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Issue: Dick Tracy #26
Publication Date: April 1950
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Issues: #26 of 121 Issues (126 Printings)
Title:
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):  
Disclose Notes: On sale date based on house ad in Dick Tracy Comics Monthly #25.

Detailed reprint data for Dick Tracy stories provided by Jeremy Pothast and entered by Gene Reed.
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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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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: crime, mystery
Character(s): Dick Tracy; Pat Patton; Vitamin Flintheart; Pat Patton; Flattop
First Line: That isn't Flattop! He's only disguised as him!
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Art credit based on Joe Simon's comments in his The Comic Book Makers.
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The Touch of Gould

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: biography
Character(s): Chester Gould
Synopsis: A brief account of how Chester Gould developed Dick Tracy.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Article on Chester Gould.
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"Dick Tracy, ace detective, is trying to track down..." (part 1)

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Character(s): Dick Tracy; Flattop; Vitamin Flintheart; Pat Patton; Hawker Davis
Synopsis: 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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Reprint Notes: From Dick Tracy newspaper strips (Chicago Tribune) 1944-02-20 to 1944-03-18.
Miscellaneous
Pages: 13
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Now You Can Subscribe to One, Two, Three, or All

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

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, childrens, drama, sports
Feature(s): Bit-O-Honey
Synopsis: Disaster is narrowly averted at a ski jump.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Also a small ad for Old Nick chocolate bars at the bottom of the page.
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Mistaken Identity (part 2)

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: crime, mystery
Character(s): Dick Tracy; Pat Patton; Vitamin Flintheart; Flattop
Synopsis: A disguised Flattop hides in a movie theater.
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Reprint Notes: From Dick Tracy newspaper strip (Chicago Tribune) 1944-03-19 to 1944-03-22.
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, humorous
Feature(s): Dubble Bubble Bubble Gum
Character(s): Pud; Dubble Bubble Kids
First Line: Hurry up, Slow-Poke!
Synopsis: Pud uses Dubble Bubble to improve his ice-skating abilities.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: This ad appears in most Harvey Comics with this issue's date and also in comics published by other companies.
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Introducing the New 1950 Filmatic

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?; typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens
Feature(s): Fun Parade, Inc.
Synopsis: Ad for a small filmstrip viewer.
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Pages: 0.5
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Act of Fate (part 3)

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, crime, drama, humorous, mystery
Character(s): Dick Tracy; Pat Patton; Flattop; Vitamin Flintheart
Synopsis: 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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Reprint Notes: From Dick Tracy newspaper strip (Chicago Tribune) 1944-03-23 to 1944-04-08 [Some panels from March 27th-April 5th removed.]
Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
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Flattop Escapes Prison

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

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, childrens, humorous
Feature(s): Joe Palooka Comics
Character(s): Joe Palooka; Humphrey; Little Max
Synopsis: House ad for the three Joe Palooka titles published by Harvey Comics.
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Pages: 0.5
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Human Hair, Footprints, Fabric, Dust Particles, Firearm Grooves

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?; typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: crime, mystery
Feature(s): Crimestoppers Handbook
Character(s): Dick Tracy; Junior Tracy
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Pages: 1
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Feature(s): Dick Tracy's Minute Mystery
First Line: I saved this newspaper, Dick.
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Pages: 2
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: non-fiction
Feature(s): Beware of These Rackets
First Line: I paid him a $1.25.
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Pages: 1
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The Midget Magician

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: crime, mystery
Feature(s): Dick Tracy
Character(s): Junior Tracy; Dick Tracy; Maestro
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Pages: 1
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In the Nick of Time at the Midget Auto Races

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, sports
Feature(s): Old Nick Candy Bar
Character(s): Old Nick
Synopsis: Nick prevents a fatal accident at an auto race.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Small ad for Bit-O-Honey at the bottom of the page.
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The New York City Police Department

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: crime, historical
Feature(s): America's Finest
Character(s): Dick Tracy; Patton
Synopsis: A brief history of the New York City Police Department.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Text article with small illustration.
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I Will Send You Both Free

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?; ? (photo)
Inker(s): ?; ? (photo)
Letterer(s): ?; typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: science and technology
Feature(s): Mr. J. E. Smith
Character(s): J. E. Smith
Synopsis: Ad for manuals that teach radio and television repair.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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Prizes for You

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens
Feature(s): American Seed Company, Inc.
Synopsis: Ad to encourage readers (primarily children) to sell packets of seeds to earn prizes.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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