Dick Tracy #110

(April 1957)

Toys! Tricks! Fun! (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

Honor House Products / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Killers Nab Dick Tracy! (Table of Contents: 2)

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

Script

Chester Gould

Pencils

Chester Gould

Inks

Chester Gould

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

adventure; drama; humor; crime; detective-mystery

Characters

Dick Tracy; Flattop

Reprints

• from Dick Tracy (Harvey, 1950 series) #25 (March 1950)
which is reprinted
• From Dick Tracy Daily Newspaper strip (Chicago Tribune) 1944-01-02 to 1944-01-29.
• [Following panels from #25 dropped or changed: Page 10 - panels 6-12 not reprinted; Page 11 - panels 4-12 not reprinted; Page 12 - Panels 1-3, 7, 8 not reprinted; Page 12 - panel 23 replaced with new art and dialogue in reprinted version; Page 13 - Panels 4, 8, 10-12 not reprinted.
  "The Trick Works" segment from #25: Page 1, panels 1, 8-12 omitted; Page 2 - panels 1, 8-12 omitted.]

Indexer Notes

Page 7, panel 8 dialogue has been whited out. Page 9, panels 4 and 5, black lines showing bullet path have been eliminated, but color line remains in panel 4. In panel 5, art retouched to eliminate depiction of skull fragments and sound effect removed.

Sheaffer's Feathertouch Ballpoint (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

W. A. Sheaffer Pen Co. / advertisement / 0.33 page (report information)

Hey Kids! Send for the New Disneyland Color Television Set (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

Disneyland Color Television Set / advertisement / 0.67 page (report information)

We Love Those Cough Drops (Table of Contents: 5) (Expand) /

Smith Brothers Cough Drops / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

12 Little Dolls (Table of Contents: 6) (Expand) /

Little Dolls / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

Muscles and the Sunken Treasure (Table of Contents: 7) (Expand) /

Bosco / comics-form advertising / 2 pages (report information)

Here Are the Big H Comics Loved by Millions (Table of Contents: 8) (Expand) /

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

[Dick Tracy-Part 2] (Table of Contents: 9)

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

Script

Chester Gould

Pencils

Chester Gould

Inks

Chester Gould

Colors

?

Letters

Chester Gould

Genre

adventure; drama; humor; crime; detective-mystery

Characters

Dick Tracy; Flattop; Vitamin Flintheart; Pat Patton; Hawker Davis

Synopsis

Flattop sets the Hawker David ablaze. Taking refuge in a rooming house, he encounters Vitamin Flintheart and forces the actor to disguise him as an old man. As payment, Flattop beats the old actor and leaves him for dead. Tracy and Patton find Flintheart, who volunteers to help as much as he possibly can. Flattop is cornered and severely wounded by Tracy.

Reprints

• from Dick Tracy (Harvey, 1950 series) #26 (April 1950)
which is reprinted
• From Dick Tracy newspaper strips (Chicago Tribune) 1944-02-20 to 1944-03-18.
• Dick Tracy #26 reprint exceptions: Pages 1-4 not reprinted
• Page 5, panels 2-7 not reprinted
• Page 6, panels 4-6 not reprinted
• Page 7 deleted due to burn scene
• Page 8, panels 1-3 not reprinted

Indexer Notes

Alterations from #26 include: Caption change on page 8, panel 4; From the "Mistaken Identity" sequence, the title panel was replaced with a summary caption; Page 2, panel 1 was altered so that blood is not shown and panels 7-12 are not reprinted. In the "Act of Fate" sequence, only panels 2,3, and 8 from page 1 are reprinted.

The Sergeant's Revenge (Table of Contents: 10)

text story / 0.8 page (report information)

Script

?

Letters

typeset

Genre

crime

Characters

Detective-Sergeant Hanrahan

New Exciting Joe Palooka Comics! (Table of Contents: 11) (Expand) /

Joe Palooka Comics / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.2 page (report information)

Escape! (Table of Contents: 12)

text story / 0.8 page (report information)

Script

?

Letters

typeset

Genre

crime; detective-mystery

Characters

Johnny Mummery

Everyone Loves Sad Sack and the Sarge and All Their Funny Friends (Table of Contents: 13) (Expand) /

Sad Sack / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.2 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 14)

Dick Tracy's Minute Mystery / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

I saved this newspaper, Dick.

Genre

detective-mystery

Characters

Dick Tracy; Pat Patton

Reprints

• from Dick Tracy (Harvey, 1950 series) #26 (April 1950)

100 Toy Soldiers (Table of Contents: 15) (Expand) /

100 Toy Soldiers / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

Free...New Issues (Table of Contents: 16) (Expand) /

Garcelon Stamps / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

Boys! Girls! Men! Women! (Table of Contents: 17) (Expand) /

Wallace Brown Greeting Cards / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Buy Direct and Save on Fine Records (Table of Contents: 18) (Expand) /

Spinorama Records / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Choose Your Prize (Table of Contents: 19) (Expand) /

American Seeds / advertisement / 1 page (report information)