disclose Notes: On sale date based on house ad in Dick Tracy Comics Monthly #25.

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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Golden Age, then Silver Age US
Paper Stock: newsprint
Binding:  
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
Format Notes:  
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Joe Simon [as Chester Gould]
Joe Simon [as Chester Gould]
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Subject Matter
mystery
Dick Tracy
Dick Tracy; Pat Patton; Vitamin Flintheart; Pat Patton; Flattop
That isn't Flattop! He's only disguised as him!
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Miscellaneous
1
Art credit based on Joe Simon's comments in his The Comic Book Makers.
The Touch of Gould

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Chicago Tribune (photograph)
Chicago Tribune (photograph)
typeset
Subject Matter
biography
Chester Gould
A brief account of how Chester Gould developed Dick Tracy.
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Miscellaneous
1
Article on Chester Gould.
"Dick Tracy, ace detective, is trying to track down..." (part 1)

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Joe Simon (splash panel); Chester Gould
Joe Simon (splash panel); Chester Gould
Joe Simon (splash panel); Chester Gould
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?
Subject Matter
mystery
Dick Tracy
Dick Tracy; Flattop; Vitamin Flintheart; Pat Patton; Hawker Davis
Flattop escapes from the chimney with help from an old gentleman who lives next door. Covered with soot and honey, he forces a street huckster to to clean his coat with the "special fluid" the huckster is selling. In return he sets the huckster ablaze. Taking refuge in a rooming house, he encounters Vitamin Flintheart and forces the actor to disguise him as an old man. As payment, Flattop beats the old actor and leaves him for dead. Tracy and Patton find Flintheart, who volunteers to help as much as he possibly can.
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From Dick Tracy newspaper strips (Chicago Tribune) 1944-02-20 to 1944-03-18.
Miscellaneous
13
Now You Can Subscribe to One, Two, Three, or All

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
adventure, childrens, crime, drama, humorous, military, sports
Harvey Comics
Joe Palooka; Dick Tracy; Blondie; Dotty Dripple; Black Cat; Little Max; Sad Sack; Kerry Drake; Humphrey
Generic subscription ad for 11 comics currently published by Harvey Comics.
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Miscellaneous
1
This ad appears between pages 1 and 2 of the first Dick Tracy story.
She Makes a Honey of a Rescue!

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Creig Flessel
Creig Flessel
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?
Subject Matter
adventure, childrens, drama, sports
Bit-O-Honey
Disaster is narrowly averted at a ski jump.
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Miscellaneous
1
Also a small ad for Old Nick chocolate bars at the bottom of the page.
Mistaken Identity (part 2)

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Chester Gould
Chester Gould
Chester Gould
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?
Subject Matter
mystery
Dick Tracy
Dick Tracy; Pat Patton; Vitamin Flintheart; Flattop
A disguised Flattop hides in a movie theater.
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From Dick Tracy newspaper strip (Chicago Tribune) 1944-03-19 to 1944-03-22.
Miscellaneous
2
[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Ray Thompson [as Ray T.]
Ray Thompson [as Ray T.]
Ray Thompson [as Ray T.]
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Ray Thompson [as Ray T.]
Subject Matter
childrens, humorous
Dubble Bubble Bubble Gum
Pud; Dubble Bubble Kids
Hurry up, Slow-Poke!
Pud uses Dubble Bubble to improve his ice-skating abilities.
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Miscellaneous
0.5
This ad appears in most Harvey Comics with this issue's date and also in comics published by other companies.
Introducing the New 1950 Filmatic

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
childrens
Fun Parade, Inc.
Ad for a small filmstrip viewer.
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Miscellaneous
0.5
Act of Fate (part 3)

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Chester Gould
Chester Gould
Chester Gould
?
Chester Gould
Subject Matter
mystery
Dick Tracy
Dick Tracy; Pat Patton; Flattop; Vitamin Flintheart
A wounded Flattop swears vengeance on all police. Vitamin Flintheart enters a bar to drown his sorrows. When he attempts to pay for his drinks, he discovers Flattop's pistol in the pocket of his coat. Vitamin is horrified that he has a gun. The bartender thinks Vitamin is trying to rob him, and in the confusion, Vitamin accidentally shoots the bartender and flees, now believing himself to be a murderer.
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From Dick Tracy newspaper strip (Chicago Tribune) 1944-03-23 to 1944-04-08 [Some panels from March 27th-April 5th removed.]
Miscellaneous
5
Flattop Escapes Prison

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Joe Simon
Joe Simon
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Subject Matter
Dick Tracy Comics Monthly
Dick Tracy; Pat Patton; Flattop
A preview of Dick Tracy Comics Monthly #27, on sale March 10th.
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Miscellaneous
0.5
1st Choice of Readers! Don't Miss a Single Issue!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
adventure, childrens, humorous
Joe Palooka Comics
Joe Palooka; Humphrey; Little Max
House ad for the three Joe Palooka titles published by Harvey Comics.
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Miscellaneous
0.5
Human Hair, Footprints, Fabric, Dust Particles, Firearm Grooves

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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?; typeset
Subject Matter
crime, mystery
Crimestoppers Handbook
Dick Tracy; Junior Tracy
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Miscellaneous
1
[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
mystery
Dick Tracy's Minute Mystery
I saved this newspaper, Dick.
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Miscellaneous
2
[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
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?
Subject Matter
non-fiction
Beware of These Rackets
I paid him a $1.25.
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Miscellaneous
1
The Midget Magician

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
typeset
Subject Matter
mystery
Dick Tracy
Junior Tracy; Dick Tracy; Maestro
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Miscellaneous
1
In the Nick of Time at the Midget Auto Races

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
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Subject Matter
adventure, sports
Old Nick Candy Bar
Old Nick
Nick prevents a fatal accident at an auto race.
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Miscellaneous
1
Small ad for Bit-O-Honey at the bottom of the page.
The New York City Police Department

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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typeset
Subject Matter
crime, historical
America's Finest
Dick Tracy; Patton
A brief history of the New York City Police Department.
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Miscellaneous
1
Text article with small illustration.
I Will Send You Both Free

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?: photo
?; photo
?; typeset
Subject Matter
science and technology
Mr. J. E. Smith
J. E. Smith
Ad for manuals that teach radio and television repair.
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Miscellaneous
1
Inside back cover.
Prizes for You

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
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Subject Matter
childrens
American Seed Company, Inc.
Ad to encourage readers (primarily children) to sell packets of seeds to earn prizes.
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Miscellaneous
1
Back cover.

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