Dick Tracy #2

(August 1985)

An Enduring Art (Table of Contents: 1)

foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 0.75 page (report information)

Script

Shel Dorf

Letters

typeset

Synopsis

Introduction by the editor

"Dedicated to the Memory of Chester Gould" (Table of Contents: 2)

Dick Tracy / comic story / 0.25 page (report information)

Pencils

Dick Locher

Inks

Dick Locher

Letters

?

Genre

drama

Characters

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

Keywords

cemetery; memorial

The Country's Favorite Detective -- and His Boss! (Table of Contents: 3)

text article / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Walter Simmons

Pencils

Milton Caniff; ? photograph

Inks

Milton Caniff; ? photograph

Letters

typeset

Genre

non-fiction

Characters

Chester Gould; Edna Gould; Jean Gould

Synopsis

Article on Chester Gould's working day. Originally published 1944 in the Chicago tribune.

Keywords

cartoonist; comic strip

Indexer Notes

Portrait of Gould by Milton Caniff

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4)

Dick Tracy / comic story / 68 pages (report information)

Script

Chester Gould

Pencils

Chester Gould

Inks

Chester Gould

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Writing finis to the Nilon episode, Tracy is returning to headquarters

Genre

adventure; crime; detective-mystery

Characters

Dick Tracy; Themesong; Roach; Shoulders; Honey; Themesong's mother; Gravel Gertie; B O Plenty; Breathless Mahoney; Christmas Early; Gargles

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.

Keywords

radio; wedding

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5) (Expand) /

Dick Tracy / promo (ad from the publisher) / 2 pages (report information)

The Reuben (Table of Contents: 6)

text article / 1 page (report information)

Script

Milton Caniff

Letters

typeset

Synopsis

Introduction to the Reuben award. List of Reuben winners from 1946 through 1983.

Keywords

cartoonist

The Chester Gould Autobiography (Table of Contents: 7)

Dick Tracy / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Chester Gould

Pencils

Chester Gould

Inks

Chester Gould

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

biography

Characters

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

Keywords

cartoonist; newspaper