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Issue: Dick Tracy #81
Publication Date: November 1954
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Issues: #81 of 121 Issues (126 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: [no rating]
Publisher: FlagHarvey
Brand: Harvey Famous Name ComicsView Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: Harvey Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 09/10/1954
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 22 (7 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On sale date based on date given in the last panel of the Dick Tracy story in Dick Tracy Comics Monthly #80.
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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
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: crime
Character(s): Dick Tracy
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Art credit based on Joe Simon's comments in his book The Comic Book Makers.
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Genres: religious
First Line: Men-Women-Boys-Girls Prizes Given
Synopsis: Ad to recruit salespeople for religious motto plaques in order to earn money and/or prizes.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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Dick Tracy and the Case of the Killer Crooner

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?; typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, crime, drama, humorous, mystery
Character(s): Dick Tracy; Sam Catchem; Tonsils; Dot View; Tess Tracy; Junior Tracy; Bonnie Braids; Officer Mason
Synopsis: Tonsils is kidnapped by Dude's former partners and left for dead inside a large tractor tire. Dot View is left on the roadside, and when Tracy and Sam find her. she tells them about Tonsils. An older couple finds Tonsils in the tire and gets him to a hospital. Tracy and Sam start a search for the kidnappers.
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Reprint Notes: From Dick Tracy Newspaper Strip (Chicago Tribune) 1952-03-30 to 1952-05-26.
Miscellaneous
Pages: 12
Disclose Notes: Continued from Dick Tracy Comics Monthly #80.
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Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, western
Character(s): Red Ryder; Little Beaver
First Line: Announcing the new Red Ryder Daisy carbine
Synopsis: Ad for the new Daisy BB rifle. Also offered are a lucky charm and a copy of Red Ryder's Gun Book.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad appears between pages 1 and 2 of the first story.
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[Dick Tracy and the Case of the Killer Crooner] Part 2

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, crime, drama, humorous, mystery
Character(s): Dick Tracy; Sam Catchem; Tonsils; Dot View; B. O. Plenty; Gravel Gertie; Sparkle Plenty; Eddie Moppet
First Line: The big news at headquarters is the finding of one of the masks...
Synopsis: While Tracy and Sam are tracking Tonsils' kidnappers, Gus shows a photo of Tonsils to Dot View. Dot goes with Gus and finds Tonsils at his house. Tonsila thinks that Dot is the one who betrayed him to Dude's former partners. Tonsils and Gus get into a fight. A bottle of gasoline is broken. A fire starts and Tonsils escapes in the confusion. Tracy and Sam arrive in time to keep Dot View from burning, but the old couple dies in the heat and smoke.
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Reprint Notes: From Dick Tracy Newspaper Strip (Chicago Tribune) 1952-05-26 to 1952-06-15.
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Pages: 9
Disclose Notes: Four pages of ads appear beetween pages 1 and 2 of this story.
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Genres: childrens, horror, humorous
Character(s): Pud; Ruffy
First Line: Look - there's Ruffy!
Synopsis: Pud dares a bully to spend a night in a haunted house.
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Pages: 0.5
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Genres: childrens, sports
First Line: Now! Power braking for your bike!
Synopsis: Ad for a new bicycle brake.
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Bottom half of the first of four pages of ads between pages 1 and 2 of Part of 2 of "Crooner-Killer."
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Genres: childrens, crime, drama, fantasy
Feature(s): Harvey Comics News
Character(s): Dick Tracy; Dot View; Little Lotta; Blondie; Dagwood; Casper
First Line: Hi, kids — here I am again with some news...
Synopsis: Promotional news for some of the current Harvey Famous Name Comics.
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Genres: childrens
First Line: The best for better marks at school!
Synopsis: Ad for the new Scripto ink pens.
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Bottom half of the second of four pages of ads between pages 1 and 2 of Part 2 of "Crooner-Killer."
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Empire Builders

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Genres: childrens
Synopsis: Ad for the new Lionel Train and a train hobbyist booklet.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Third of four pages of ads between pages 1 and 2 of Part 2 of "Crooner-Killer.'
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Genres: childrens, sports
First Line: Yippee! Ride it cowboy!
Synopsis: Ad for the new Schwinn Corvette and an offer for a free poster
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Fourth of four pages of ads between pages 1 and 2 of part 2 of "Crooner-Killer."
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Legacy of Murder

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: crime, mystery
Character(s): Lieutenant Peter Hardwick; Frank Bronson; Tim Garrett
Synopsis: Lt. Hardwick investigates the murder on an heiress.
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Pages: 0.75
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Subject Matter
Genres: nature
Character(s): Peter Penguin
First Line: Peter Penguin's a very sly guy...
Synopsis: Ad for Baby Ruth candy bars.
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Pages: 0.25
Disclose Notes: Ad takes up bottom half of the right column on this page.
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Genres: crime, mystery
Feature(s): Girl Friday!
Character(s): Myra Martin; Glenn Wilson; Stewart; Captain Nixon
First Line: It's so peaceful here...
Synopsis: Myra solves a shipboard murder.
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Pages: 1
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Death Cruise

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Genres: crime, mystery
Character(s): Bob Siddon; Milton Scott
Synopsis: Bob Siddon solves the mystery of a missing passenger.
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Genres: crime
Feature(s): Crimestoppers Textbook
First Line: Before the discovery of fingerprints...
Synopsis: Some ways that criminals were identified prior to fingerprints.
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Genres: crime, historical, non-fiction
Feature(s): Your F.B.I.
First Line: Quantico, Virginia is only a spot on the map.
Synopsis: A brief account of the activities that occur at FBI training headquarters.
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Genres: sports
First Line: AMF Roadmaster sets a hot pace in the "Little 500" bike race!
Synopsis: A brief account of how the Roadmaster performs in races.
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Genres: childrens, sports
First Line: Be the leader with your new Stewart-Warner "Cadet" bike speedometer
Synopsis: Ad showing the advantages of the Stewart-Warner Speedometer.
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Genres: historical
First Line: Free! Elizabeth II empire stamps and illustrated booklet
Synopsis: Ad for a starter set for stamp collectors plus a booklet of tips for stamp collectors.
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Genres: childrens
First Line: "Hollywood bride" unbreakable plastic walking doll
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Disclose Notes: Ad for over-sized life-like dolls from Niresk Industries.
Inside back cover.
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Genres: childrens, historical
Feature(s): Nor-West Model Kits
First Line: Boys, girls... teen agers... grown-ups build a Nor-West historical model locomotive like mine!
Synopsis: Ad for various model trains available from Nor-West Model Kits.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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