Dick Tracy
#99
(May 1956)
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- Monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1956-03-15
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Harvey Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
Harvey Comics [Stamp]
- Editing
- Leon Harvey (credited) (editor)
Issue Notes
[no title indexed]
Dick Tracy / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Joe Simon (ghosted for Chester Gould) (sourced) (painting)
- Inks
- Joe Simon (ghosted for Chester Gould) (sourced) (painting)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- crime; detective-mystery
- Characters
- Dick Tracy; Open-Mind Monty
100 Airplanes $1.25
100 Airplanes / advertisement / 1 page
- Genre
- aviation; children
Indexer Notes
Ad for miniature plastic airplanes and jets with a storage box that shaped like a hangar. Sold by Josely Company.
Inside front cover.
Dick Tracy and the Case of the Man Called "Open-Mind"
Dick Tracy / comic story / 21 pages
- Genre
- adventure; drama; humor; crime; detective-mystery
- Characters
- Dick Tract; Sam Catchem; Open-Mind Monty; Dewdrop
- Synopsis
- Sensing a trap, Tracy and Sam position a dummy that resembles Tracy at a meeting place. Their fears are realized when a sniper shoots it several times with a high-powered rifle. Open-Mind and his hired assassin believe that they have killed Tracy after they call police headquarters and are told that Tracy is not in. The crooks carelessly leave the phone off the hook, and Tracy traces the location of the call. They break in on the crooks as they are drinking in celebration of Tracy's death.
- Reprints
- From Dick Tracy Newspaper Strip (Chicago Tribune) 19xx-xx-xx to 19xx-xx-xx.
Indexer Notes
Page 1 of this story has a recap of the previous issue in the left column. Story resumes in the right column.
Ads appear between pages 2 and 3 and pages 13 and 14.
On page 18 of the story, Tracy is pinching a thug's wrist, apparently to disarm him, but the gun has been edited out of the panel.
In a Bullddog as in a Bike Tire It's Grip That Brings Fame to the Name
Goodyear / advertisement / 1 page
- Genre
- animal; children; sports
Indexer Notes
Ad for the Goodyear Model G-3 bicycle tire.
This ad appears between pages 1 and 2 of the story.
Hey Kids! It's Red Goose Treasurama Time Again!
Red Goose Shoes / advertisement / 1 page
- Genre
- animal; children; fashion
- Characters
- Red Goose
Indexer Notes
Ad for Red Goose shoes. There are also rules for entering a contest to name a baby goose. There are 100 prizes to be given away each week.
This is the first of four pages of ads between pages 13 and 14 of the Dick Tracy story.
Hi Kids -- Here's the Lineup for Your Favorite Comics in May
Harvey Comics News / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
- Genre
- adventure; drama; humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals; children; crime; fantasy-supernatural; military
- Characters
- Baby Huey; Spooky; Joe Palooka; Little Lotta; Dagwood; Casper; Sad Sack; Felix the Cat; Blondie; Dick Tracy
- Synopsis
- Promotional comments and reviews on the current Harvey Comics.
Indexer Notes
This is the second of four pages of ads between pages 13 and 14 of the Dick Tracy story.
Champions All
Joe Palooka / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.75 page
- Genre
- children
- Characters
- Joe Palooka
- Synopsis
- Joe Palooka talks about the wonderful advertisers in Harvey Comics Magazines.
Indexer Notes
This ad appears on the top part of the third of four pages of ads between pages 13 and 14 of the Dick Tracy story.
Special Free Offer How to Start a Stamp Collection
Harvey Stamp News / advertisement / 0.25 page
- Genre
- children; fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Casper
Indexer Notes
Ad to promote stamp collecting.
Bottom portion of third of four pages of ads between pages 13 and 14 of the Dick Tracy story.
For School...Home...Work
Scripto / advertisement / 0.5 page
- Genre
- fashion
- Characters
- Al Morrison
Indexer Notes
Ad for various Scripto pens and mechanical pencils.
This is the top half of the tird of four pages between pages 13 and 14 of the Dick Tracy story.
