Dick Tracy
#78
(August 1954)
Harvey,
1950 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- Monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1954-06-14
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Harvey Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
Harvey Famous Name Comics
- Editing
- Leon Harvey (credited) (editor)
Issue Notes
Detailed reprint data for Dick Tracy stories provided by Jeremy Pothast and entered by Gene Reed.
[no title indexed]
Dick Tracy / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Joe Simon (ghosted for Chester Gould)
- Inks
- Joe Simon (ghosted for Chester Gould)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- crime; detective-mystery
- Characters
- Dick Tracy; Sam Catchem; Spinner ReCord
- Reprints
in Indexer Notes
Art credit based on Joe Simon's book The Comic Book Makers.
Live Toy Circus with Performing Chameleon...Free
Honor House Products Co. / advertisement / 1 page
- Genre
- animal; children
- Synopsis
- Ad for some plastic miniature circus equipment with a live chameleon that can be trained as a performer.
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover.
Tracy Stands Accused
Dick Tracy / recap / 0.5 page
- Genre
- crime; detective-mystery
- Characters
- Spinner ReCord
- Synopsis
- Combination of text and comic panels summarizing the second story from Dick Tracy Comics Monthly #77,
Indexer Notes
Recap appears on the top half of the page with text in the left column and comics panels in the right column.
Your Seal of a Good Comic!
Harvey Comics / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page
- Genre
- adventure; drama; humor; animal; anthropomorphic-funny animals; children; crime; military; sports
- Characters
- Blondie; Dick Tracy; Dagwood; Casper; Little Dot; Little Audrey; Little Max; Sad Sack; Joe Palooka; Knobby Walsh; Katzenjammer Kids; Baby Huey; Jiggs; Magggie; Herman the Mouse
- Synopsis
- Generic house ad for the various Harvey Comics.
Indexer Notes
Bottom half of page.
For Real Summer Fun Buy and Shoot a Daisy Training Air Rifle
Daisy Manufacturing Company / advertisement / 1 page
- Genre
- children; sports
- Synopsis
- Ad for the Daisy Training Air Rifle and BB shot.
[no title indexed]
Dick Tracy / comic story / 12 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Yeah, that was a music shop!
- Genre
- adventure; drama; humor; crime; detective-mystery
- Characters
- Dick Tracy; Sam Catchem; Charlie Custodian; Spinner ReCord
- Synopsis
- When Charlie confronts Spinner about the investigation surrounding the pilfered evidence boxes, Spinner kills him. To escape, Spinner puts the body in a rigged shipping crate and dumps the body at a railroad depot. Spinner then exits the crate at a later stop and picks it up and burns it. Returning to his shop, he finds that his clerk has sold a record that could put him in the electric chair. Spinner sets out to find the young girl who purchased the record.
- Reprints
-
in Dick Tracy (Harvey, 1950 series) #117 (November 1957) [Page 1 not reprinted.] - From Dick Tracy Daily Newspaper Strip (Chicago Tribune) From 1951-11-26 to 1952-01-02. [Dec 23rd-26th removed (Christmas)]
-
"I'm afraid of wild animals in these woods!"
Dubble Bubble Gum / advertisement / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humor; animal; children
- Characters
- Pud; Tim; Butch
- Synopsis
- Pud distracts a bear by giving him a piece of Dubble Bubble Gum.
Now You Can Fly a Real Jet Plane
Jetex F-102 / advertisement / 0.5 page
- Genre
- aviation; children
- Synopsis
- Ad for a toy jet plane that uses a real miniature jet engine.
Casper, the Friendly Ghost - Now the Most Popular Comic
Harvey Comics News / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; children; crime; fantasy-supernatural; military; sports
- Characters
- Casper; Dick Tracy; Little Audrey; Baby Huey; Joe Palooka; Little Dot; Little Max
- Synopsis
- Bits of news about different titles being published by Harvey.
AMF Flying with Glidemaster Ride Wins Coasting Test in a Flying Finish
AMF Roadmaster / advertisement / 1 page
- Genre
- children; sports
- Synopsis
- Ad for the AMF Flying Falcon model.
Now! 100 Biggest, Best Laughs with Blondie!
Home Comics, Inc. / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.67 page
- Genre
- humor; domestic
- Characters
- Blondie; Dagwood; Alexander; Cookie
- Synopsis
- Ad for a 100-page anthology of Blondie and Dagwood stories.
Steer with Your Hands Stop with Your Feet!
New Departure Safety Brake / advertisement / 0.33 page
- Genre
- children; sports
- Characters
- Mauri Rose
- Synopsis
- Ad for a new, efficiant brake.
[no title indexed]
Dick Tracy / comic story / 8 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- And that's it, Mrs. Custodian. His body was found in an express car.
- Genre
- adventure; drama; humor; crime; detective-mystery
- Characters
- Dick Tracy; Sam Catchem; Spinner ReCord; Ginny Custodian; Sheriff John Mugg
- Synopsis
- Spinner tortures Ginny's friend to learn the location of the incriminating recording. Tracy and Sam chase Spinner through the cold and catch him in a junk yard. Ginny takes Spinner's record to the police. After listening to the recording, the Sheriff and district attorney drop all charges against Tracy.
