Dick Tracy
#126
(August 1958)
Harvey,
1950 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1958
- 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)
[no title indexed]
Dick Tracy / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Joe Simon ? (as Chester Gould)
- Inks
- Joe Simon ? (as Chester Gould)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Come on out with your hands up! You're surrounded!
- Genre
- crime; detective-mystery
- Characters
- Dick Tracy
- Reprints
in 
Everybody Loves the Big "H" Comics
Harvey Comics / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
- Genre
- adventure; drama; humor; children; crime; domestic; sports
- Characters
- Dagwood; Little Lotta; Felix the Cat; Inky; Dinky; Little Dot; Casper; Hot Stuff; Little Audrey; Sad Sack; Joe Palooka' Baby Huey; Blondie; Little Max; Dick Tracy; Spoonmen.
- Synopsis
- Ad for 18 current Harvey Comics titles.
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover.
The Case of Oodles' Hideout
Dick Tracy / comic story / 13 pages
- Genre
- adventure; drama; crime; detective-mystery
- Characters
- Dick Tracy; Sam Catchem; Oodles
- Synopsis
- While Tracy and Sam are searching, Oodles goes on a crash diet to lose enough weight as to be unrecognizable to the police. Losing so much weight also makes him angry and hungry. He makes the mistake of ordering a lot of food from a restaurant belonging to one of his crime associates, not knowing that Tracy has a hidden two-way wrist radio concealed in the restaurant office. As the restaurant delivers the food, Tracy and Sam prepare to close in.
- Reprints
- From Dick Tracy Newspaper Strip (Chicago Tribune) 1955-08-xx to 1955-12-xx.
[no title indexed]
Goodyear Bicycle Tires / advertisement / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- What do you like? Get there by bike!
- Synopsis
- Ad for Goodyear bicycle tires
Indexer Notes
This ad appears between pages 1 and 2 of "The Case of Oodles' Hideout."
[no title indexed]
AMF Roadmaster Bicycles / advertisement / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Sharpest bikes built!
- Synopsis
- Ad for the new AMF Roadmaster bicycle.
[no title indexed]
Nabisco Spoon-Size Shredded Wheat Juniors; The Spoonmen / comics-form advertising / 2 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I'm Munchy!
- Genre
- humor; science fiction
- Characters
- Crunchy; Munchy; Spoon-Size; Pied Piper of Hamelin
- Synopsis
- The Spoonmen use Nabisco Spoon-Sized Shredded Wheat to rescue children from the Pied Piper.
[no title indexed]
Stewart-Warner Bike Speedometer / comics-form advertising / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Hey gang! Look what I've got...
- Synopsis
- Ad for the precision Stewart-Warner bicycle speedometer.
[no title indexed]
Harvey Comics / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.25 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Meet Hot Stuff
- Genre
- humor; fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Hot Stuff; Stumbo
- Synopsis
- House ad for Hot Stuff.
[no title indexed]
Joe Palooka / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.25 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- New exciting Joe Palooka comics!
- Genre
- adventure; sports
- Characters
- Joe Palooka; Knobby; Humphrey; Little Max
- Synopsis
- House ad for the latest issue of Joe Palooka Comics.
[The Case of Oodles' Hideout] Part Two Trail to Cave County
Dick Tracy / comic story / 8.5 pages
- Genre
- adventure; drama; humor; crime; detective-mystery
- Characters
- Dick Tracy; Sam Catchem; Jimmy the Reporter; Lizz the Photographer; Oodles
- Synopsis
- Tracy and the police surround the cabin where Oodles has been hiding. As they close in, Jimmy and Lizz are taken hostage when they get too close as they are trying to eavesdrop and take pictures. Oodles shoots his own men because they want to give up. Jimmy uses a bear trap to capture Oodles, and Tracy takes the portly criminal to jail.
- Reprints
- From Dick Tracy Newspaper Strip (Chicago Tribune) 1955-08-xx to 1955-12-xx.
