Dick Tracy Crimebuster (1999 series) (Avalon Communications) #8

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Field	Previous	Change
Number	8	8
Volume
No Volume	No	Yes
Display Volume With Number	No	No
Indicia Publisher		Avalon Communications
Indicia Publisher Not Printed	Printed	Printed
Brand		ACG - America's Comic Group
No Brand	No	No
Publication Date		2000
Key Date		2000-00-00
Year On Sale	None	None
Month On Sale	None	None
Day On Sale	None	None
On Sale Date Uncertain	No	No
Indicia Frequency
No Indicia Frequency	No	Yes
Price		2.95 USD
Page Count		36 (note: total sum of story page counts is 36)
Page Count Uncertain	No	No
Editing		?
No Editing
ISBN
No Isbn	No	Yes
Barcode
No Barcode	No	Yes
Notes
Keywords
Reprint Links

Field	Added
Sequence Number	0
Title	"It's a crime computer and video transmitter!"
Unofficial Title?	Yes
Type	cover
Feature	Dick Tracy
Genre
Job Number
Script	?
No Script
Pencils	Dick Locher ?
No Pencils
Inks	Dick Locher ?
No Inks
Colors	?
No Colors
Letters	?
No Letters
Editing
No Editing	X
Page Count	1
Page Count Uncertain	No
Characters
Synopsis
Reprint Notes
Notes	Enlargement of a panel from a newspaper strip.
Keywords
Reprint Links

Field	Added
Sequence Number	1
Title	Wilderness
Unofficial Title?	No
Type	promo (ad from the publisher)
Feature	Wilderness
Genre
Job Number
Script	?
No Script
Pencils	Tim Truman
No Pencils
Inks	Tim Truman
No Inks
Colors
No Colors	X
Letters	typeset
No Letters
Editing
No Editing	X
Page Count	1
Page Count Uncertain	No
Characters
Synopsis
Reprint Notes
Notes	Inside front cover. Promo for "Wilderness" comic.
Keywords
Reprint Links

Field	Added
Sequence Number	2
Title	Toxic Trouble (Part 2)
Unofficial Title?	Yes
Type	comic story
Feature	Dick Tracy
Genre	detective-mystery
Job Number
Script	Max Collins
No Script
Pencils	Dick Locher
No Pencils
Inks	Dick Locher
No Inks
Colors
No Colors	X
Letters	?
No Letters
Editing
No Editing	X
Page Count	13
Page Count Uncertain	No
Characters	Dick Tracy; B.O. Plenty; Gertrude Plenty; Sam Catchem; Oxy; Dye; Goodin Plenty; Vitamin Flintheart (cameo);
Synopsis	B.O. opens his "Land O' Plenty" theme park, but the opening turns into a disaster when it becomes evident that the park was built on the site of an illegal toxic waste landfill.
Reprint Notes	from Dick Tracy daily and Sunday (Chicago Tribune Syndicate) 1984.03.18-1984-04.01
Notes	Continued from last issue. To be continued (except this is the last issue).
Keywords	ferris wheel; theme park; toxic waste
Reprint Links

Field	Added
Sequence Number	3
Title	The Things in the Subway
Unofficial Title?	No
Type	comic story
Feature
Genre
Job Number	D-4078
Script	Nicola Cuti (credited)
No Script
Pencils	Joe Staton (signed)
No Pencils
Inks	Joe Staton (signed)
No Inks
Colors
No Colors	X
Letters	Joe Staton
No Letters
Editing	George Wildman (original editor, credited)
No Editing
Page Count	8
Page Count Uncertain	No
Characters
Synopsis
Reprint Notes
Notes
Keywords	Manhattan; mole people; subways
Reprint Links	The following reprint links are edited in this changeset. from The Many Ghosts of Dr. Graves (Charlton, 1967 series) #43 sequence Dr. Graves (comic story: 8.000) The Things in the Subway [ADDED]

Field	Added
Sequence Number	4
Title	Curiosity Killed the Cat
Unofficial Title?	No
Type	comic story
Feature
Genre
Job Number
Script	Michael Pellowski [as M. J. Pellowski] (credited)
No Script
Pencils	Mike Zeck [as M. J. Zeck] (credited)
No Pencils
Inks	Mike Zeck [as M. J. Zeck] (credited)
No Inks
Colors
No Colors	X
Letters	?
No Letters
Editing	George Wildman [as G. Wildman] (original editor, credited)
No Editing
Page Count	10
Page Count Uncertain	No
Characters
Synopsis	A wizard's son is angered at his father for turning his girl friend into a cat. But the son doesn't realize he was originally a cat himself.
Reprint Notes
Notes
Keywords	cats; magic
Reprint Links	The following reprint links are edited in this changeset. from The Many Ghosts of Dr. Graves (Charlton, 1967 series) #59 sequence (comic story: 10.000) Curiosity Killed The Cat [ADDED]

Field	Added
Sequence Number	5
Title	Who Knows What Evil Lurks in the Heart of Men?
Unofficial Title?	No
Type	promo (ad from the publisher)
Feature	The Shadow
Genre
Job Number
Script	?
No Script
Pencils	?
No Pencils
Inks	?
No Inks
Colors
No Colors	X
Letters	typeset
No Letters
Editing
No Editing	X
Page Count	1
Page Count Uncertain	No
Characters	The Shadow (cameo)
Synopsis
Reprint Notes
Notes	Promo for Pulp Action #1 featuring The Shadow.
Keywords
Reprint Links

Field	Added
Sequence Number	6
Title	The Jack Kirby Collector #20
Unofficial Title?	No
Type	advertisement
Feature	TwoMorrows
Genre
Job Number
Script	?
No Script
Pencils	?
No Pencils
Inks	?
No Inks
Colors
No Colors	X
Letters	typeset
No Letters
Editing
No Editing	X
Page Count	1
Page Count Uncertain	No
Characters	Silver Surfer (cameo)
Synopsis
Reprint Notes
Notes	Inside back cover. Ad for The Jack Kirby Collector #20 and Comic Book Artist #1. Mail-in coupon for ordering back issues of The Jack Kirby Collector #13-19.
Keywords
Reprint Links

Field	Added
Sequence Number	7
Title	"If you're interested in the art of the comic book..."
Unofficial Title?	Yes
Type	advertisement
Feature	Joe Kubert's World of Cartooning
Genre
Job Number
Script	?
No Script
Pencils	Joe Kubert ?
No Pencils
Inks	Joe Kubert ?
No Inks
Colors	?
No Colors
Letters	typeset
No Letters
Editing
No Editing	X
Page Count	1
Page Count Uncertain	No
Characters	Joe Kubert (caricature)
Synopsis
Reprint Notes
Notes	Back cover. Ad for Joe Kubert's World of Cartooning art course.
Keywords
Reprint Links

Commenter	Comment	Timestamp	Old State	New State
Merlin Haas	Editing	2012-10-07 19:11:26	Available	Editing
Merlin Haas		2012-10-07 19:55:56	Editing	Pending Review
Donald Dale Milne		2012-10-08 03:31:14	Pending Review	Under Review
Donald Dale Milne	Merlin - Sequence 6 - Type - you list "comic story" but in the Notes you call it a "promo". - Don	2012-10-08 03:32:07	Under Review	Editing
Merlin Haas	Actually it is neither. It is an ad, not a promo and I need to go and correct a bunch where I used cut and paste on the note. Thanks for catching that. -- Merlin.	2012-10-08 04:00:47	Editing	Under Review
Donald Dale Milne		2012-10-08 12:17:41	Under Review	Approved

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