Dick Tracy
#112
(June 1957)
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- Monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1957-04-11
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Harvey Publications Inc.
- Brand
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Harvey Comics [Stamp]
- Editing
- Leon Harvey (credited) (editor)
Case of the Atomic Flash
Dick Tracy / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Joe Simon (ghosted for Chester Gould) (sourced)
- Inks
- Joe Simon (ghosted for Chester Gould) (sourced)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- adventure; crime; detective-mystery
- Characters
- Dick Tracy; Diet Smith
Indexer Notes
Cover is a variation of the cover of Dick Tracy Comics Monthly #40.
Mystery! Magic! Science! Fun!
Honor House Products / advertisement / 1 page
Indexer Notes
Ad for various gag and novelties available by mail.
Inside front cover.
The Case of the Atomic Flash
Dick Tracy / comic story / 21.5 pages
- Genre
- adventure; drama; humor; crime; detective-mystery
- Characters
- Dick Tracy; Diet Smith; B. O. Plenty; Chief Brandon; Pat Patton; Irma; Brilliant
- Synopsis
- While Diet Smith tries to clear himself of murder charges, employees at his Detroit plant work on a scheme to steal one of Smith's atomic inventions. Tracy receives his first wrist radio. Irma. shoots Diet Smith while he is in his bathtub and then takes her own life. Smith has surgery and survives. He narrowly escapes death a second time when Irma's son, Brilliant, tries to shoot him in the hospital.
- Reprints
-
from Dick Tracy (Harvey, 1950 series) #40 (June 1951) which is reprinted - From Dick Tracy newspaper strip (Chicago Tribune) 1946-02-15 to 1946-03-16. [March 10th, 12th and 13th removed.]
- from Dick Tracy (Harvey, 1950 series) #40 (June 1951) which is reprinted
- From Dick Tracy newspaper strip (Chicago Tribune) 1946-01-13 to 1946-02-14.
- from Dick Tracy (Harvey, 1950 series) #41 (July 1951) which is reprinted
- From Dick Tracy newspaper strip (Chicago Tribune) 1946-03-17 to 1946-04-18 (March 25th removed, Some panels April 8th-10th removed)
- From Dick Tracy newspaper strip (Chicago Tribune) 1946-03-17 to 1946-05-17 (except 1946-04-18 through 1946-04-25).
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Indexer Notes
Original title of this story is "The Case of the Atomic Killers."
The following changes were made to this reprint due to Comics Code Authority restrictions:
Page 1, panels 8, 9: Wire opaqued on black line but color still shows where wires were
Page 2, panels 2, 3, 4, 6: Wires removed to take away inference that victim was electrocuted
Page 18, panel 5: Bullets are opaqued, but because of color plate, their path is still visible. Diet
Smith's is visible as a white space, even the outline was deleted from the black plate.
Page 18, panel 7: The part of the panel showing Irma shooting herself in the head has been replaced
with a narrow panel that has "BANG" running vertically.
Page 18, panel 10: "The water's bloody!" has been removed from the first word balloon. Second balloon
changed from "That's blood on my hands!" to "He's been shot!"
Page 19, panel 2: Irma's body outline has been removed, but the color still prints.
Page 19, bottom caption: Changed from :Read the July issue of Dick Tracy" to "Turn the page quickly."
Page 20, panel 1: "Dick Tracy" logo changed to a descriptive caption.
The Daring Young Man Who Flies through the Air
Goodyear / advertisement / 1 page
Indexer Notes
Ad for Goodyear bicycle tires.
This as appears between pages 1 and 2 of the Dick Tracy story.
Look! A Real Speedometer!
Stewart-Warner Bike Speedometers / advertisement / 0.5 page
Indexer Notes
Ad for the Stewart-Warner bicycle speedometer.
Top half of the first of four ad pages between pages 13 and 14 of the Dick Tracy story.
George Mikan Gets Bucky on the Ball!
U. S. Keds / advertisement / 0.5 page
- Characters
- George Mikan
Indexer Notes
Ad for US Keds athletic shoes.
Bottom half of the first of four ad pages between pages 13 and 14 of the Dick Tracy story.
Ahoy, Mates! Let's Play Pirate!
Bosco / advertisement / 2 pages
- Characters
- Muscles
- Synopsis
- Muscles promotes Bosco chocolate milk additive.
