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Issue: Dick Tracy #121
Publication Date: March 1958
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Issues: #121 of 121 Issues (126 Printings)
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: 01/15/1958
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 24 (7 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On sale date from mikesamazingworld.com
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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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Genres: childrens, crime, mystery
Character(s): Dick Tracy; Mumbles; Neki; Hokey
First Line: Calling All Cars! Mumbles Is Ready to Give Himself Up! Awk! Awk!
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An Exciting New Way You and Your Children Can Learn about Nature

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The Case of the Wild Boys

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Writer(s): ? (splash panel)
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Genres: adventure, childrens, crime, drama, humorous, mystery
Character(s): Dick Tracy; Sam Catchem; Junior Tracy; Neki; Hokey; Dr. Woodyard
Synopsis: While investigating a house fire, Tracy and Sam encounter a couple of young boys whose behavior is wild and whose speech is mystifying. They call in a linguistics professor to help them understand what the boys are saying.
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Reprint Notes: From Dick Tracy Newspaper strip (Chicago Tribune) 1955-03-xx to 1955-08-xx.
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Pages: 13
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Meet Hot Stuff

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Genres: fantasy, humorous
Feature(s): Harvey Comics
Character(s): Hot Stuff; Stumbo
Synopsis: House ad for Hot Stuff.
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Pages: 0.25
Disclose Notes: This ad is the top 1/4 page of the page of ads between pages 1 and 2 of "The Case of the Wild Boys."
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By Popular Demand We're Here for You!

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Feature(s): Inky and Dinky
Character(s): Inky; Dinky; Felix the Cat
Synopsis: House ad for Inky and Dinky Comics.
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Pages: 0.25
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631 Movie and TV Star Pictures

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Genres: biography
Character(s): Tony Curtis
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Washable Grips

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Genres: childrens, informational, sports
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It's Fun to Fill Sheaffer's New Cartridge Pen

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Here She Comes! Right into Your Hearts

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Feature(s): Harvey Hits
Character(s): Wendy the Good Little Witch
Synopsis: Ad for the latest issue of Harvey Hits featuring Wendy the Good Little Witch.
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I'm Munchy! I'm Crunchy! I'm Spoon-Size!

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Character(s): Crunchy; Munchy; Spoon-Size
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Here Are the Big H Comics Loved by Millions

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Genres: adventure, childrens, crime, drama, humorous, sports
Feature(s): Harvey Comics
Character(s): Dagwood; Little Lotta; Felix the Cat; Inky; Dinky; Little Dot; Casper; Hot Stuff; Little Audrey; Sad Sack; Joe Palooka' Baby Huey; Blondie; Little Max; Dick Tracy.
Synopsis: Ad for 17 current Harvey Comics titles.
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Mumbles, the Tutor

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Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, childrens, crime, drama, humorous, mystery
Character(s): Dick Tracy; Sam Catchem; Junior Tracy; Mumbles; George Ozone; Neki; Hokey
Synopsis: Mumbles has an argument with George Ozone, a fitness advocate who has hired Mumbles to tutor his two boys. Ozone goes to the police station, where he's reunited with his two sons, but Ozone doesn't mention to Tracy that Mumbles is the boys' tutor.
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Reprint Notes: From Dick Tracy Newspaper Strips (Chicago Tribune) 1955-03-xx to 1953-08-xx.
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Pages: 6.75
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Would the Foxy, Dangerous Mumbles Let George Ozone Turn Him In?

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Genres: crime
Feature(s): Dick Tracy Comics Monthly
Character(s): Cinn
Synopsis: Promotional ad for Dick Tracy Comics Monthly #122.
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The Jewel Thieves

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Statement of Ownership, Management and Circulation

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Letterer(s): typeset
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"Oh, Mommy...I want to go out and play!"

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Genres: childrens, humorous
Character(s): Sparkle Plenty; Gravel Gertie; B. O. Plenty
Synopsis: B. O. helps Sparkle wash the dishes.
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"I need a little extra spending money."

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Genres: childrens, humorous
Character(s): Sparkle Plenty
Synopsis: Sparkle opens a pie stand.
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Prophecy of Fate

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Genres: crime, mystery
Character(s): Corporal Jimmy Byrne; Baldy Jack; Baldy Jack; One-Eye Mike
Synopsis: Corporal Byrne tracks a criminal through the Queensland Desert in Australia.
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Destroy Old License Plates

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Genres: crime
Feature(s): Crimestoppers Textbook
Synopsis: A group of Crimestopper panels detailing how to avoid becoming a crime victim and also how to process clues.
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Disclose Notes: There are eight different panels including panels on firearm safety, footprints, proper equipment for a police officer, and neighborhood watch.
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Everyone Loves Sad Sack and the Sarge and All Their Funny Friends

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Genres: war
Feature(s): Sad Sack
Character(s): Sad Sack; Sarge; Sadie Sack
Synopsis: Generic house ad for Sad Sack Comics.
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Free! These...and More New World-Wide Stamps...Just Released!

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Disclose Notes: Ad for a sample packet of stamps plus a collector's handbook.
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First Line: We'll Send You These 2 Boxes of Modern-Design Studio Style Cards..."
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Disclose Notes: Sell greeting cards for Wallace Brown, Inc., and earn $75 to $500 and even more easily and quickly in your spare time.
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Toys! Tricks! Surprises! Galore

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Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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Choose Your Prize

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Genres: childrens, nature
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Disclose Notes: Ad that promises prizes to their top seed salespeople.
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