Dick Tracy #63

(May 1953)

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Daisy Air Rifles / Daisy B-B Guns / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Dick Tracy and the Case of the White Rat Robberies (Table of Contents: 2)

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

Script

Chester Gould

Pencils

Joe Simon ? (ghosted for Chester Gould) (splash panel); Chester Gould

Inks

Joe Simon ? (ghosted for Chester Gould) (splash panel); Chester Gould

Colors

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Genre

adventure; drama; crime; detective-mystery

Characters

Dick Tracy; Sam Catchem; Mousey Rattner; Papa Rattner;

Synopsis

Tracy and Sam identify the hit-and-run vehicle. Meanwhile, Mousey has an argument with Papa and goes out alone to steal a mink coat. In anger, Papa accidentally releases Mousey's rats. He manages to catch most of them and put them in a pillowcase. After he enters a cab, the rats gnaw their way out and cause the cab drive to lose control and run off the pier. Mousey is almost caught and returns to her apartment. Tracy and Sam locate Mousey's apartment, and she panics. She hides a in truck full of dogs. She hijacks the truck and flees. She later ditches the truck and flees into the woods.

Reprints

• From Dick Tracy Newspaper strip (Chicago Tribune) 19xx-xx-xx to 19xx-xx-xx.

Indexer Notes

Splash page art for this story is also used for the cover.

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Family Puzzle Contest / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Dubble Bubble Gum / comics-form advertising / 0.5 page (report information)

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Space Squadron / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

[Harvey 1953 Calendar] (Table of Contents: 6)

activity / 1 page (report information)

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Letters

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Characters

Dick Tracy; Little Audrey; Joe Palooka; Little Audrey; Mazie; Little Max; Casper; Blondie; Dagwood

Synopsis

Calendar for 1953 with different Harvey characters featured on each month.

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Schwinn Bicycles / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

[Dick Tracy and the Case of the White Rat Robberies] Part 2 (Table of Contents: 9)

Dick Tracy / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

Chester Gould

Pencils

Chester Gould

Inks

Chester Gould

Colors

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Letters

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Genre

adventure; drama; crime; detective-mystery

Characters

Dick Tracy; Sam Catchem; Mousey Rattner; B. O. Plenty; Gravel Gertie; Sparkle Plenty; Jimmy McKitchen

Synopsis

While searching for Mousey, Tracy and Sam find B. O. Plenty hiding in a cave in the woods. His family is happy to be re-united with him. Mousey takes refuge in a pet store and is spotted by Jimmy McKitchen, the boy she hit a few days earlier. Jimmy identifies Mousey, and Tracy and Sam take her to jail.

Reprints

• From Dick Tracy newspaper strip (Chicago Tribune) 19xx-xx-xx to 19x-xx-xx.

Memory of Murder (Table of Contents: 10)

text story / 0.75 page (report information)

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Letters

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Genre

crime; detective-mystery

Characters

Paul Crane; Captain Byrnes

Synopsis

Captain Byrnes solves a murder.

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Sad Sack / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.25 page (report information)

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Girl Friday! / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

Old Norton said he wanted to change his will...

Genre

crime; detective-mystery

Characters

Myra Martin; Glenn Wilson; Frank Norton; Robert Norton

Synopsis

Myra solves the murder of one of Glenn's clients.

Reprints

• in Dick Tracy (Harvey, 1950 series) #123 (May 1958)

Homicide Ace (Table of Contents: 13)

text story / 0.75 page (report information)

Script

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Letters

typeset

Genre

crime; detective-mystery

Characters

Patrolman Dan Carter; Patrolman Keith Summers; Philip Mason

Synopsis

Two patrolmen solve a homicide.

Reprints

• in Dick Tracy (Harvey, 1950 series) #95 (January 1956)

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Dick Tracy / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.25 page (report information)

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Minit Mystery / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

Nice clean shot, eh Boris?

Genre

crime; detective-mystery

Characters

Boris Gehrhart; Inspector Kelly; Edwina Morrow

Synopsis

Boris helps Inspector Kelly solve a murder.

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Consumer's Mart / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Littleton Stamps / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Charles Atlas Dynamic Tension System / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Cracker Jack / advertisement / 1 page (report information)