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Issue: Dick Tracy #2
Publication Date: August 1985
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Issues: #2 of 24 Issues
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Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagBlackthorne
Brand: Blackthorne Publishing, Inc.
Indicia Publisher: Blackthorne Publishing Inc.
On Sale Date: 1985
Volume: none
Pages: 76
ISBN: 0932629091
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $7.50 CAD
$5.95 USD
Indicia Frequency: none
Content Items: 8 (3 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Shel Dorf
Disclose Notes: Copyright Tribune Media Services, Inc. Printed in Canada.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color cover; black and white interior
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Paper Stock: glossy cardstock cover; white matte interior
Binding: squarebound
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Chester Gould
Inker(s): Chester Gould
Colorist(s): Barbara Marker
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, crime, mystery
Feature(s): Dick Tracy
Character(s): Dick Tracy; Gargles; Honey; Shoulders; Themesong; Christmas Early
Synopsis: Montage of Dick Tracy scenes
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Pages: 1
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An Enduring Art

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Shel Dorf
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Synopsis: Introduction by the editor
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"Dedicated to the Memory of Chester Gould"

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Penciller(s): Dick Locher
Inker(s): Dick Locher
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: drama
Feature(s): Dick Tracy
Character(s): Dick Tracy; Tess Tracy; Honeymoon; Sam Catchem; Pat Patton; B O Plenty; Gravel Gertie
Synopsis: Dick Tracy characters at the gravesite of creator Chester Gould
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The Country's Favorite Detective -- and His Boss!

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Walter Simmons
Penciller(s): Milton Caniff; ? photograph
Inker(s): Milton Caniff; ? photograph
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: non-fiction
Character(s): Chester Gould; Edna Gould; Jean Gould
Synopsis: Article on Chester Gould's working day. Originally published 1944 in the Chicago tribune.
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Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Portrait of Gould by Milton Caniff
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Chester Gould
Penciller(s): Chester Gould
Inker(s): Chester Gould
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, crime, mystery
Feature(s): Dick Tracy
Character(s): Dick Tracy; Themesong; Roach; Shoulders; Honey; Themesong's mother; Gravel Gertie; B O Plenty; Breathless Mahoney; Christmas Early; Gargles
First Line: Writing finis to the Nilon episode, Tracy is returning to headquarters
Synopsis: Compilation of daily and Sunday strips from June 10, 1946 through November 17, 1946. Dick Tracy picks up a small singing girl who serves as a distraction for pickpockets. Themesong becomes entangled with protection racketeer Gargles, who murders Themesong's mother, but is killed trying to escape. Christmas Early takes Themesong under her wing. Gravel Gertie marries B O Plenty.
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Pages: 68
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Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Chester Gould
Inker(s): Chester Gould
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Dick Tracy
Character(s): Dick Tracy
First Line: Exclusive!
Synopsis: Syndicate promotional materials from 1931.
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The Reuben

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Milton Caniff
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Synopsis: Introduction to the Reuben award. List of Reuben winners from 1946 through 1983.
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The Chester Gould Autobiography

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Chester Gould
Penciller(s): Chester Gould
Inker(s): Chester Gould
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: biography
Feature(s): Dick Tracy
Character(s): Chester Gould; Joseph Patterson; Dick Tracy; Sparkle Plenty; B O Plenty; Gravel Gertie; Chief Brandon; Junior Tracy; Tess Trueheart; Flattop; Diet Smith; Vitamin Flintheart; Mumbles; The Mole; Pruneface; Mrs Pruneface; Shaky; Influence; Itchy; Heels Beals
Synopsis: Humorous account of Gould creating Dick Tracy
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