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Issue: Dick Tracy #3
Publication Date: December 1985
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Issues: #3 of 24 Issues
Title:
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: 0932629105
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $7.50 CAD
$5.95 USD
Indicia Frequency: none
Content Items: 7 (1 story, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Shel Dorf
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color cover; black and white interior
Dimensions:  
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): Barbara Marker (painting)
Inker(s): Barbara Marker (painting)
Colorist(s): Shel Dorf
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, crime, mystery
Feature(s): Dick Tracy
Character(s): Dick Tracy; Influence; Vitamin Flintheart; Florence Lane; Hypo
Synopsis: Montage of Dick Tracy scenes and characters
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Based on artwork by Chester Gould. Cover design by Shel Dorf.
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Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Shel Dorf
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Synopsis: Why Blackthorne reprints newspaper strips
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Pages: 1
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"Dear Shel"

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Chester Gould
Penciller(s): Chester Gould
Inker(s): Chester Gould
Letterer(s): Chester Gould
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Dick Tracy
Character(s): Dick Tracy
Synopsis: Hand-written letter from Chester Gould to Shelf Dorf, on Dick Tracy stationery. Brief typeset comment by Dorf.
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Pages: 1
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Public Service Announcement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Chester Gould
Inker(s): Chester Gould
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: opinion
Feature(s): 1
Character(s): Dick Tracy
First Line: Dick Tracy Suggests
Synopsis: Two one-panel public service announcements featuring Dick Tracy -- one on hiring the blind, one on farm safety
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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; Vitamin Flintheart; Themesong; Christmas Early; Influence; Florence Lane; Snowflake Flintheart; Pat Patton; Misty Waters; Hypo
First Line: Yes, Christmas Early, you are completely cleared
Synopsis: Compilation of daily and Sunday newspaper strips from November 17, 1946 through April 29, 1947. Themesong and Vitamin clash, but he agrees to coach her in stage presence. Influence hypnotizes Vitamin and Florence Lane as part of a crime scene and dumps Tracy in a frozen river. He's rescued by teen Misty, who develops a crush on him. Hypo takes over a burglary racket using photography to gain entry. Tracy jails Influence and Hypo both.
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Pages: 70.5
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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: Editor's comments on the history of comics.
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Pages: 0.5
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Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): Chester Gould
Inker(s): Chester Gould
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Dick Tracy
Character(s): Dick Tracy; Themesong; Misty Waters
First Line: Silent night
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Pages: 1

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