- Script
- Chester Gould; ?
- Pencils
- Chester Gould
- Inks
- Chester Gould
- Letters
- Chester Gould; typeset
- Genre
- adventure; drama; humor; crime; detective-mystery
- Characters
- Dick Tracy; Sam Catchem; Mr. Crime; Courtney Rulings; Maria; Junior Tracy; Odds Zonn
- Synopsis
- Tracy's ruse to catch Mr. Crime drives him to flight. When Mr. Crime tries to get his partner to flee with him, they argue and end up killing each other. After putting the case to bed, Tracy heads home but is sidetracked when he sees a small girl wandering in the snow. She points to her dog hiding in a culvert. Tracy tries to coax the dog out and then finds himself trapped as three thugs tie his wrists to the culvert supports and leave him to die.
- Reprints
- From Dick Tracy Newspaper Strip (Chicago Tribune) 1953-01-04 to 1953-02-04
On Page 4, Panel 3 of the story, Courtney Rulings says "They'll never take me alive!" It's obvious that the gun in his mouth has been removed from the panel. In the following panel, Mr. Crime is pointing a gun, obviously firing and wincing from being shot, even though no bullets the newspaper he's firing that gun and has bullets hitting him. The newspaper strip shows gunfire and also shows Mr. Crime being hit by bullets. This was the first issue produced under "guidance" of the Comics Code Authority.
- Script
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- adventure; crime; history
- Reprints
Story re-typed to fill the page. No wording changed.