Dick Tracy
#36
(February 1951)
Harvey,
1950 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- Monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1950-12-13
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Harvey Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
Harvey Comics H
- Editing
- Leon Harvey (credited) (editor)
Issue Notes
On sale date based on house ad in DICK TRACY COMICS MONTHLY #35.
The Case of the Runaway Blonde
Dick Tracy / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Joe Simon (ghosted for Chester Gould)
- Inks
- Joe Simon (ghosted for Chester Gould)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- drama; crime; detective-mystery
- Characters
- Dick Tracy; Breathless Mahoney; B. O. Plenty
Indexer Notes
Cover art is also used as the splash panel on page 1 of the story.
Now You Can Subscribe to Dick Tracy Comics Monthly
Dick Tracy / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
- Genre
- adventure; drama; crime; detective-mystery
- Characters
- Dick Tracy
- Synopsis
- Subscription ad for DICK TRACY COMICS MONTHLY.
The Case of the Runaway Blonde
Dick Tracy / comic story / 13 pages
- Script
- Chester Gould
- Pencils
- Joe Simon (splash panel); Chester Gould
- Inks
- Joe Simon (splash panel); Chester Gould
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Chester Gould
- Genre
- adventure; drama; humor; crime; detective-mystery
- Characters
- Dick Tracy; Breathless Mahoney; B. O. Plenty; Pat Patton; Wetwash
- Synopsis
- Breathless manages to escape in a laundry truck. She is discovered by the driver, who tries to take half of the money in exchange for helping her escape. Breathless subdues the driver and then hides the money in a plowed field on B.O. Plenty's farm.
- Reprints
- from Dick Tracy Newspaper strip (Chicago Tribune) 1945-06-25 to 1945-07-22. [Some panels from July 9th-10th removed.]
Indexer Notes
Splash panel on page 1 is the same as the cover art.
Bobby Shelby and the Christmas Party!
Shelby Bicycles / comics-form advertising / 1 page
- Genre
- adventure; children
- Characters
- Bobby Shelby
- Synopsis
- Ad for the Shelby Model 52-A, ready just in time for Christmas.
Indexer Notes
This ad appears between pages 1 and 2 of the Dick Tracy story.
[no title indexed]
Schwinn Bicycles / advertisement / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The finest gift in the world for any boy or girl!
- Genre
- children
- Characters
- Santa Claus.
- Synopsis
- Ad for the new Schwinn Black Phantom.
[Exhausted]
Dick Tracy / comic story / 2 pages
- Genre
- adventure; drama; humor; crime; detective-mystery
- Characters
- Dick Tracy; Breathless Mahoney; B. O. Plenty
- Synopsis
- Tracy finds Breathless in B. O. Plenty's home. Breatless poisons Tracy's coffee and makes a getaway.
- Reprints
- From Dick Tracy Newspaper Strip (Chicago Tribune) 1945-07-23 to 1945-07-28.
Gridiron Hero
Captain Tootsie; Tootsie Roll / comics-form advertising / 1 page
- Genre
- adventure; humor; superhero
- Characters
- Captain Tootsie
[no title indexed]
Dick Tracy / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- H'm? B. O. must be milking the cows
- Genre
- adventure; drama; humor; crime; detective-mystery
- Characters
- Dick Tracy; Pat Patton; B. O. Plenty; Breathless Mahoney
- Synopsis
- While B. O. and Breathless are on the run, Pat sends for a doctor to treat Dick for the poison that was put in his coffee. Breathless escapes with most of the money and leaves B. O. sleeping on a bus. B. O. is captured by Dick and Pat but simply walks out of the police station when everyone is distracted by a phone call.
- Reprints
- From Dick Tracy Newspaper Strip (Chicago Tribune) 1945-07-29 to 1945-08-15. [August 12th removed, August 13th-15th reorganized.]
[no title indexed]
Dick Tracy / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page
- Script
- Joe Simon; Chester Gould
- Pencils
- Joe Simon; Chester Gould
- Inks
- Joe Simon; Chester Gould
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Chester Gould; ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- In the next issue you'll meet Itchy...
- Genre
- adventure; drama; crime; detective-mystery
- Characters
- Dick Tracy; Itchy; Mrs. Mahoney; B. O. Plenty
- Synopsis
- Preview of DICK TRACY COMICS MONTHLY No. 37. Advertised on-sale date of January 10, 1951.
