Dick Tracy
#37
(March 1951)
Harvey,
1950 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- Monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1951-01-10
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Harvey Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
Harvey Comics H
- Editing
- Leon Harvey
Issue Notes
On sale date based on house ad in DICK TRACY COMICS MONTHLY #36.
in 
1st Choice of Readers! Don't Miss a Single Issue!
Joe Palooka / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page
- Genre
- adventure; drama; humor
- Characters
- Joe Palooka; Humphrey; Little Max
- Synopsis
- House ad for the latest issues of JOE PALOOKA, HUMPHREY, and LITTLE MAX.
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover.
You Don't Have to Wait Two Months for These Top Comics
Harvey Comics / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page
- Genre
- adventure; drama; humor; crime; domestic
- Characters
- Joe Palooka; Blondie; Dagwood; Dick Tracy; Breathless Mahoney; B. O. Plenty
- Synopsis
- House ad promoting four of Harvey's monthly titles - JOE PALOOKA, BLONDIE, DICK TRACY and FAMILY FUNNIES.
Indexer Notes
Bottom half of inside front cover.
The Case of the Stolen Money
Dick Tracy / comic story / 13 pages
- Genre
- adventure; drama; humor; crime; detective-mystery
- Characters
- Dick Tracy; Pat Patton; B. O. Plenty; Breathless Mahoney; Mrs. Mahoney
- Synopsis
- B. O. Plenty attempts strangling Breathless Mahoney and goes on a spending spree with the $50,000 that was stolen from Mrs. Mahoney.
- Reprints
- From Dick Tracy newspaper strip (Chicago Tribune) 1945-08-16 to 1945-09-12.
The Most Amazing Sun Watch in the World
Telzall / advertisement / 1 page
- Genre
- children
Indexer Notes
This ad follows page one of the first Dick Tracy story.
Sparkle Plenty Islander Ukette
Fun Parade, Inc. / advertisement / 1 page
- Genre
- children
- Characters
- Sparkle Plenty
Introducing Itchy
Dick Tracy / comic story / 2 pages
- Genre
- adventure; drama; humor; crime; detective-mystery
- Characters
- Dick Tracy; Pat Patton; B. O. Plenty; Mrs. Mahoney; Breathless Mahoney; Itchy
- Synopsis
- Mrs. Mahoney contacts Itchy and asks him to help retrieve her stolen money. B. O. Plenty goes on a spending spree with part of the money stolen from Mrs. Mahoney.
- Reprints
-
in The Original Dick Tracy (Gladstone, 1990 series) #4 (March 1991) [Heavily edited when reprinted.] - From Dick Tracy newspaper strip (Chicago Tribune) 1945-09-13 to 1945-09-16.
-
You Don't Have to Wait Two Months for These Top Comics
Harvey Comics / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page
- Genre
- adventure; humor; children; crime
- Characters
- Joe Palooka; Blondie; DIck Tracy; Dagwood
- Synopsis
- House ad for JOE PALOOKA, BLONDIE, DICK TRACY and FAMILY FUNNIES.
Indexer Notes
Same layout as the bottom half of the inside cover. Same script. However, the covers shown are different from the ones in the inside cover ad.
Learn to Dance in 5 Days or Pay Nothing!
Pioneer Publications, Inc. / advertisement / 0.5 page
- Genre
- fashion
Indexer Notes
Bottom half of page.
The Plot Thickens
Dick Tracy / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- adventure; drama; humor; crime; detective-mystery
- Characters
- Dick Tracy; Pat Patton; Itchy; Breathless Mahoney; Mrs. Mahoney; B. O. Plenty
- Synopsis
- Itchy captures B. O. Plenty and tortures him in an effort to find Mrs. Mahoney's stolen money. Meanwhile, Tracy and Patton discovers where B. O. has hidden the money. Itchy finds Tracy and Patton in B. O.'s hotel room and threatens to shoot them.
- Reprints
- in The Original Dick Tracy (Gladstone, 1990 series) #4 (March 1991) [Heavily edited when reprinted.]
- From Dick Tracy Newspaper Strip (Chicago Tribune) 1945-09-17 to 1045-09-30.
-
Can Itchy Get Away with Murder?
Dick Tracy / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page
- Genre
- adventure; drama; humor; crime; detective-mystery
- Characters
- Dick Tracy; Itchy; B. O. Plenty; Tess Trueheart
- Synopsis
- House ad for next month's issue of DICK TRACY COMICS MONTHLY, on sale February 14th.
