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Issue: Dick Tracy #57
Publication Date: November 1952
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Issues: #57 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: 09/19/1952
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 21 (7 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): ?
Disclose Notes: Indicia publisher, page count, and on sale date from the on stand date, all reported in the Comic Magazine Publishing Report (George W. Dougherty, 1942 series), #129 (October 1952). Also reported as being a monthly comic.
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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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The Ice-Cold Killer

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, crime, drama, mystery
Character(s): Dick Tracy; Sam Catchem
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Amazing Bargains

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?; typeset
Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad for a variety of merchandise including several children's toys.
Inside front cover.
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Dick Tracy and the Case of the Teleguard Terror

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, crime, drama, humorous, mystery
Character(s): Dick Tracy; B. O. Plenty; Gravel Gertie; Sparkle Plenty; Flossie Frost; Big Frost; Heyyou
Synopsis: Sparkle and Flossie disappear when they go to buy a Christmas tree. Tracy learns how Big Frost and his gang know what the police are planning.
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Reprint Notes: From Dick Tracy newspaper strip (Chicago Tribune) 1948-12-05 to 1948-12-23.
Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
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Boy, Get That Real R. R. Engineers' Thrill That Only Comes with Lionel Trains!

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?; typeset
Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad with info on how to obtain an Lionel Train catalog and an engineer's cap.
This ad appears between pages 1 and 2 of "Teleguard Terror."
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Dick Tracy and the Case of the Ice-Cold Killer

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ? (splash panel)
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, crime, drama, humorous, mystery
Character(s): Dick Tracy; Chief Patton; Sam Catchem; Auntie; Sleet
Synopsis: Dick and Chief Patton show Sam how things are done in their precinct. Sam encounters Sleet, an old adversary from Boston.
Reprinting
Reprint Notes: From Dick Tracy newspaper strip (Chicago Tribune) 1948-12-26 to 1949-01-05,E
Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Disclose Notes: Splash panel for this story is also used as the cover of this issue.

In the last panel of page 3 of this story, Tracy reminds Sam that it's 1952. The original newspaper strip balloon had 1949 as the date. The date is changed to 1957 when part of this story is reprinted in Dick Tracy Comics Monthly #118.
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Boys! Girls! Parents! Send Today for This Beautiful Pen and Pencil Set!

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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?; typeset
Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Ad for a pen and pencil set available for 35 cents and two Smith Brothers cough drop boxes.
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Everyone Gets the Golden Ring with These New Comics!

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Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, fantasy, humorous
Feature(s): Harvey Comics
Synopsis: Generic house ad for Little Audrey, Casper, and Paramount Comics.
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Pages: 0.5
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How soon after an assault must a victim die in order for it to be murder?

Activity  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
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Colorist(s): ?
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Subject Matter
Genres: crime, historical
Feature(s): Calling All Sleuths
Character(s): Socrates
Synopsis: Six questions about various crimes and historic people.
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Pages: 1
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Murder of a Mystic

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: crime, mystery
Character(s): Inspector Keith; Madame Olga; Addison Hardy' Franklin Thornton
Synopsis: Inspector Keith solves the death of a fortune teller.
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Pages: 0.8
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Everybody Loves Blondie!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
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Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
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Genres: childrens, drama, humorous
Feature(s): Blondie
Character(s): Blondie; Dagwood; Alexander; Cookie; Daisy
Synopsis: Generic house ad for Blondie Comics.
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Pages: 0.2
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Three Weeks and $1 Made Sad Slim Jim Hep!

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?; typeset
Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: sports
Character(s): Joe Bonomo; Bernarr McFadden; Jock Dempsey
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad for Joe Bonomo's mini-gym sold through his Strongmen's Club of America.
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Double Double-Cross

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, crime, drama, humorous, mystery
Character(s): Dick Tracy; Sam Catchem; Sleet; Butsey; Flossie Frost; Sleet; Grapevine Gary
Synopsis: With the help of Sleet, Tracy and Sam are able to identify the men who kidnapped Flossie Frost.
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Reprint Notes: From Dick Tracy newspaper strip (Chicago Tribune) 1949-01-06 to 1949-01-23.
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7.5
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Murder Strikes Twice!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, crime, drama, mystery
Feature(s): Dick Tracy Comics Monthly
Character(s): Dick Tracy; Sam Catchem; Sleet; Auntie
Reprinting
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: House ad for Dick Tracy Comics Monthly #58. on sale October 10th.
The illustration in this ad is the same as the cover for issue #58.
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Struggle for Death!

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: crime, mystery
Character(s): Alvin Morely; Seth Morely; Detective-Sergeant Heath; Janice Morely
Synopsis: Heath solves a homicide.
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Pages: 0.8
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Now Better Than Ever

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
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Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, military
Character(s): Sad Sack
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Pages: 0.2
Disclose Notes: Generic house ad for Sad Sack Comics.
Artwork taken from past ads.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: crime, mystery
Feature(s): Girl Friday
Character(s): Myra Martin; Glenn Wilson; Lorna Gray; John Page
First Line: OK. Page -- I'm here! What's going on?
Synopsis: Myra solves the murder of a woman who was engaged to two different men.
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Pages: 2
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"Well, well -- if it isn't my old friend, Inspector Kelly!"

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
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Genres: crime, mystery
Character(s): Boris Gehrhart; Inspector Kelly; Marta Grange; Hugh Winters
Synopsis: Boris solves the murder of an actress who was killed in a public park.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: starring the Count
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A Shelby Will Bring Lasting Joy For Years to Any Girl or Boy

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?; typeset
Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens
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Pages: 1
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50 Combat Action Plastic Toys

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?; typeset
Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, war
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: An ad for plastic toys that include soldiers, cannons, and tanks, from Fighting Force.
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Exciting Fast Action Fun Galore

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: childrens, sports
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad for pinball-type sports games for children.
Inside back cover. Note at top that probably should have been whited out on the proof reads: "Cover 3. Harvey. Nov. Dec."
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The 2 Best Ways to Fill a Pen!

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?; typeset
Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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