[no title indexed]
Dick Tracy / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The case against "Jumpin'" Joe Period!
- Genre
- crime; detective-mystery
- Characters
- Dick Tracy; Joe Period
- Synopsis
- House ad for the next issue of Dick Tracy Comics Monthly.
Heap Big Fish
text story / 0.8 page
- Genre
- crime
- Characters
- Corporal Jack Burns; Sergeant Bryan
- Synopsis
- Corporal Burns tracks down heroin smugglers in Canada.
[no title indexed]
Sad Sack / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.2 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Everyone loves Sad Sack and the Sarge and all their funny Friends
- Genre
- humor; military
- Characters
- Sad Sack; Sarge; Sadie Sack
- Synopsis
- Generic house ad for Sad Sack Comics.
[no title indexed]
Crimestoppers Textbook / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Clues can be anywhere
- Genre
- crime
- Characters
- Dick Tracy
- Synopsis
- A group of panels to warn people about various crime clues including ring imprints, helpful debris, proper handcuffing technique, slugs, and school zones.
Indexer Notes
These are most likely reprinted from the Dick Tracy Sunday strips.
Surveillance
text story / 0.8 page
- Genre
- crime
- Characters
- Special Agent Ed Moran; Dr. Forbes; Olga Ivanovna
- Synopsis
- Agent Moran keeps tabs on some suspected spies.
[no title indexed]
Spooky / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.2 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Spooky now in his own comic magazine
- Genre
- humor; children; fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Spooky
- Synopsis
- House ad for the latest issue of Spooky.
[no title indexed]
Garcelon Stamps / advertisement / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Free! Wonderful offer! Elizabeth II colonies stamps...
- Synopsis
- Ad for stamps from different countries of the British Empire.
[no title indexed]
Zorro Color Television Set / advertisement / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Hey kids!! Send for the new Walt Disney Zorro color television set
- Characters
- Zorro
- Synopsis
- Ad for a portable filmstrip projector featuring Disney characters.
[no title indexed]
Pocket Radio Kit / advertisement / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Amazing portable radio works indefinitely!
- Synopsis
- Ad for a transistor radio that fits in the palm of your hand.
Indexer Notes
Inside back cover.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
["Come on out with your hands up! You're surrounded!"]
Dick Tracy -
1.
Everybody Loves the Big "H" Comics
Harvey Comics -
2.
The Case of Oodles' Hideout
Dick Tracy -
3.
["What do you like? Get there by bike!"]
Goodyear Bicycle Tires -
4.
["Sharpest bikes built!"]
AMF Roadmaster Bicycles -
5.
["I'm Munchy!"]
Nabisco Spoon-Size Shredded Wheat Juniors; The Spoonmen -
6.
["Hey gang! Look what I've got..."]
Stewart-Warner Bike Speedometer -
7.
["Meet Hot Stuff"]
Harvey Comics -
8.
["New exciting Joe Palooka comics!"]
Joe Palooka -
9.
[The Case of Oodles' Hideout] Part Two Trail to Cave County
Dick Tracy -
10.
["The case against "Jumpin'" Joe Period!"]
Dick Tracy -
11.
Heap Big Fish
-
12.
["Everyone loves Sad Sack and the Sarge and all their funny Friends"]
Sad Sack -
13.
["Clues can be anywhere"]
Crimestoppers Textbook -
14.
Surveillance
-
15.
["Spooky now in his own comic magazine"]
Spooky -
16.
["Free! Wonderful offer! Elizabeth II colonies stamps..."]
Garcelon Stamps -
17.
["Hey kids!! Send for the new Walt Disney Zorro color television set"]
Zorro Color Television Set -
18.
["Amazing portable radio works indefinitely!"]
Pocket Radio Kit -
19.
["Boys - girls - men - women..."]
The FUNman Religious Wall Motto Plaques
This issue was modified by, among others
- Chris Boyko
- Glenn MacKay
- Jean-Francois Masse
- Gene Reed (R.I.P.)
- Jim Stangas
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