Dick Tracy #124

(June 1958)

Hey Kids!! Send for the New Disneyland Color Television Set (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

Disneyland Color Television Set / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

250 Magic Tricks Revealed (Table of Contents: 2) (Expand) /

250 Magic Tricks / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

The Case of Oodles Hears Only Evil (Table of Contents: 3)

Dick Tracy / comic story / 13 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; Sam Catchem; Mr. Hurley; Mr, Malone; Oodles; Mrs. Vulcan

Synopsis

When two boys find a scrap of cloth protruding from the deteriorating concrete of a bridge support, it re-open a 20-year-old missing persons case. When the police chip away the concrete, they find a skeleton. As Tracy and Sam try to determine the identity of the skeleton, Mrs. Vulcan contacts Oodles, the man who disposed of the body years earlier. He's also been blackmailing her. Scared, she calls Oodles to set up a meeting to resolve the problem.

Reprints

• From Dick Tracy Newspaper Strip 1955-08-xx to 1955-12-xx

Indexer Notes

There is an ad page between pages 1 and 2 of this story.

A Baseball Player Needs His Spikes (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

Goodyear Bicycle Tires / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Modern Guys Look for the Speed-Sweep Look (Table of Contents: 5) (Expand) /

AMF Roadmaster Bicycles / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Why Nabisco's Spoon-Size Juniors Are Called the Kids' Own Cereal (Table of Contents: 6) (Expand) /

Nabisco Spoon-Size Shredded Wheat Juniors; The Spoonmen / comics-form advertising / 2 pages (report information)

Everybody Loves the Big H Comics (Table of Contents: 7) (Expand) /

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

Tracy Closes In (Table of Contents: 8)

Dick Tracy / comic story / 8.5 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; Sam Catchem; Oodles; Mrs. George Vulcan; Benny the Grip

Synopsis

Mrs. Vulcan cleans out her husband's room and has the contents put in the incinerator only minutes before Sam and Tracy arrive. Tracy is able to salvage several items from the incinerator that throw suspicion on Mrs. Vulcan. Tracy arrests Benny as a suspect in a bank robbery and discovers little black book that show a connection between Benny and Mrs. Vulcan.

Reprints

• From Dick Tracy Newspaper strip (Chicago Tribuen) 1955-08-xx to 1955-12-xx.

Indexer Notes

Story continues in Dick Tray Comics Monthly No. 125.

Follow That Woman (Table of Contents: 9) (Expand) /

Dick Tracy Comics Monthly / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

Evidence (Table of Contents: 10)

text story / 0.8 page (report information)

Script

?

Letters

typeset

Genre

crime; detective-mystery

Characters

Detective Joe Mellon; Detective Blake Hanley; Jeff Bard

Synopsis

Footprints in a flower bed help two detectives solve a murder.

Reprints

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

Everyone Loves Sad Sack and the Sarge and All Their Funny Friends (Table of Contents: 11) (Expand) /

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

[Police officers should constantly familiarize themselves with the new models of cars.] (Table of Contents: 12)

Crimestoppers Textbook / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Chester Gould

Pencils

Chester Gould

Inks

Chester Gould

Colors

?

Letters

Chester Gould

Genre

crime

Characters

Dick Tracy

Synopsis

Eight different Crimestoppers Textbook panels from the newspaper comics. Dates unknown.

Reprints

• From Dick Tracy Newspaper Sunday Strips (Chicago Tribune) 19xx-xx-xx to 19xx-xx-xx.

The Course of Murder! (Table of Contents: 13)

text story / 0.8 page (report information)

Script

?

Letters

?; typeset

Genre

crime; detective-mystery

Characters

Inspector King; Bryce Rawlings; Mathilda Rawlings

Synopsis

Inspector King solves a murder.

Reprints

• from Dick Tracy (Harvey, 1950 series) #72 (February 1954)

America's Funniest Family! (Table of Contents: 14) (Expand) /

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

Meet Hot Stuff (Table of Contents: 15) (Expand) /

Harvey Comics / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.25 page (report information)

By Popular Demand We're Here for You! (Table of Contents: 16) (Expand) /

Inky and Dinky / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.25 page (report information)

100 Toy Soldiers $1.25 (Table of Contents: 17) (Expand) /

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

Toys! Tricks! Surprises! Galore (Table of Contents: 18) (Expand) /

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

Boys-Girls-Men-Women-Prizes Given (Table of Contents: 19) (Expand) /

The FUNman Religious Wall Motto Plaques / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Free! Hard-to-Get Royal Family Stamps (Table of Contents: 20) (Expand) /

Garcelon Stamps / advertisement / 1 page (report information)