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Issue: Dick Tracy #66
Publication Date: August 1953
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Issues: #66 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: 06/12/1953
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 20 (6 stories, 1 cover)
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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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Genres: crime, drama, mystery
Character(s): Dick Tracy; Tess Tracy
First Line: Tess! Tess! Where are you?
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Cover illustration is also used as the splash panel for the first story.
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I Wanted to Be an Artist

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Genres: non-fiction, opinion
Synopsis: A young woman takes art courses so she can get a better-paying job.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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Dick Tracy and the Case of the Killer's Revenge

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): ? (splash panel)
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, crime, drama, humorous, mystery
Character(s): Dick Tracy; Tess Tracy; Junior Tracy; Sam Catchem; Mugg; Blowtop; Dipsy
Synopsis: Angered over the death of his brother, Flattop, Blowtop rigs explosives to the wiring outside Tracy's house. He drugs Tracy's dog, Mugg. While Tracy takes Mugg to the veterinarian, Blowtop makes the final attachments to the explosives, and his gang returns at night to make sure everything will work as planned. Junior spots them from his bedroom window, but they trap him and put him inside a barrel. Tracy and Tess barely escape when the dynamite explodes and sets fire to their house. Tracy believes that Junior was caught in the explosion and flames.
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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
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New! 1953 Space Commander Vibro-Matic Walkie-Talkies

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Genres: childrens, science fiction
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad for a children's communications toy from Consumers Mart.
Ad appears between pages 1 and 2 of the main story.
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"I'm scared! This really is a tough neighborhood!"

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Genres: childrens, crime
Character(s): Pud
Synopsis: Pud and the gang use Dubble Bubble to help them walk through a tough neighborhood.
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Boys, Girls, Men, Women! The World Is on Fire!

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Genres: religious
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Disclose Notes: Ad to persuade readers to sell religious mottoes to earn prizes.
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Harvey Famous Name Comics Are Loved by Millions!

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Penciller(s): various
Inker(s): various
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Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, anthropomorphic, childrens, crime, drama, fantasy, humorous, mystery
Character(s): Blondie; Dagwood; Little Audrey; Joe Palooka; Dick Tracy; Little Max; Casper; Sad Sack; Jiggs; Maggie; Katzenjammer Kids
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: House ad for various Harvey Comics currently on sale.
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Hey You Skinny You Look Like Something the Cat Dragged In!

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Genres: sports
Character(s): George Jowett; Gleason Cleveland
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad for a mail-order body building course.
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Joe Palooka Helps His Young Friends Start a Safe Air Rifle Club

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Genres: childrens, sports
Character(s): Joe Palooka
Synopsis: Joe Palooka helps a group of kids form an air rifle safety club.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Endorsed by the National Rifle Association.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: adventure, childrens, crime, drama, humorous, mystery
Character(s): Dick Tracy; Tess Tracy; Junior Tracy; Blowtop; Sam Catchem; Oliver the milkman; Mugg
First Line: The chloroform did it!
Synopsis: Blowtop and his men seal Junior in a barrel and send it rolling slowly toward a 250-foot drop into an abandoned quarry. As they leave, they pass a patrol car. The patrolmen report the incident to Tracy. The barrel holding Junior is stopped by a turtle, and Tracy and Sam arrive at the quarry just in time to keep Junior from rolling off the edge of a cliff. Blowtop is having little luck fencing stolen cash and hides in a hotel. Vitamin Flintheart unknowingly enters the room, thinking it's his own. Believing Blowtop to be a rich investor, Vitamin talks him into producing a play.
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Reprint Notes: From Dick Tracy newspaper strip (Chicago Tribune) 19xx-xx-xx to 19xx-xx-xx.
Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
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Prophecy of Death

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Genres: crime, mystery
Character(s): Tom Caine; Joe Nesser; Carlotta
Synopsis: Caine and Nesser solve the murder of a gypsy fortune-teller.
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Pages: 0.75
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Calling All Crime-Stoppers Mail This Order Today

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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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Genres: crime, mystery
Character(s): Myra Martin; Glenn Wilson; Hugo Storm
First Line: I can hardly believe we're really going to spend a peaceful afternoon at the beach!
Synopsis: Myra solves the murder of one of Glenn's clients.
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Pages: 1
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Gateway to Murder

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Genres: crime, mystery
Character(s): Inspector Kennedy; Agnes Goodrich; Brad Donnell; Guy Farraday; Phillip Lane
Synopsis: Inspector Kennedy solves a murder.
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Pages: 0.75
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Here They Come and There They Go!

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Genres: anthropomorphic
Feature(s): Rags Rabbit
Character(s): Rags Rabbit
Synopsis: Generic house ad for Rags Rabbit Commics.
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Pages: 0.25
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Genres: crime, mystery
Character(s): Boris Gehrhart; Mr. Parkins
First Line: It's my chief's office, Boris!
Synopsis: Boris solves a locked-room murder.
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1000 Live Baby Turtles Given Away with This Offer

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Genres: childrens, nature
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Disclose Notes: Ad for a miniature garden with live plants and a turtle, from Honor House Products Co.
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Yours Almost as a Gift!

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Genres: historical
Character(s): Francis Scott Key
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Disclose Notes: Ad for free stamps plus a booklet on stamp collecting.
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May Is National Daisy Air Rifle Month

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Genres: childrens, sports
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Disclose Notes: Ad for five different models of Daisy Air Rifles plus a booklet with instructions for organizing an air rifle safety club.
Inside back cover.
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Wow! Nothing Beats This Bike for Speed -- or Looks!

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Genres: childrens, sports
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad for Schwinn Bicycles, spotlighting the Schwinn Traveler.
Back cover.

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