Dick Tracy #99

(May 1956)

100 Airplanes $1.25 (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

100 Airplanes / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Dick Tracy and the Case of the Man Called "Open-Mind" (Table of Contents: 2)

Dick Tracy / comic story / 21 pages (report information)

Script

Chester Gould; ?

Pencils

Chester Gould

Inks

Chester Gould

Colors

?

Letters

Chester Gould; typeset

Genre

adventure; drama; humor; crime; detective-mystery

Characters

Dick Tract; Sam Catchem; Open-Mind Monty; Dewdrop

Synopsis

Sensing a trap, Tracy and Sam position a dummy that resembles Tracy at a meeting place. Their fears are realized when a sniper shoots it several times with a high-powered rifle. Open-Mind and his hired assassin believe that they have killed Tracy after they call police headquarters and are told that Tracy is not in. The crooks carelessly leave the phone off the hook, and Tracy traces the location of the call. They break in on the crooks as they are drinking in celebration of Tracy's death.

Reprints

• From Dick Tracy Newspaper Strip (Chicago Tribune) 19xx-xx-xx to 19xx-xx-xx.

Indexer Notes

Page 1 of this story has a recap of the previous issue in the left column. Story resumes in the right column.

Ads appear between pages 2 and 3 and pages 13 and 14.

On page 18 of the story, Tracy is pinching a thug's wrist, apparently to disarm him, but the gun has been edited out of the panel.

In a Bullddog as in a Bike Tire It's Grip That Brings Fame to the Name (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

Goodyear / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Hey Kids! It's Red Goose Treasurama Time Again! (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

Red Goose Shoes / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Hi Kids -- Here's the Lineup for Your Favorite Comics in May (Table of Contents: 5) (Expand) /

Harvey Comics News / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Champions All (Table of Contents: 6) (Expand) /

Joe Palooka / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.75 page (report information)

Special Free Offer How to Start a Stamp Collection (Table of Contents: 7) (Expand) /

Harvey Stamp News / advertisement / 0.25 page (report information)

For School...Home...Work (Table of Contents: 8) (Expand) /

Scripto / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

Look! A real speedometer! (Table of Contents: 9) (Expand) /

Stewart-Warner Bike Speedometers / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

America's Finest: the FBI (Table of Contents: 10)

text article / 0.75 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Genre

historical

Synopsis

A brief history of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

Reprints

• from Dick Tracy (Harvey, 1950 series) #25 (March 1950) [Display lettering and illustration removed from this version and text reformatted to reduce amount of space required for text to allow room for a 1/4 page ad at the bottom of the page.]

Wildroot Cream-Oil Gives You Condidence (Table of Contents: 11) (Expand) /

Wildroot Cream-Oil / advertisement / 0.25 page (report information)

The Bureau of Narcotics (Table of Contents: 12)

America's Finest / text article / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Letters

Typeset

Genre

non-fiction; crime

Characters

Harry Walker

Synopsis

A story about the Bureau Of Narcotics.

Reprints

• from Dick Tracy (Harvey, 1950 series) #38 (April 1951)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 13)

Minit Mystery / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Ted Galindo ?

Inks

Ted Galindo ?

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Mr. Gehrhart, an important phone call, sir!

Genre

crime; detective-mystery

Characters

Boris Gehrhart; Marcia; Mel Lewis; Larry Wilson; Pete Stevens

Synopsis

Boris is called to investigate a murder in a tourist camp by the river.

Reprints

• from Dick Tracy (Harvey, 1950 series) #54 (August 1952)

Indexer Notes

Starring the Count

Hey Kids...Look! (Table of Contents: 14) (Expand) /

Beacon Falls Rubber Footwear / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

Free! Elizabeth II Colonies Stamps (Table of Contents: 15) (Expand) /

Garcelon Stamps / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

Hey Kids!! Send for the New Disneyland Color Television Set (Table of Contents: 16) (Expand) /

Disneyland Color Television Set / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Boys - Girls - Men - Women Prizes Given (Table of Contents: 17) (Expand) /

The FUNman / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

B.T.O. (Big Time Operator) (Table of Contents: 18) (Expand) /

Baby Ruth / advertisement / 1 page (report information)