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Issue: Four Color #8
Publication Date: January 1940
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Issues: #8 of 25 Issues (27 Printings)
Title: Dick Tracy
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagDell
Brand: object(PgSql\Result)#3 (0) { }
Indicia Publisher: Dell Publishing Company Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: none
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency: none
Content Items: 5 (1 story, 1 cover)
Editor(s): ?
Disclose Notes: Indicia title - Dick Tracy, No. 8.
"Copyright, 1938, 1939, by Chicago Tribune-N.Y. News Syndicate, Inc."
House ad for this issue appears in Popular Comics #56 (October 1940) and #57 (November 1940)
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Golden Age U.S.
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Feature(s): Dick Tracy
Character(s): Dick Tracy
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Your Popular Comics Is Now on Sale Everywhere!

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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Promo for Popular Comics on inside front cover.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Chester Gould
Penciller(s): Chester Gould (signed)
Inker(s): Chester Gould (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Feature(s): Dick Tracy
Character(s): Dick Tracy [also as John Jones]; Brighton Spotts; Charlie; Chief Jim Brandon; Jim Trailer; Johnny; Junior [Dick Tracy, Jr.]; Mr. Jade; Mr. Molner; Mr. Smithers; Mrs. Trueheart; Officer Rielley; Officer Leslie Shawn (death); Pat Patton; Pop Gainer; Tess Trueheart;
Halone (villain, death); Jim Zess (villain); Karpse [also as Blaine; also as Mr. Janings] (villain); Killer (villain); Marro [also as Mary] (villain); Mickey Gainer (villain); Mr. Nibbs (villain); Rono Wolley (villain); Scardol (villain)
First Line: So they make dairy feed down there, eh?
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Reprint Notes: from Dick Tracy daily (Chicago Tribune-N.Y. News Syndicate, Inc.) 1938.xx.xx; from Dick Tracy Sunday (Chicago Tribune-N.Y. News Syndicate, Inc.) 1938.xx.xx; from Dick Tracy daily (Chicago Tribune-N.Y. News Syndicate, Inc.) 1939.xx.xx; from Dick Tracy Sunday (Chicago Tribune-N.Y. News Syndicate, Inc.) 1939.xx.xx
Miscellaneous
Pages: 64
Disclose Notes: Page 6 of story is from Sunday strip dated November 6, 1938. Last Sunday strip in comic story is dated April 2, 1939 (page 62). Last daily strip in comic story would be a few days later in April 1939.
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You Can't Beat The Funnies for Action!

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Disclose Notes: Promo for The Funnies on the inside back cover.
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War Comics #3

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Genres: war
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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