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Issue: Dick Tracy #103
Publication Date: September 1956
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Issues: #103 of 121 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagHarvey
Brand: Harvey Comics [Stamp]View Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: Harvey Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 07/17/1956
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 19 (4 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Leon Harvey (Credited)
Disclose Notes: On sale date is based on the date given in the last panel of the Dick Tracy story in Dick Tracy Comics Monthly #102.
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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] (painting)
Inker(s): Joe Simon [as Chester Gould] (painting)
Colorist(s): Joe Simon (painting)
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: crime, mystery
Feature(s): Dick Tracy
Character(s): Dick Tracy; Rainbow Reiley; Rughead; Sparkle Plenty
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Art credit based on Joe Simon's comments in his book The Comic Book Makers.
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Introducing Sheaffer's Cartridge Pen

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Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?; typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Sheaffer
Synopsis: Ad for the new leakproof fountain pen.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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The Case of Hi-Jacked Minks

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?; Chester Gould
Penciller(s): Chester Gould
Inker(s): Chester Gould
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset; Chester Gould
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, childrens, crime, drama, humorous, mystery
Feature(s): Dick Tracy
Character(s): Dick Tracy; Sam Catchem; B. O. Plenty; Gravel Gertie; Sparkle Plenty; Wingy; Rughead; Rainbow Reiley
Synopsis: While the search is on for Sparkle and Wingy, Rughead finds Rainbow, Sparkle and Wingy living in his house. Rughead is upset when he sees the two girls wearing some of the furs he has hijacked in the past. They tell him they found them lying around on the ground. Rughead gathers up the furs and hides them in fake hay bales. He also puts Wingy and Sparkle inside a fake bale and tells the driver to get rid of the kids. Rughead tries to make Rainbow his partner, but she wants no part of the deal. Her only concern is for the kids.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 21
Disclose Notes: There is an ad page between pages 2 and 3 of this story and four pages of ads between pages 13 and 14 of this story.
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Because It Has a Mighty Grip A Mountain Goat Will Never Slip

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Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?; typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Goodyear
Synopsis: Ad for the Goodyear G-3 all weather bike tire.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: This ad appears between pages 2 and 3 of the Dick Tracy story.
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Do You Need Extra Money? $35.00 Is Yours

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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?; typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Cheerful Card Company
Synopsis: Ad to recruit salespeople for Christmas cards and all-occasion cards.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: This is the first of four ad pages between pages 13 and 14 of the Dick Tracy story.
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Hi, Kids! Here's the Big Story about Harvey Comics This Month!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Big H Kid News
Character(s): Big H Kid; Casper; Little Lotta; Spooky; Dagwood; Dick Tracy; Blondie; Baby Hiey; Little Dot; Felix the Cat; Joe Palooka
Synopsis: Reviews and promotional copy for the Harvey Comics currently on sale.
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Pages: 0.67
Disclose Notes: This is the top part of the second of four pages between pages 13 and 14 of the Dick Tracy story.
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Sheaffer's Feathertouch Ballpoint

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Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?; typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Sheaffer
Synopsis: AD for the new Sheaffer ballpoint pen.
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Pages: 0.33
Disclose Notes: This ad appears on the bottom part of the second of four ad pages between pages 13 and 14 of the Dick Tracy story.
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The New 1956 Action-Engineered AMF Roadmaster

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Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?; typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): AMF Roadmaster
Synopsis: Ad for the new AMF Roadmaster bicycle.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: This is the third page of four pages between pages 13 and 14 of the Dick Tracy story.
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Footnotes on Wild Animals

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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): US Keds
Character(s): The Old Hunter
Synopsis: The Old Hunter talks about the platypus and the sloth.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: This is the fourth of four ad pages appearing between page 13 and 14 of the Dick Tracy story.
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Special Agent of the F. B. I.

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Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: crime
Feature(s): America's Finest
Synopsis: A brief account of the duties of an FBI agent.
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Pages: 0.8
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The Hummingbird Has a Sweet Tooth

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Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?; typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Curtiss Candy Company
Synopsis: Ad for Baby Ruth candy bars.
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Pages: 0.2
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Homicide Squad

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: crime
Character(s): Detective-Sergeant O'Halloran; Peter Vandenough
Synopsis: Detective-Sergeant O'Halloran solves a murder.
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Pages: 0.8
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Wildroot Cream-Oil Gives You Confidence!

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?; Milt Gross (Cartoon)
Penciller(s): Milt Gross
Inker(s): Milt Gross
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Wildroot Cream-Oil
Synopsis: A man refuses to be scared by ghosts.
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Pages: 0.2
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The Case of the Broken Hedera Helix

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Bob Powell
Inker(s): Bob Powell
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: crime
Character(s): Jackie Page; Lieutenant Gil Mason
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Pages: 2
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I Bike-Hiked through Yellowstroke Park on My Shelby Airflo de Luxe

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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, sports
Feature(s): Shelby Cycle Company
Synopsis: Ad for Shelby Bicycles.
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Pages: 0.5
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Free! Elizabeth II British Africa Stamps

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Writer(s): ?
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Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?; typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Garcelon Stamp Co.
Character(s): Queen Elizabeth II
Synopsis: Ad for a packet stamps plus a booklet about stamp collecting.
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Pages: 0.5
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Boys! Girls! Men! Women! Thrilling, New, First-Time Ideas in Christmas Cards Will Bring You More Extra Money

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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?; typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Wallace Brown, Inc.
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Pages: 1
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Boys - Girls - Men - Women Prizes Given

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Letterer(s): ?; typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): The FUNman
Synopsis: Ad to recruit salespeople to sell plaques that display religious mottoes.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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Most Beautiful Bike in the World

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Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?; typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Arnold Schwinn & Company
Synopsis: Ad for the new Schwinn Black Phantom.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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