- Reprints
- in Dick Tracy (Harvey, 1950 series) #117 (November 1957) [Page 4, panel 2 not reprinted; Page 8, panels 10-12 not reprinted. ]
- From Dick Tracy Daily Newspaper Strip (Chicago Tribune) 1952-01-03 to 1952-01-20.
-
Detective's Holiday
text story / 0.75 page
- Genre
- crime; detective-mystery
- Characters
- Detective Sergeant Lane; Bill Bramson; Lita Bramson
- Synopsis
- Detective Lane suspects that an apparent suicide is actually a murder.
- Reprints
- in Dick Tracy (Harvey, 1950 series) #117 (November 1957)
-
Sure as Shootin Pardner!
Curtiss Miracle Aid / advertisement / 0.25 page
- Genre
- children
- Synopsis
- Ad for a children's soft drink mix.
Indexer Notes
Ad appears on the bottom half of the right column.
[no title indexed]
Girl Friday / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Mrs. Trent, are you sure this man you have outside is really your son?
- Genre
- crime; detective-mystery
- Characters
- Myra Martin; Glenn Wilson
- Synopsis
- Myra and Glen expose a phony heir.
- Reprints
- in Dick Tracy (Harvey, 1950 series) #117 (November 1957)
-
Lonely Hearts Murder
text story / 0.75 page
- Genre
- crime; detective-mystery
- Characters
- Lieutenant Pete Philips; Tom Conway; Mary Brandt; Caine
- Synopsis
- Lt. Philips solves a murder tied to a lonely hearts club.
Calling All Crime-Stoppers Mail This Order Today
Dick Tracy Comics Monthly / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.25 page
- Genre
- crime; detective-mystery
- Characters
- Dick Tracy
- Synopsis
- Subscription ad for Dick Tracy Comics Monthly.
[no title indexed]
Minit Mystery Starring the Count / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The thief set fire to the house -- after he stole the stamps!
- Genre
- crime; detective-mystery
- Characters
- Boris Gehrhart; Inspector Kelly; Mr. Haspin
- Synopsis
- Boris solves a case of arson and murder.
- Reprints
- in Dick Tracy (Harvey, 1950 series) #98 (April 1956)
-
Abbott and Costello in Wheels of Fortune
Popsicle / advertisement / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Creig Flessel
- Inks
- Creig Flessel
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?; typeset
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Bud Abbott; Lou Costello
- Synopsis
- Bud and Lou tell two kids how to enter the Popsicle contest that offers cash prizes and a chance to win a Columbia bicycle.
Tell Me What You Want Money for...I'll Help You Get All You Need!
Stuart Greetings, Inc. / advertisement / 1 page
- Genre
- children
- Characters
- B. J. Stuart
- Synopsis
- Ad to convince readers to sell greeting cards to earn money and/or prizes.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
[no title indexed]
Dick Tracy -
1.
Live Toy Circus with Performing Chameleon...Free
Honor House Products Co. -
2.
Tracy Stands Accused
Dick Tracy -
3.
Your Seal of a Good Comic!
Harvey Comics -
4.
For Real Summer Fun Buy and Shoot a Daisy Training Air Rifle
Daisy Manufacturing Company -
5.
["Yeah, that was a music shop!"]
Dick Tracy -
6.
"I'm afraid of wild animals in these woods!"
Dubble Bubble Gum -
7.
Now You Can Fly a Real Jet Plane
Jetex F-102 -
8.
Casper, the Friendly Ghost - Now the Most Popular Comic
Harvey Comics News -
9.
AMF Flying with Glidemaster Ride Wins Coasting Test in a Flying Finish
AMF Roadmaster -
10.
Now! 100 Biggest, Best Laughs with Blondie!
Home Comics, Inc. -
11.
Steer with Your Hands Stop with Your Feet!
New Departure Safety Brake -
12.
["And that's it, Mrs. Custodian. His body was found in an express car."]
Dick Tracy -
13.
Detective's Holiday
-
14.
Sure as Shootin Pardner!
Curtiss Miracle Aid -
15.
["Mrs. Trent, are you sure this man you have outside is really your son?"]
Girl Friday -
16.
Lonely Hearts Murder
-
17.
Calling All Crime-Stoppers Mail This Order Today
Dick Tracy Comics Monthly -
18.
["The thief set fire to the house -- after he stole the stamps!"]
Minit Mystery Starring the Count -
19.
Abbott and Costello in Wheels of Fortune
Popsicle -
20.
Tell Me What You Want Money for...I'll Help You Get All You Need!
Stuart Greetings, Inc. -
21.
Men-Women-Boys-Girls Prizes Given
The FUNman -
22.
Ride a New Schwinn Jaguar for a Big New Thrill
Arnold, Schwinn and Company
This issue was modified by, among others
- Katie
- Jean-Francois Masse
- Gene Reed (R.I.P.)
- Jim Stangas
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