Bullet, Blood, Fingerprints
Crimestoppers Handbook / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- crime; detective-mystery
- Characters
- Dick Tracy
- Synopsis
- Readers are shown how to process evidence taken from a crime scene.
Indexer Notes
Bottom half of page.
The Murdered Prospector
A True Crime Case / text story / 0.9 page
- Genre
- crime
- Reprints
- in Dick Tracy (Harvey, 1950 series) #102 (August 1956) [Originally titled "The Murdered Prospector." Title was most likely changed to appease The Comics Code Authority. Original publication of this story was accompanied by a spot illustration with the title.
]
-
Just Out!
Black Cat / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.1 page
- Genre
- adventure; crime
- Characters
- Black Cat
- Synopsis
- Generic ad for the lastest issue of BLACK CAT COMICS.
How Well Do You Know the Law?
Calling All Sleuths / activity / 1 page
- Genre
- crime
- Characters
- Al Capone
- Synopsis
- Five multiple-choice questions about crime.
Indexer Notes
Topics include confession, Al Capone, the Secret Service, Torpedo and Dutch Exit.
[The Horse]
Sparkle Plenty / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Sparkle Plenty
- Synopsis
- Sparkle learns that playing with dolls is safer than riding a horse.
More Exciting Than Ever! More Thrilling Than Ever! More Action Than Ever!
Black Cat / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page
- Genre
- adventure; crime
- Characters
- Black Cat
- Synopsis
- House ad for the current issue of BLACK CAT COMICS.
Indexer Notes
Top half of page.
Mystery! Thrills! Adventure!
Invisible Scarlet O'Neil / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page
- Genre
- adventure; crime
- Characters
- Scarlet O'Neil; Hunky; Malignant; Butcher Boy
- Synopsis
- House ad for the current issue of INVISIBLE SCARLET O'NEIL.
The 7 Who Defied Death
America's Finest / text story / 0.9 page
- Genre
- adventure; crime
- Reprints
- in Dick Tracy (Harvey, 1950 series) #89 (July 1955)
-
What Would You Do If You Could Become Invisible?
Invisible Scarlet O'Neil / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.1 page
- Genre
- adventure; crime
- Characters
- Invisible Scarlet O'Neil
- Synopsis
- Generic house ad for INVISIBLE SCARLET O'NEIL.
New Silk-Finish Enlargement, Ivory Gold-Tooled Frame
Hollywood Film Studios / advertisement / 1 page
- Genre
- fashion
[no title indexed]
Dick Tracy Minit Mystery / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Hmmm...Sheila Barton the famous actress.
- Genre
- crime; detective-mystery
- Characters
- Dick Tracy; Pat Patton; I. B. Talent; Warren Hasbeen
- Synopsis
- Tracy solves the murder of an actress.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
[no title indexed]
Dick Tracy -
1.
1st Choice of Readers! Don't Miss a Single Issue!
Joe Palooka -
2.
You Don't Have to Wait Two Months for These Top Comics
Harvey Comics -
3.
The Case of the Stolen Money
Dick Tracy -
4.
The Most Amazing Sun Watch in the World
Telzall -
5.
Sparkle Plenty Islander Ukette
Fun Parade, Inc. -
6.
Introducing Itchy
Dick Tracy -
7.
You Don't Have to Wait Two Months for These Top Comics
Harvey Comics -
8.
Learn to Dance in 5 Days or Pay Nothing!
Pioneer Publications, Inc. -
9.
The Plot Thickens
Dick Tracy -
10.
Can Itchy Get Away with Murder?
Dick Tracy -
11.
Bullet, Blood, Fingerprints
Crimestoppers Handbook -
12.
The Murdered Prospector
A True Crime Case -
13.
Just Out!
Black Cat -
14.
How Well Do You Know the Law?
Calling All Sleuths -
15.
[The Horse]
Sparkle Plenty -
16.
More Exciting Than Ever! More Thrilling Than Ever! More Action Than Ever!
Black Cat -
17.
Mystery! Thrills! Adventure!
Invisible Scarlet O'Neil -
18.
The 7 Who Defied Death
America's Finest -
19.
What Would You Do If You Could Become Invisible?
Invisible Scarlet O'Neil -
20.
New Silk-Finish Enlargement, Ivory Gold-Tooled Frame
Hollywood Film Studios -
21.
["Hmmm...Sheila Barton the famous actress."]
Dick Tracy Minit Mystery -
22.
Special Introductory Offer
H. & S. Sales Co. -
23.
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This issue was modified by, among others
- Jean-Francois Masse
- Gene Reed (R.I.P.)
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