Indexer Notes
This ad comprises the second and third of four ad pages between pages 13 and 14 of the Dick Tracy story.
Harvey News
Harvey Comics / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
- Characters
- Dick Tracy; Sad Sack; Little Dot; Little Lotta; Felix; Casper; Joe Palooka; Little Audrey
- Synopsis
- Newspaper-like presentation of promotional material for the current Harvey Comics.
Indexer Notes
This is the fourth of four ad pages between pages 13 and 14 of the Dick Tracy story.
America's Most Famous Detective. Calling All Dick Tracy fans!
Dick Tracy Comics Monthly / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page
- Characters
- Dick Tracy; Tess Trueheart; Sam Catchem; B. O. Plenty; Gravel Gertie; Sparkle Plenty
- Synopsis
- Generic subscription ad for Dick Tracy Comics Monthly.
Indexer Notes
This ad appears on the bottom half of the last page of the Dick Tracy story.
[no title indexed]
Sparkle Plenty / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Now be a good cat, Randolph
- Genre
- humor; animal; children
- Characters
- Sparkle Plenty; Randolph
- Synopsis
- Sparkle devises to protect her goldfish from her cat.
- Reprints
- from Dick Tracy (Harvey, 1950 series) #41 (July 1951)
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Special Agent of the F. B. I.
America's Finest / text story / 0.9 page
- Genre
- crime
- Synopsis
- A brief account of the duties of an FBI agent.
- Reprints
- from Dick Tracy (Harvey, 1950 series) #41 (July 1951)
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Don't Miss the New Issue of Chic Young's Dagwood Comics
Dagwood Comics / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.1 page
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Dagwood Bumstead
- Synopsis
- Generic house ad for DAGWOOD COMICS.
Bureau of Policewomen
America's Finest / text story / 0.9 page
- Genre
- crime; history
- Reprints
- from Dick Tracy (Harvey, 1950 series) #40 (June 1951)
-
See You in My New Issue Folks
Sad Sack / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.1 page
- Characters
- Sad Sack
- Synopsis
- Generic promotional ad for Sad Sack Comics.
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
- Characters
- Queen Elizabeth II
Indexer Notes
Ad for historical stamps plus a booklet of tips for stamp collectors.
Take It from a Champion Racing Driver
AMF Roadmaster Bicycles / advertisement / 1 page
Indexer Notes
Bicycle ad spotlighting the AMF Roadmaster.
100 Toy Soldiers $1.25
100 Toy Soldiers / advertisement / 1 page
Indexer Notes
Ad for a variety of toy plastic soldiers that come packed in a footlocker, sold by Big Army. Photos in the ad are the same as in ads by Josely Company at the same time.
Inside back cover.
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0.
Case of the Atomic Flash
Dick Tracy -
1.
Mystery! Magic! Science! Fun!
Honor House Products -
2.
The Case of the Atomic Flash
Dick Tracy -
3.
The Daring Young Man Who Flies through the Air
Goodyear -
4.
Look! A Real Speedometer!
Stewart-Warner Bike Speedometers -
5.
George Mikan Gets Bucky on the Ball!
U. S. Keds -
6.
Ahoy, Mates! Let's Play Pirate!
Bosco -
7.
Harvey News
Harvey Comics -
8.
America's Most Famous Detective. Calling All Dick Tracy fans!
Dick Tracy Comics Monthly -
9.
["Now be a good cat, Randolph"]
Sparkle Plenty -
10.
Special Agent of the F. B. I.
America's Finest -
11.
Don't Miss the New Issue of Chic Young's Dagwood Comics
Dagwood Comics -
12.
Bureau of Policewomen
America's Finest -
13.
See You in My New Issue Folks
Sad Sack -
14.
Hey Kids...Look!
Beacon Falls Rubber Footwear -
15.
Free! Elizabeth II Colonies Stamps
Garcelon Stamps -
16.
Take It from a Champion Racing Driver
AMF Roadmaster Bicycles -
17.
100 Toy Soldiers $1.25
100 Toy Soldiers -
18.
Boys-Girls-Men-Women-Prizes Given
The Funman
- Jean-Francois Masse
- Donald Dale Milne
- Gene Reed (R.I.P.)
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