[Linoleum Floor, Document, Oil Drops]
Crimestoppers Handbook / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- crime; detective-mystery
- Characters
- Dick Tracy; Junior Tracy
- Synopsis
- Techniques for processing evidence.
Texas Rangers of the Air
America's Finest / text story / 0.9 page
- Genre
- adventure; aviation; crime
- Synopsis
- A brief history of the Texas Rangers and their methods of operation.
- Reprints
-
in Dick Tracy (Harvey, 1950 series) #98 (April 1956)
-
Indexer Notes
Two small illustrations enhance this text story.
Zoom Out Now
Flash Gordon / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.1 page
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Flash Gordon
- Synopsis
- Generic house ad for the next issue of FLASH GORDON.
How Well Do You Know the Law?
Calling All Sleuths / activity / 1 page
- Genre
- crime
- Characters
- J. Edgar Hoover; Ruth Snyder
- Synopsis
- This feature has questions about the following: paper hanger, J. Edgar Hoover, Ruth Snyder, frogskin and hot ice.
[no title indexed]
Sparkle Plenty / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Shore ain't nothin' like a ride on Sunday
- Genre
- adventure; humor; crime; children
- Characters
- Sparkle Plenty; B. O. Plenty; Gravel Gertie
- Reprints
- in Dick Tracy (Harvey, 1950 series) #145 (April 1961)
-
[no title indexed]
Dubble Bubble Gum / comics-form advertising / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- It's a hold-up!
- Genre
- adventure; humor; children
- Characters
- Pud; Dubble Bubble Kids
Indexer Notes
The kids thwart a hold-up.
The April Fool Murder
A True Crime Case / text story / 1 page
- Genre
- crime; detective-mystery
- Characters
- Capt. J. M. Kelly; Lt. David Gay; Mrs. John V. Highland
[no title indexed]
Monark Bicycles / advertisement / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- It's America's big top performer
- Genre
- children
[no title indexed]
Dick Tracy Minit Mystery / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- There's the Silver Dollar over there, Pat.
- Genre
- crime; detective-mystery
- Characters
- Dick Tracy; Pat Patton
- Synopsis
- Dick and Pat solve a murder at a night club.
Sparkle Plenty Islander Ukette
Becyn Inc. / advertisement / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Sparkle Planty
- Synopsis
- Ad for a child's musical instrument.
Indexer Notes
Inside back cover.
[no title indexed]
Daisy Air Rifles / Daisy B-B Guns / advertisement / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- This Christmas be a cowboy
- Genre
- adventure; western-frontier
- Characters
- Red Ryder
- Synopsis
- Ad for Daisy Air rifles Models 111 and 25.
Indexer Notes
Back cover.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
The Case of the Runaway Blonde
Dick Tracy -
1.
Now You Can Subscribe to Dick Tracy Comics Monthly
Dick Tracy -
2.
The Case of the Runaway Blonde
Dick Tracy -
3.
Bobby Shelby and the Christmas Party!
Shelby Bicycles -
4.
["The finest gift in the world for any boy or girl!"]
Schwinn Bicycles -
5.
[Exhausted]
Dick Tracy -
6.
Gridiron Hero
Captain Tootsie; Tootsie Roll -
7.
["H'm? B. O. must be milking the cows"]
Dick Tracy -
8.
["In the next issue you'll meet Itchy..."]
Dick Tracy -
9.
[Linoleum Floor, Document, Oil Drops]
Crimestoppers Handbook -
10.
Texas Rangers of the Air
America's Finest -
11.
Zoom Out Now
Flash Gordon -
12.
How Well Do You Know the Law?
Calling All Sleuths -
13.
["Shore ain't nothin' like a ride on Sunday"]
Sparkle Plenty -
14.
["It's a hold-up!"]
Dubble Bubble Gum -
15.
Western Saddle Ring!
Smith Brothers Cough Drops -
16.
The April Fool Murder
A True Crime Case -
17.
["It's America's big top performer"]
Monark Bicycles -
18.
["There's the Silver Dollar over there, Pat."]
Dick Tracy Minit Mystery -
19.
Sparkle Plenty Islander Ukette
Becyn Inc. -
20.
["This Christmas be a cowboy"]
Daisy Air Rifles / Daisy B-B Guns
This issue was modified by, among others
- Katie
- Chris Boyko
- Jean-Francois Masse
- John Pannozzi
- Gene Reed (R.I.P.)
- Jim Van Dore
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