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Issue: Dick Tracy #36
Publication Date: February 1951
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Issues: #36 of 121 Issues (126 Printings)
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Publisher: FlagHarvey
Brand: Harvey Comics HView Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: Harvey Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 12/13/1950
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 21 (8 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On sale date based on house ad in DICK TRACY COMICS MONTHLY #35.
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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
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The Case of the Runaway Blonde

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Colorist(s): ?
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Subject Matter
Genres: crime, drama
Character(s): Dick Tracy; Breathless Mahoney; B. O. Plenty
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Cover art is also used as the splash panel on page 1 of the story.
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Now You Can Subscribe to Dick Tracy Comics Monthly

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, crime, drama, mystery
Character(s): Dick Tracy
Synopsis: Subscription ad for DICK TRACY COMICS MONTHLY.
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Pages: 1
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The Case of the Runaway Blonde

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, crime, drama, humorous, mystery
Character(s): Dick Tracy; Breathless Mahoney; B. O. Plenty; Pat Patton; Wetwash
Synopsis: Breathless manages to escape in a laundry truck. She is discovered by the driver, who tries to take half of the money in exchange for helping her escape. Breathless subdues the driver and then hides the money in a plowed field on B.O. Plenty's farm.
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Reprint Notes: from Dick Tracy Newspaper strip (Chicago Tribune) 1945-06-25 to 1945-07-22. [Some panels from July 9th-10th removed.]
Miscellaneous
Pages: 13
Disclose Notes: Splash panel on page 1 is the same as the cover art.
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Bobby Shelby and the Christmas Party!

Advertisement (Comic Format)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
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Letterer(s): ?; typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, childrens
Character(s): Bobby Shelby
Synopsis: Ad for the Shelby Model 52-A, ready just in time for Christmas.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: This ad appears between pages 1 and 2 of the Dick Tracy story.
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Subject Matter
Genres: childrens
Character(s): Santa Claus.
First Line: The finest gift in the world for any boy or girl!
Synopsis: Ad for the new Schwinn Black Phantom.
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Pages: 1
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Exhausted

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, crime, drama, humorous, mystery
Character(s): Dick Tracy; Breathless Mahoney; B. O. Plenty
Synopsis: Tracy finds Breathless in B. O. Plenty's home. Breatless poisons Tracy's coffee and makes a getaway.
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Reprint Notes: From Dick Tracy Newspaper Strip (Chicago Tribune) 1945-07-23 to 1945-07-28.
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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Gridiron Hero

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Genres: adventure, humorous
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Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, crime, drama, humorous, mystery
Character(s): Dick Tracy; Pat Patton; B. O. Plenty; Breathless Mahoney
First Line: H'm? B. O. must be milking the cows
Synopsis: While B. O. and Breathless are on the run, Pat sends for a doctor to treat Dick for the poison that was put in his coffee. Breathless escapes with most of the money and leaves B. O. sleeping on a bus. B. O. is captured by Dick and Pat but simply walks out of the police station when everyone is distracted by a phone call.
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Reprint Notes: From Dick Tracy Newspaper Strip (Chicago Tribune) 1945-07-29 to 1945-08-15. [August 12th removed, August 13th-15th reorganized.]
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, crime, drama, mystery
Character(s): Dick Tracy; Itchy; Mrs. Mahoney; B. O. Plenty
First Line: In the next issue you'll meet Itchy...
Synopsis: Preview of DICK TRACY COMICS MONTHLY No. 37. Advertised on-sale date of January 10, 1951.
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Pages: 0.5
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Linoleum Floor, Document, Oil Drops

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Subject Matter
Genres: crime, mystery
Feature(s): Crimestoppers Handbook
Character(s): Dick Tracy; Junior Tracy
Synopsis: Techniques for processing evidence.
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Pages: 0.5
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Texas Rangers of the Air

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, aviation, crime
Feature(s): America's Finest
Synopsis: A brief history of the Texas Rangers and their methods of operation.
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Pages: 0.9
Disclose Notes: Two small illustrations enhance this text story.
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Zoom Out Now

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Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Flash Gordon
Synopsis: Generic house ad for the next issue of FLASH GORDON.
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Pages: 0.1
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How Well Do You Know the Law?

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Subject Matter
Genres: crime
Feature(s): Calling All Sleuths
Character(s): J. Edgar Hoover; Ruth Snyder
Synopsis: This feature has questions about the following: paper hanger, J. Edgar Hoover, Ruth Snyder, frogskin and hot ice.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
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Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, crime, humorous
Character(s): Sparkle Plenty; B. O. Plenty; Gravel Gertie
First Line: Shore ain't nothin' like a ride on Sunday
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Advertisement (Comic Format)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, childrens, humorous
Character(s): Pud; Dubble Bubble Kids
First Line: It's a hold-up!
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: The kids thwart a hold-up.
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Western Saddle Ring!

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: childrens
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Pages: 0.5
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The April Fool Murder

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: crime, mystery
Feature(s): A True Crime Case
Character(s): Capt. J. M. Kelly; Lt. David Gay; Mrs. John V. Highland
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Pages: 1
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Genres: childrens
Feature(s): Monark Bicycles
First Line: It's America's big top performer
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Pages: 1
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Writer(s): ?
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Colorist(s): ?
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Subject Matter
Genres: crime, mystery
Feature(s): Dick Tracy Minit Mystery
Character(s): Dick Tracy; Pat Patton
First Line: There's the Silver Dollar over there, Pat.
Synopsis: Dick and Pat solve a murder at a night club.
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Pages: 1
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Sparkle Plenty Islander Ukette

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Genres: childrens, humorous
Feature(s): Becyn Inc.
Character(s): Sparkle Planty
Synopsis: Ad for a child's musical instrument.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, western
Character(s): Red Ryder
First Line: This Christmas be a cowboy
Synopsis: Ad for Daisy Air rifles Models 111 and 25.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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