Dick Tracy #29

(July 1950)

Motive for Robbery (Table of Contents: 1)

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

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Genre

crime; detective-mystery

Characters

Dick Tracy; Junior Tracy

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2)

Dick Tracy / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

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Chester Gould

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Chester Gould

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Chester Gould

First Line of Dialogue or Text

We shot in self-defense...

Genre

adventure; drama; crime; detective-mystery

Characters

Dick Tracy; Pat Patton

Synopsis

The Brow hides inside a casket in an attempt to escape the police. When a workman discovers his hiding place, the Brow steals a car and puts a different set of license plates on it.

Reprints

• From Dick Tracy Newspaper Strip (Chicago Tribune) 1944-07-16 to 1944-08-13 [August 7 removed; August 8-13 some panels removed, some panels reorganized]

Bobby Shelby and His Pals Form a Bike Safety Club (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

The Shelby Cycle Company / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

See Monark...Then Buy! (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

Monark Silver King, Inc. / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Desperate Gamble (Table of Contents: 5)

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

Script

Chester Gould

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Chester Gould

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Chester Gould

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Letters

Chester Gould

Genre

adventure; drama; crime; detective-mystery

Characters

The Brow; Dick Tracy; Pat Patton

Synopsis

The Brow steals a tractor while his accomplice continues to flee in the getaway car.

Reprints

• From Dick Tracy Newspaper Strip (Chicago Tribune) 1944-08-14 to 1944-08-16

The Rain Maker (Table of Contents: 6) (Expand) /

Captain Tootsie; Tootsie Roll / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

Patrick O'Hare St. Louis, Missouri (Table of Contents: 7) (Expand) /

Popsicle Hall of Fame / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

The Vital Clue (Table of Contents: 8)

Dick Tracy / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Chester Gould

Pencils

Chester Gould

Inks

Chester Gould

Colors

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Letters

Chester Gould

Genre

adventure; drama; crime; detective-mystery

Characters

Dick Tracy; Pat Patton; Junior Tracy; The Brow; Gravel Gertie

Synopsis

Tracy and Pat chase The Brow to a theater. In a fight, The Brow stabs Tracy with a lightning rod and steals a station wagon from the parking lot. As he speeds down the road, he loses control of the car and crashes in a ditch, where he is rescued by Gravel Gertie.

Reprints

• From Dick Tracy Newspaper Strip (Chicago Tribune) 1944-08-20 to 1944-09-02.

[The modern detective studies...] (Table of Contents: 9)

Crimestoppers Handbook / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 10) (Expand) /

Dick Tracy Comics Monthly / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

Trapping a Killer (Table of Contents: 11)

text story / 1 page (report information)

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Pencils

Chester Gould

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Chester Gould

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Letters

typeset

Genre

crime

Reprints

• in Dick Tracy (Harvey, 1950 series) #142 (October 1960)

Indexer Notes

Two images of Dick Tracy and Pat Patton but the story does not involve Dick Tracy.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 12)

Dick Tracy Minit Mystery / filler / 1 page (report information)

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What ... J. Pierpont Moneypacker killed?

Genre

detective-mystery

Reprints

• in Dick Tracy (Harvey, 1950 series) #142 (October 1960)

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

Beware of These Rackets / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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Lee Elias

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With every set of dishes...

Genre

crime

Reprints

• in Dick Tracy (Harvey, 1950 series) #142 (October 1960)

Blondie Now Published Every Month! (Table of Contents: 14) (Expand) /

Blondie Comics / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

1st Choice of Readers (Table of Contents: 15) (Expand) /

Harvey Comics / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 16)

Sparkle Plenty / filler / 1 page (report information)

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Rain...rain...go away...

Genre

humor

Reprints

• in Dick Tracy (Harvey, 1950 series) #44 (October 1951), #142 (October 1960)

Get This Super Duper Chain of Champions (Table of Contents: 17) (Expand) /

Old Nick Candy Bar / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 18) (Expand) /

Dubble Bubble / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

It's the Best (Table of Contents: 19) (Expand) /

Schwinn Bicycles / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

Play Piano The First Day...Or Don't Pay! (Table of Contents: 20) (Expand) /

Dean Ross Piano Studios, Inc / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Now You Can subscribe to Dick Tracy Comics Monthly (Table of Contents: 21) (Expand) /

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