Dick Tracy
#81
(November 1954)
Harvey,
1950 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1954-09-10
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Harvey Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
Harvey Famous Name Comics
- Editing
- Leon Harvey (credited) (editor)
Issue Notes
On sale date based on date given in the last panel of the Dick Tracy story in Dick Tracy Comics Monthly #80.
[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
Indexer Notes
Art credit based on Joe Simon's comments in his book The Comic Book Makers.
[no title indexed]
The FUNman Religious Wall Motto Plaques / advertisement / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Men-Women-Boys-Girls Prizes Given
- Genre
- religious
- Synopsis
- Ad to recruit salespeople for religious motto plaques in order to earn money and/or prizes.
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover.
Dick Tracy and the Case of the Killer Crooner
Dick Tracy / comic story / 12 pages
- Genre
- adventure; drama; humor; crime; detective-mystery
- Characters
- Dick Tracy; Sam Catchem; Tonsils; Dot View; Tess Tracy; Junior Tracy; Bonnie Braids; Officer Mason
- Synopsis
- Tonsils is kidnapped by Dude's former partners and left for dead inside a large tractor tire. Dot View is left on the roadside, and when Tracy and Sam find her. she tells them about Tonsils. An older couple finds Tonsils in the tire and gets him to a hospital. Tracy and Sam start a search for the kidnappers.
- Reprints
- From Dick Tracy Newspaper Strip (Chicago Tribune) 1952-03-30 to 1952-05-26.
Indexer Notes
Continued from Dick Tracy Comics Monthly #80.
[no title indexed]
Daisy Air Rifles / Daisy B-B Guns; Red Ryder / advertisement / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Fred Harman
- Inks
- Fred Harman
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?; typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Announcing the new Red Ryder Daisy carbine
- Genre
- children; western-frontier
- Characters
- Red Ryder; Little Beaver
- Synopsis
- Ad for the new Daisy BB rifle. Also offered are a lucky charm and a copy of Red Ryder's Gun Book.
Indexer Notes
Ad appears between pages 1 and 2 of the first story.
[Dick Tracy and the Case of the Killer Crooner] Part 2
Dick Tracy / comic story / 9 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The big news at headquarters is the finding of one of the masks...
- Genre
- adventure; drama; crime; detective-mystery
- Characters
- Dick Tracy; Sam Catchem; Tonsils; Dot View; B. O. Plenty; Gravel Gertie; Sparkle Plenty; Eddie Moppet
- Synopsis
- While Tracy and Sam are tracking Tonsils' kidnappers, Gus shows a photo of Tonsils to Dot View. Dot goes with Gus and finds Tonsils at his house. Tonsila thinks that Dot is the one who betrayed him to Dude's former partners. Tonsils and Gus get into a fight. A bottle of gasoline is broken. A fire starts and Tonsils escapes in the confusion. Tracy and Sam arrive in time to keep Dot View from burning, but the old couple dies in the heat and smoke.
- Reprints
- From Dick Tracy Newspaper Strip (Chicago Tribune) 1952-05-26 to 1952-06-15.
Indexer Notes
Four pages of ads appear beetween pages 1 and 2 of this story.
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Dubble Bubble Gum / comics-form advertising / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Look - there's Ruffy!
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Pud; Ruffy
- Synopsis
- Pud dares a bully to spend a night in a haunted house.
[no title indexed]
Bendix Coaster Brake / advertisement / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Now! Power braking for your bike!
- Genre
- children; sports
- Synopsis
- Ad for a new bicycle brake.
Indexer Notes
Bottom half of the first of four pages of ads between pages 1 and 2 of Part of 2 of "Crooner-Killer."
[no title indexed]
Harvey Comics News / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Hi, kids — here I am again with some news...
- Genre
- children; crime; domestic; fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Dick Tracy; Dot View; Little Lotta; Blondie; Dagwood; Casper
- Synopsis
- Promotional news for some of the current Harvey Famous Name Comics.
[no title indexed]
Scripto Pens and Pencils / advertisement / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The best for better marks at school!
- Genre
- children
- Synopsis
- Ad for the new Scripto ink pens.
Indexer Notes
Bottom half of the second of four pages of ads between pages 1 and 2 of Part 2 of "Crooner-Killer."
Empire Builders
Lionel Trains / comics-form advertising / 1 page
- Genre
- children
- Synopsis
- Ad for the new Lionel Train and a train hobbyist booklet.
Indexer Notes
Third of four pages of ads between pages 1 and 2 of Part 2 of "Crooner-Killer.'
[no title indexed]
Schwinn Bicycles / advertisement / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Yippee! Ride it cowboy!
- Genre
- children; sports
- Synopsis
- Ad for the new Schwinn Corvette and an offer for a free poster
Indexer Notes
Fourth of four pages of ads between pages 1 and 2 of part 2 of "Crooner-Killer."
Legacy of Murder
text story / 0.75 page
- Genre
- crime; detective-mystery
- Characters
- Lieutenant Peter Hardwick; Frank Bronson; Tim Garrett
- Synopsis
- Lt. Hardwick investigates the murder on an heiress.