Look! A real speedometer!
Stewart-Warner Bike Speedometers / advertisement / 0.5 page
- Genre
- children; sports
Indexer Notes
Ad for the Stewart-Warner bicycle speedometer.
Bottom part of the fourth of four pages of ads between pages 13 and 14 of the Dick Tracy story.
America's Finest: the FBI
text article / 0.75 page
- Genre
- historical
- Synopsis
- A brief history of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
- Reprints
-
from Dick Tracy (Harvey, 1950 series) #25 (March 1950) [Display lettering and illustration removed from this version and text reformatted to reduce amount of space required for text to allow room for a 1/4 page ad at the bottom of the page.]
-
Wildroot Cream-Oil Gives You Condidence
Wildroot Cream-Oil / advertisement / 0.25 page
- Genre
- fashion
Indexer Notes
Ad for a popular hair dressing.
The Bureau of Narcotics
America's Finest / text article / 1 page
- Genre
- non-fiction; crime
- Characters
- Harry Walker
- Synopsis
- A story about the Bureau Of Narcotics.
- Reprints
- from Dick Tracy (Harvey, 1950 series) #38 (April 1951)
-
[no title indexed]
Minit Mystery / comic story / 2 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Mr. Gehrhart, an important phone call, sir!
- Genre
- crime; detective-mystery
- Characters
- Boris Gehrhart; Marcia; Mel Lewis; Larry Wilson; Pete Stevens
- Synopsis
- Boris is called to investigate a murder in a tourist camp by the river.
- Reprints
- from Dick Tracy (Harvey, 1950 series) #54 (August 1952)
-
Indexer Notes
Starring the Count
Hey Kids...Look!
Beacon Falls Rubber Footwear / advertisement / 0.5 page
- Genre
- children; sports
Indexer Notes
Ad for sneakers with your favorite team logo.
Free! Elizabeth II Colonies Stamps
Garcelon Stamps / advertisement / 0.5 page
- Genre
- historical
- Characters
- Queen Elizabeth II
Indexer Notes
Ad for historical stamps plus a booklet of tips for stamp collectors.
Hey Kids!! Send for the New Disneyland Color Television Set
Disneyland Color Television Set / advertisement / 1 page
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; children
- Characters
- Donald Duck; Zorro
Indexer Notes
Ad for a portable filmstrip projector featuring Disney characters. Sold at this time by "T. V. Company", it would be sold by Josely Company later in the year.
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[no title indexed]
Dick Tracy -
1.
100 Airplanes $1.25
100 Airplanes -
2.
Dick Tracy and the Case of the Man Called "Open-Mind"
Dick Tracy -
3.
In a Bullddog as in a Bike Tire It's Grip That Brings Fame to the Name
Goodyear -
4.
Hey Kids! It's Red Goose Treasurama Time Again!
Red Goose Shoes -
5.
Hi Kids -- Here's the Lineup for Your Favorite Comics in May
Harvey Comics News -
6.
Champions All
Joe Palooka -
7.
Special Free Offer How to Start a Stamp Collection
Harvey Stamp News -
8.
For School...Home...Work
Scripto -
9.
Look! A real speedometer!
Stewart-Warner Bike Speedometers -
10.
America's Finest: the FBI
-
11.
Wildroot Cream-Oil Gives You Condidence
Wildroot Cream-Oil -
12.
The Bureau of Narcotics
America's Finest -
13.
["Mr. Gehrhart, an important phone call, sir!"]
Minit Mystery -
14.
Hey Kids...Look!
Beacon Falls Rubber Footwear -
15.
Free! Elizabeth II Colonies Stamps
Garcelon Stamps -
16.
Hey Kids!! Send for the New Disneyland Color Television Set
Disneyland Color Television Set -
17.
Boys - Girls - Men - Women Prizes Given
The FUNman -
18.
B.T.O. (Big Time Operator)
Baby Ruth
- Jean-Francois Masse
- Donald Dale Milne
- Gene Reed (R.I.P.)
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