Dick Tracy #10

(January 1987)

In Praise of Silence (Table of Contents: 1)

foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page (report information)

Script

Shel Dorf

Letters

typeset

Genre

non-fiction

Synopsis

Editor's thoughts on over-intellectualizing comic strips

Keywords

movies; newspaper comic strip

["Put me down, you big oaf!] (Table of Contents: 2)

Dick Tracy / comic story / 66 pages (report information)

Script

Chester Gould

Pencils

Chester Gould

Inks

Chester Gould

Letters

?

Genre

adventure; crime; detective-mystery

Characters

Dick Tracy; Acres O'Riley; Heels Beals; Big Frost; Diet Smith; Brilliant; Pat Patton; Chief Brandon

Synopsis

Compilation of daily and Sunday newspaper strips from August 10, 1948 through October [?], 1948. Pat Patton rescues Tracy from a death trap created by Heels Beals. Heels hides out in a giant advertising bottle and is trapped for two weeks. Diet Smith and Brilliant create a television burglar alarm. Big Frost infiltrates a demonstration, then kills Brilliant, forcing the resignation of Chief Brandon.

Keywords

death trap; police; television; TV; two-way wrist radio

Matt Masterson Q & A -- Part Two (Table of Contents: 3)

text article / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Shel Dorf; Matt Masterson

Pencils

Max Collins (photograph); Richard Pietrzyk (photograph)

Inks

Max Collins (photograph); Richard Pietrzyk (photograph)

Letters

typeset

Genre

non-fiction

Synopsis

Editor's interview with Tracy fan Mike Masterson on Masterson's relationship with Chester Gould

Keywords

cartoonist; newspaper comic strip

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

The Scrapbook of Chester Gould / public service announcement / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Chester Gould

Inks

Chester Gould

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

U.S. savings bonds are better than ever!

Genre

advocacy

Characters

Dick Tracy

Synopsis

Tracy promotes savings bonds (1973)

Keywords

Two-way wrist radio

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

Dick Tracy / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Chester Gould

Pencils

Chester Gould

Inks

Chester Gould

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Scene: The Glass Company Garage

Genre

adventure; crime; detective-mystery

Characters

Dick Tracy; Gargles

Synopsis

Dick Tracy Sunday strip of November 10, 1946. Tracy uses bullet-proof glass to approach Gargles, who is fatally pierced when he upsets sheets of glass.

Keywords

Two-way wrist radio

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6) (Expand) /

Dick Tracy / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

The Reuben (Table of Contents: 7)

text article / 1 page (report information)

Script

Milton Caniff

Pencils

Rube Goldberg

Inks

Rube Goldberg

Letters

typeset

Genre

non-fiction

Synopsis

Introduction to the Reuben award

Keywords

Reuben award

Indexer Notes

"Written especially for this series." Spot drawing of the Reuben. List of Reuben winners from 1946 through 1985.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8)

Dick Tracy / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Mike Kelley (painting)

Inks

Mike Kelley (painting)

Colors

Shel Dorf

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Ten stories above the street

Characters

Dick Tracy; Heels Beals; Diet Smith; Brilliant

Synopsis

Montage of Dick Tracy scenes

Indexer Notes

Based on original artwork by Chester Gould. Design by Shel Dorf.