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Issue: Dick Tracy #27
Publication Date: May 1950
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Issues: #27 of 121 Issues (126 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagHarvey
Brand: Harvey Comics HView Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: Harvey Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 03/10/1950
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 19 (6 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On sale date based on house ad in Dick Tracy Comics Monthly No. 26.

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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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There is currently no data for this Issue being reprinted from anywhere.
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Title Page
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Character(s): Dick Tracy; Pat Patton; Vitamin Flintheart; Flattop
First Line: Better give up Flattop! It's your last chance!
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Cover art credits based on comments made by Joe Simon in his book The Comic Book Makers.
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Sad Sack

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? (ad copy)
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, military, war
Character(s): Sad Sack
Synopsis: Sad Sack shovelsa the snow out of his yard only to get more piled on him by a plow.
Reprinting
Reprint Notes: Reprints a 1947 strip
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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Flat Top Escapes Prison

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, crime, drama, humorous, mystery
Character(s): Dick Tracy; Pat Patton; Vitamin Flintheart; Flat Top; The Chief; May Summers; June Summers
Synopsis: Tracy and Pat race to catch Flat Top and find out how he got Vitamin Flintheart to assist in his prison break.
Reprinting
Reprint Notes: From Dick Tracy newspaper strip (Chicago Tribune) 1944-04-09 to 1944-05-06.
Miscellaneous
Pages: 13
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Bobby Shelby and His Pals Form a Bike Safety Club

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?; typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, childrens, sports
Feature(s): Bobby Shelby
Character(s): Bobby Shelby
Synopsis: Bobby forms a club to promote bicycle safety. This is also an ad for Shelby Bicycles.
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: This ad appears between pages 1 and 2 of the first Dick Tracy story.
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Schwinn Makes the Fastest and Safest Bikes in the World

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?; typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: sports
Feature(s): Arnold, Schwinn Company
Character(s): Arnold Letourner
Synopsis: Ad for the Schwinn Black Phantom bicycle.
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Trick Fails

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, crime, drama, humorous, mystery
Character(s): Dick Tracy; Pat Patton; Vitamin Flintheart; Flattop
Synopsis: Vitamin Flintheart explains to the police how Flattop tricked him. Tracy discovers Flattop's hiding place.
Reprinting
Reprint Notes: From Dick Tracy newspaper strip (Chicago Tribune) 1944-05-07 to 1944-05-10.
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, humorous
Feature(s): Dubble Bubble Bubble Gum
Character(s): Dubble Bubble Kids
First Line: Heel and toe and strut yer stuff
Synopsis: An old fiddler tells the kids that Dubble Bubble Gum will give them energy.
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
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Stay on the Beam with Delta Sealed Beam!

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?; typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, childrens, drama
Feature(s): Delta Electric Company
Synopsis: Ad for Delta bicycle headlights.
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
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Will Flattop Escape?

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, crime, drama, humorous, mystery
Character(s): Dick Tracy; Pat Patton; Vitamin Flintheart; Flattop; Summer Sisters
Synopsis: Tracy pursues Flattop and finds him drowned. Outside the morgue, he meets the Summer Sisters as they try to pick his pocket. Tracy buys two tickets and tells Pat to make sure they get on the train. On board, the sisters take Pat's gun. See next issue for what happens next.
Reprinting
Reprint Notes: From Dick Tracy newspaper strip (Chicago Tribune) 1944-05-11 to 1944-05-28.
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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Determining Direction; Tool Marks; Fingerprints

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: crime, mystery
Feature(s): Crimestoppers Handbook
Character(s): Dick Tracy; Junior Tracy
Synopsis: Short descriptions of how evidence is processed.
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: The feature is the left column of the page.
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I'm Glad I Got This Swell All-Purpose Jacket

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, informational
Feature(s): Youth Jacket Company
Synopsis: Ad for an inexpensive jacket that both boys and girls can wear.
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Ad appears as the right column of the page.
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The Mysterious Clothes Vendor

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: crime
Character(s): Dick Tracy; Junior Tracy
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Test story with illustration. Junior Tracy's figure pasted from an undetermined newspaper strip.
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[untitled]

Activity  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: crime, mystery
Feature(s): Minit Mystery
Character(s): Dick Tracy; Pat Patton
First Line: I'll never forget the suspects in the Dunn Case.
Synopsis: This is a you solve it done with a comic strip.
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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Get This Super Duper Chain of Champions Key Ring!

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, sports
Feature(s): Old Nick Candy Bar
Character(s): Joe DiMaggio; Bob Feller
Synopsis: Ad for a premium available for 15 cents and two candy bar wrappers.
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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How The F.B.I. Smashed A Spy Ring

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: crime
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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See Monark...Then Buy

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?; typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, sports
Feature(s): Monark Silver King, Inc.
Synopsis: Ad for the Monark Super Deluxe bicycle.
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Sensational Offer to Flower Lovers

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?; typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Michigan Bulb Co.
Synopsis: Ad for various flowers, including gladiolus and roses.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Now Any Auto Repair Job Can be "Duck Soup" For You!

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?; typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): MoToR Book Department
Synopsis: Ad for an automobile manual that covers cars from 1933 to the present (1950).
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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Earn Your Daisy...I'll Show You How!

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?; typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, western
Feature(s): Daisy Manufacturing Co.
Character(s): Red Ryder
Synopsis: Ad for the lastest model Daisy B B air rifle.
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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