Dick Tracy #118

(December 1957)

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Dick Tracy / comic story / 23 pages (report information)

Script

Chester Gould

Pencils

Joe Simon (splash panel); Chester Gould

Inks

Joe Simon (splash panel); Chester Gould

Colors

?

Letters

?; Chester Gould

Genre

adventure; drama; crime; detective-mystery

Characters

Dick Tracy; Sam Catchem; Sleet; Twist; Butsey; Grapevine Gary

Synopsis

Sam renews an old acquaintance when Sleet arrives in the police station. Tracy convinces Sleet to be a police informer, but Sleet tries to work both sides. When the crooks get wise, she tries to kill one of them and then flees from the police. She hides in the home of an eccentric lady who has a pet gorilla. Sleet is trapped in the room with the gorilla, but she manages to escape. She leaps from the roof of the house to a water tower below and finds herself trapped when the water tower roof collapses. Tracy and Sam rescue her from the water tower and take her to jail.

Reprints

• from Dick Tracy (Harvey, 1950 series) #57 (November 1952) [Pages 1 and 2 not reprinted. Page 3, panels 1-9 not reprinted.]
which is reprinted
• From Dick Tracy newspaper strip (Chicago Tribune) 1948-12-26 to 1949-01-05,
• from Dick Tracy (Harvey, 1950 series) #58 (December 1952) [Page 1 splash not reprinted. Reprinted part begins with page 1, panel 2.]
which is reprinted
• From Dick Tracy newspaper strip (Chicago Tribune) 1949-01-24 to 1949-02-23.
• from Dick Tracy (Harvey, 1950 series) #58 (December 1952) [Page 1, panels 1-7 not reprinted. Pages 3 and 4 not reprinted. Page 7, panels 7-12 not reprinted.]
which is reprinted
• From Dick Tracy newspaper strip (Chicago Tribune) 1949-02-24 to 1949-03-12.
• from Dick Tracy (Harvey, 1950 series) #59 (January 1953) [Page 1 splash panel not reprinted. Page 3 not reprinted. ]
which is reprinted
• From Dick Tracy newspaper strip (Chicago Tribune) 1949-03-13 to 1949-04-05.

Indexer Notes

A large portion of the story is omitted in this version, including the segment which explains why Sleet is hiding from the police.

Changes are listed below. Some are due to Comics Code Authority regulations.
Page 1, panel 4 - Date changed to 1957 to keep story current.

Page 3, panel 4 - Sam's balloon changed to edit out an accusation. Sleet's balloon changed to remove
profanity synbols.

Page 4, panel 1 - Dick Tracy logo changed to descriptive caption.

Page 9, panel 2 - "killed" changed to "framed."
Page 9, panel 10 - panel changed to remove image of bullet going through hand

Panel 11, panel 7 - changed to a summary caption. This completely bypasses the first segment from Dick
Tracy Comics Monthly #58.

Page 13 - a caption replaces a panel that shows Sleet pushing Twist from a train platform.

Page 13, panel 8 - redrawn to show a a ragged dress instead of a prison uniform.

Page 13, panel 10 - dialogue "fell" in original changed to "injured."

Page 13, panel 11 - dialogue changed from "But tell him he won't have to rush for this one!" to "This man
has been injured!"

Page 14, panel 1 - "over the rail" changed to "in a faint"
Page 14, panel 3 - "push" changed to "hit."

Page 16, Panel 1 - Dialogue refers to an event that was not reprinted from the original story.
Page 16, panels 8, 9, 11 - Blood has been removed from Sleet's face.

Page 18, panel 12 - Tomahawk in Sleet's hand has been deleted.
Page 19, panels 3, 6 - Tomahawk in Sleet's hand has been deleted.
Page 19, panel 8 - Tomahawk, sound effect, and hit lines have been deleted from original.

Page 21, panels 5 and 6 - Sleet has been deleted from the panels. In the original, a gorilla is trying to
kill her.
Page 22, panel 1 - Sleet deleted from panel. In the original, a gorilla holds her unconscious form.
Page 22, panels 8, 11 - Sleet deleted from panels.

Page 23, panel 2, 10 - Dress color changed from red to black.
Page 23, panel 3 - Sleet is wearing a black dress that reaches below her knee. The original version shows
the bottom of her panty girdle and the tops of her stockings.

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Script

?

Letters

Ben Oda; typeset

Genre

crime

Characters

Blackie Algerra

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Script

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Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

I'm Glenn Wilson, Mr. Dove's lawyer!

Genre

crime; detective-mystery

Characters

Myra Martin; Glenn Wilson

Synopsis

Glenn and Myra solve the murder of one of Glenn's clients.

Reprints

• from Dick Tracy (Harvey, 1950 series) #59 (January 1953)

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