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Issue: Dick Tracy #51
Publication Date: May 1952
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Issues: #51 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: 03/08/1952
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 22 (9 stories, 1 cover)
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Disclose Notes: On sale date based on house ad in Dick Tracy Comics Monthly #50.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Golden Age, then Silver Age US
Paper Stock: newsprint
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Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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High-Tension Hijackers

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Genres: adventure, childrens, crime, drama
Character(s): Mrs. Volts
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Disclose Notes: Cover art credit based on Joe Simon's comments in his book The Comic Book Makers.
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Free...10 Hitler Stamps

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Genres: historical
Feature(s): Littleton Stamp Co.
Synopsis: Ad offering stamps available on approval.
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The Case of the High-Tension Hijackers

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Genres: adventure, childrens, crime, drama, humorous, mystery
Character(s): Junior Tracy; Pat Patton; Mrs. Volts; Danny Wilts
Synopsis: Dick investigates the destruction of several streetlights in the city and discovers that several people are eager to blame the damage on kids that are the same age as Junior.
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Now Tim's a Riding Rover, Too

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Genres: adventure, childrens, sports
Feature(s): Bobby Shelby
Character(s): Bobby Shelby
Synopsis: Ad for Shelby Bicycles.
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The Heat's On!

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Genres: adventure, childrens, crime, drama, humorous, mystery
Character(s): Pat Patton; Junior Tracy; Mrs. Volts; Danny Wilts; Flapsie the Dog
Synopsis: Tracy arrests Danny Wilts, who admits to rigging the streetlights to explode. It was part of Mrs. Volts' plan to create a diversion that allowed her gang to steal electrical equipment. A hijacked drive manages to escape the Volts gang with Flapsie the Dog's license medallion. Tracy traces the license owner, but an insider tips Mar. Volts that the police are closing. She and one of her drivers escape with a truckload of electrical equipment but decide to dump it to give themselves a better chance of eluding capture.
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The Show's on Gang!

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Genres: childrens
Feature(s): Seagee Co.
Synopsis: Ad for a television bank that lights and displays pictures when coins are inserted.
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Murder Is Like a Disease - It Spreads!

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Genres: crime
Synopsis: House ad for Dick Tracy Comics Monthly #52, on sale April 11th.
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We Dare You to Read

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Genres: fantasy, horror
Feature(s): Black Cat Mystery
Synopsis: House ad for Black Cat Mystery #34 and #35.
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"Bud, could I get a wrist watch the same way you got that air rifle?"

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Genres: childrens
Feature(s): Wilson Chemical Co.
Character(s): Bud; Sis
Synopsis: Ad to convince readers (mostly children) to sell Cloverine Brand Salve.
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Innocent Victims!

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Genres: adventure, crime, drama, humorous, mystery
Character(s): Mrs. Volts; Flapsie the Dog; B. O. Plenty; Gravel Gertie; Sparkle Plenty
Synopsis: B. O. Plenty confronts Mrs. Volts when she dumps her stolen cargo on his property. She manages to convince him to accept twenty dollars to let her leave it there. Her dog Flapsie runs away but is found by Sparkle. Mrs. Volts and her driver escape to a cabin in the woods 300 miles away. When her driver tries to leave her, Mrs. Volts shoots him.
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Sugar-Coated Death

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Genres: crime, mystery
Character(s): Detective Tom Brandon; Detective Jeff Conlon; Carla Williams
Synopsis: Two detective solve a case where the victim was killed by poison candy.
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[untitled]

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Genres: crime
Feature(s): Beware of These Rackets
First Line: We Can Give You a College Education in Ten Easy Lessons
Synopsis: Warnings against mail-order schools, stamp dealers, miracle suits, weight loss products.
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The Case of the Closed Sash

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Genres: crime, mystery
Feature(s): Jackie Page
Character(s): Jackie Page; Lt. Gil Mason; Oswald Hume
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The Clue in the Diary

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Genres: crime, mystery
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Folks! My new issue of Kerry Drake Detective Cases is Now on Sale!

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Synopsis: Generic ad for Kerry Drake Detective Cases.
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Your F. B. I.

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Genres: crime, historical, non-fiction
Synopsis: A brief history of the F. B. I.
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[untitled]

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Genres: crime, mystery
Feature(s): A Bernard Barnet Minit Mystery
Character(s): Bernard Barnet; Bertha Barnet
First Line: It's Stevenson! He's been killed in an accident!
Synopsis: Bernard solves a murder.
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The famous kidnapper of the Lindbergh baby was...

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Genres: childrens, crime, mystery
Feature(s): Calling All Sleuths
Synopsis: Questions about Lindbergh kidnapping, machine guns, poison, and equalizers.
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It's Fun to Be Best Equipped

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Genres: childrens
Feature(s): Charles McManus
Synopsis: Ad for surplus military camping equipment.
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It's Yours Free!

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Genres: childrens, sports
Feature(s): Arnold, Schwinn and Company
Synopsis: Ad for the latest Schwinn Bicycle catalog.
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Scram! You Skinny Scarecrow!

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Genres: sports
Character(s): George Jowett; Roger Hirsch; Felipe Mendoza; Jobie Johnson
Synopsis: Ad for a mail order body-building course.
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Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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You Can Write Like This with My Magic Pencil

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Genres: childrens
Synopsis: Ad for a premium available for two pictures of sailors from Cracker Jack boxes plus 5 cents.
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Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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