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Issue: Dick Tracy Crimebuster #2
Publication Date: January 1999
 
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Indicia Publisher: Avalon Communications
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Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $2.95 USD
Indicia Frequency: none
Content Items: 7 (2 stories, 1 cover)
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: colour cover; black and white interior
Dimensions: 6 7/16 in. x 10 1/4 in. (#1); standard Modern Age U.S. (#2-8 ?)
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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Pruneface

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Subject Matter
mystery
Pruneface
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Did You Miss an ACG Issue?

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ACG Comics
Dick Tracy
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Inside front cover. Promo for asking your comic shop to order ACG comic back issues.
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Subject Matter
mystery
Dick Tracy; Sam Catchem; Pruneface; Dr. Kryos Freezdrei; Inspector Trailer; Mrs. Pruneface [Anna] (flashback); Vitamin Flintheart
Pruneface Is Cryonic Man!
Pruneface is returned to life after being frozen for 30 years. Tracy tries to find a way to convict him of crimes he committed then. Pruneface adjusts to the modern world, while Dr. Freezdrei has a plan that needs him.
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from Dick Tracy daily and Sunday (Tribune Company Syndicate) newspaper strips from 1983
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The original Pruneface story was in 1943, during World War II; but this story several times says it happened "30 years ago," which would make it 1953.
My Heroes Weren't Always Cowboys!

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ACG Comics
Nemesis
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Centerfold. Promo for ACG Comics with list of creators. Comes between pages 15 and 16 of the Dick Tracy story.
Guest of Honor!

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Subject Matter
horror
Mr. Bones (host)
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The Jack Kirby Collector #20

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TwoMorrows
Silver Surfer (cameo)
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Inside back cover. Ad for The Jack Kirby Collector #20 and Comic Book Artist #1. Also includes mail-in coupon for ordering back issues of The Jack Kirby Collector #13-19.
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Comic Book Marketplace
You've just discovered...
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Back cover. Promo for "Comic Book Marketplace" magazine.

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