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Issue: Dick Tracy #63
Publication Date: May 1953
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Issues: #63 of 121 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: [no rating]
Publisher: FlagHarvey
Brand: Harvey Comics HView Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: Harvey Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 03/13/1953
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 20 (6 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Leon Harvey (credited)
Disclose Notes: On sale date based on house ad in Dick Tracy Comics Monthly #62.
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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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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Joe Simon [as Chester Gould]
Inker(s): Joe Simon [as Chester Gould]
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, crime, mystery
Feature(s): Dick Tracy
Character(s): Dick Tracy; Sam Catchem; Mousey Rattner; Papa Rattner
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Cover art is also used as the splash panel for the first story in this issue.
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Buy a Daisy...Join an Air Rifle Club

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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?; photo
Inker(s): ?; (photo)
Letterer(s): ?; typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, sports
Feature(s): Daisy Manufacturing Company
Synopsis: Ad promoting gun safety and offering a 40-page booklet describing how to organize an air rifle club as well as giving the history of Daisy air rifles.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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Dick Tracy and the Case of the White Rat Robberies

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Chester Gould
Penciller(s): Joe Simon (splash panel); Chester Gould
Inker(s): Joe Simon (splash panel); Chester Gould
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ? (splash panel); Chester Gould
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, crime, drama, humorous, mystery
Feature(s): Dick Tracy
Character(s): Dick Tracy; Sam Catchem; Mousey Rattner; Papa Rattner;
Synopsis: Tracy and Sam identify the hit-and-run vehicle. Meanwhile, Mousey has an argument with Papa and goes out alone to steal a mink coat. In anger, Papa accidentally releases Mousey's rats. He manages to catch most of them and put them in a pillowcase. After he enters a cab, the rats gnaw their way out and cause the cab drive to lose control and run off the pier. Mousey is almost caught and returns to her apartment. Tracy and Sam locate Mousey's apartment, and she panics. She hides a in truck full of dogs. She hijacks the truck and flees. She later ditches the truck and flees into the woods.
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Reprint Notes: From Dick Tracy Newspaper strip (Chicago Tribune) 19xx-xx-xx to 19xx-xx-xx.
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Pages: 13
Disclose Notes: Splash page art for this story is also used for the cover.
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$100,000.00 in Cash Prizes

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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?; typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, childrens, sports
Feature(s): Family Puzzle Contest
Synopsis: Ad with entry form for puzzle contests.
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Credits
Writer(s): Ray Thompson [as Ray T.]
Penciller(s): Ray Thompson [as Ray T.]
Inker(s): Ray Thompson [as Ray T.]
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Ray Thompson [as Ray T.]
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, drama, humorous
Feature(s): Dubble Bubble Gum
Character(s): Pud
First Line: He's got to shovel the driveway before he can go sleddin'
Synopsis: Pud uses Dubble Bubble gum to trick his friends into helping him shovel the driveway.
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Calling All Space Rangers!

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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?; typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, science fiction
Synopsis: Ad for a plastic toy ray gun plus spaceships and spacemen.
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Harvey 1953 Calendar

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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Various
Inker(s): Various
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, anthropomorphic, childrens, crime, drama, fantasy, humorous, sports
Feature(s): Harvey Comics
Character(s): Dick Tracy; Little Audrey; Joe Palooka; Little Audrey; Mazie; Little Max; Casper; Blondie; Dagwood
Synopsis: Calendar for 1953 with different Harvey characters featured on each month.
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Wow! Nothing Beats This Bike for Speed -- or Looks!

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Letterer(s): ?; typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, sports
Feature(s): Arnold, Schwinn and Company
Synopsis: Ad for Schwinn Bicycles, featuring the Traveler.
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Pages: 1
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New Issues Harvey Comics Now on Sale...Read Them All!

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Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Various
Inker(s): Various
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, anthropomorphic, childrens, crime, drama, fantasy, humorous, military, sports
Feature(s): Harvey Comics
Character(s): Blondie; Dagwood; Little Audrey; Dick Tracy; Mazie; Little Max; Sad Sack; Joe Palooka
Synopsis: Generic ad for some of the comics regularly published by Harvey.
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Dick Tracy and the Case of the White Rat Robberies Part 2

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Chester Gould
Penciller(s): Chester Gould
Inker(s): Chester Gould
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Chester Gould
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, crime, drama, humorous, mystery
Feature(s): Dick Tracy
Character(s): Dick Tracy; Sam Catchem; Mousey Rattner; B. O. Plenty; Gravel Gertie; Sparkle Plenty; Jimmy McKitchen
Synopsis: While searching for Mousey, Tracy and Sam find B. O. Plenty hiding in a cave in the woods. His family is happy to be re-united with him. Mousey takes refuge in a pet store and is spotted by Jimmy McKitchen, the boy she hit a few days earlier. Jimmy identifies Mousey, and Tracy and Sam take her to jail.
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Reprint Notes: From Dick Tracy newspaper strip (Chicago Tribune) 19xx-xx-xx to 19x-xx-xx.
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Pages: 8
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Memory of Murder

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Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: crime, mystery
Character(s): Paul Crane; Captain Byrnes
Synopsis: Captain Byrnes solves a murder.
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Pages: 0.75
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By Popular Demand! Back in the Army Again!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): George Baker
Inker(s): George Baker
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, military
Feature(s): Sad Sack
Character(s): Sad Sack
Synopsis: Generic ad for Sad Sack Comics, on sale monthly.
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Pages: 0.25
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: crime, mystery
Feature(s): Girl Friday
Character(s): Myra Martin; Glenn Wilson; Frank Norton; Robert Norton
First Line: Old Norton said he wanted to change his will.
Synopsis: Myra solves the murder of one of Glenn's clients.
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Pages: 1
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Homicide Ace

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Writer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: crime, mystery
Character(s): Patrolman Dan Carter; Patrolman Keith Summers; Philip Mason
Synopsis: Two patrolmen solve a homicide.
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Calling All Crime-Stoppers Mail This Order Today

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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: crime, mystery
Feature(s): Dick Tracy Comics Monthly
Character(s): Dick Tracy
Synopsis: Subscription ad for Dick Tracy Comics Monthly.
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Pages: 0.25
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: crime, mystery
Feature(s): Minit Mystery Starring the Count
Character(s): Boris Gehrhart; Inspector Kelly; Edwina Morrow
First Line: Nice clean shot, eh Boris?
Synopsis: Boris helps Inspector Kelly solve a murder.
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Buy Direct from Importer

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Subject Matter
Genres: sports
Feature(s): Consumers Mart
Synopsis: Ad for high-powered binoculars.
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Free! 235 Stamps from All Over the World!

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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
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Letterer(s): ?; typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: historical
Feature(s): Littleton Stamp Co.
Synopsis: Ad for free stamps and a stamp collectors' outfit.
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Check the Kind of Body You Want!

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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ? (photo)
Inker(s): ? (photo)
Subject Matter
Genres: sports
Feature(s): Charles Atlas
Character(s): Charles Atlas
Synopsis: Ad for a mail-order body-building course.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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Get Cracker Jack's Amazing Jet Propelled Railroad Engine

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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
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Letterer(s): ?; typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: aviation, childrens
Feature(s): Cracker Jack
Synopsis: Ad for a toy available for 25 cents and a Cracker Jack box label.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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