- Reprints
-
from Dick Tracy (Harvey, 1950 series) #56 (October 1952) [Story retyped reformatted to fit a smaller part of the page.]
-
[no title indexed]
Baby Ruth / advertisement / 0.25 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Peter Penguin's a very sly guy...
- Genre
- animal
- Characters
- Peter Penguin
- Synopsis
- Ad for Baby Ruth candy bars.
Indexer Notes
Ad takes up bottom half of the right column on this page.
[no title indexed]
Girl Friday! / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- It's so peaceful here...
- Genre
- crime; detective-mystery
- Characters
- Myra Martin; Glenn Wilson; Stewart; Captain Nixon
- Synopsis
- Myra solves a shipboard murder.
- Reprints
- from Dick Tracy (Harvey, 1950 series) #61 (March 1953)
-
Death Cruise
text story / 0.8 page
- Genre
- crime; detective-mystery
- Characters
- Bob Siddon; Milton Scott
- Synopsis
- Bob Siddon solves the mystery of a missing passenger.
- Reprints
- from Dick Tracy (Harvey, 1950 series) #59 (January 1953)
-
[no title indexed]
Crimestoppers Textbook / comic story / 0.2 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Before the discovery of fingerprints...
- Genre
- crime
- Synopsis
- Some ways that criminals were identified prior to fingerprints.
[no title indexed]
Your F.B.I. / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Quantico, Virginia is only a spot on the map.
- Genre
- non-fiction; crime; history
- Synopsis
- A brief account of the activities that occur at FBI training headquarters.
- Reprints
- from Dick Tracy (Harvey, 1950 series) #54 (August 1952)
-
[no title indexed]
AMF Roadmaster Bicycles / comics-form advertising / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- AMF Roadmaster sets a hot pace in the "Little 500" bike race!
- Genre
- sports
- Synopsis
- A brief account of how the Roadmaster performs in races.
[no title indexed]
Stewart-Warner Bike Speedometer / advertisement / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Be the leader with your new Stewart-Warner "Cadet" bike speedometer
- Genre
- children; sports
- Synopsis
- Ad showing the advantages of the Stewart-Warner Speedometer.
[no title indexed]
Garcelon Stamps / advertisement / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Free! Elizabeth II empire stamps and illustrated booklet
- Genre
- history
- Synopsis
- Ad for a starter set for stamp collectors plus a booklet of tips for stamp collectors.
[no title indexed]
Hollywood Bride Walking Doll / advertisement / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- "Hollywood bride" unbreakable plastic walking doll
- Genre
- children
Indexer Notes
Ad for over-sized life-like dolls from Niresk Industries.
Inside back cover.
[no title indexed]
Nor-West Model Kits / advertisement / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Boys, girls... teen agers... grown-ups build a Nor-West historical model locomotive like mine!
- Genre
- children; history
- Synopsis
- Ad for various model trains available from Nor-West Model Kits.
Indexer Notes
Back cover.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
[no title indexed]
Dick Tracy -
1.
["Men-Women-Boys-Girls Prizes Given"]
The FUNman Religious Wall Motto Plaques -
2.
Dick Tracy and the Case of the Killer Crooner
Dick Tracy -
3.
["Announcing the new Red Ryder Daisy carbine"]
Daisy Air Rifles / Daisy B-B Guns; Red Ryder -
4.
[Dick Tracy and the Case of the Killer Crooner] Part 2
Dick Tracy -
5.
["Look - there's Ruffy!"]
Dubble Bubble Gum -
6.
["Now! Power braking for your bike!"]
Bendix Coaster Brake -
7.
["Hi, kids — here I am again with some news..."]
Harvey Comics News -
8.
["The best for better marks at school!"]
Scripto Pens and Pencils -
9.
Empire Builders
Lionel Trains -
10.
["Yippee! Ride it cowboy!"]
Schwinn Bicycles -
11.
Legacy of Murder
-
12.
["Peter Penguin's a very sly guy..."]
Baby Ruth -
13.
["It's so peaceful here..."]
Girl Friday! -
14.
Death Cruise
-
15.
["Before the discovery of fingerprints..."]
Crimestoppers Textbook -
16.
["Quantico, Virginia is only a spot on the map."]
Your F.B.I. -
17.
["AMF Roadmaster sets a hot pace in the "Little 500" bike race!"]
AMF Roadmaster Bicycles -
18.
["Be the leader with your new Stewart-Warner "Cadet" bike speedometer"]
Stewart-Warner Bike Speedometer -
19.
["Free! Elizabeth II empire stamps and illustrated booklet"]
Garcelon Stamps -
20.
[""Hollywood bride" unbreakable plastic walking doll"]
Hollywood Bride Walking Doll -
21.
["Boys, girls... teen agers... grown-ups build a Nor-West historical model locomotive like mine!"]
Nor-West Model Kits
This issue was modified by, among others
- Chris Boyko
- Jean-Francois Masse
- Donald Dale Milne
- Gene Reed (R.I.P.)
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