Dick Tracy
#128
(October 1958)
Harvey,
1950 Series
- Volume
- ?
- 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)
The Case Against the Juvenile Delinquent
Dick Tracy / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Joe Simon (ghosted for Chester Gould) (sourced)
- Inks
- Joe Simon (ghosted for Chester Gould) (sourced)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- children; crime; detective-mystery
- Characters
- Dick Tracy; Junior Tracy; Joe Period
- Reprints
in 
Boys-Girls-Men-Women-Prizes Given
The FUNman Religious Wall Motto Plaques / advertisement / 1 page
Indexer Notes
Ad to recruit people to sell plaques with religious mottoes.
Inside front cover.
The Case against the Juvenile Delinquent
Dick Tracy / comic story / 13 pages
- Genre
- adventure; drama; children; crime; detective-mystery
- Characters
- Dick Tracy; Sam Catchem; Junior Tracy; Joe Period; "Nothing" Yonson; Jerry the Waiter
- Synopsis
- Using an alley cat to help him escape a maze of service corridors in a building, Joe Period eludes Tracy and the police by stealing a car,which he crashes into a concrete pylon. Badly injured, Joe makes his way to Yonson's club, where he is drugged and then left for dead in a railroad boxcar. A tramp administers first aid and steals the money from Joe's pocket. When Joe confrons the hobo, a fight ensues and the hobo falls from the moving train.
- Reprints
- From Dick Tracy Newspaper Strip (Chicago Tribune) 1956-01-xx to 1956-04-xx.
There's Always Something Doing -- with a Bike!
Goodyear Bicycle Tires / advertisement / 1 page
Indexer Notes
This ad appears between pages 1 and 2 of "The Case Against the Juvenile Delinquent."
Pass 'Em All in a Flash of Chrome!
AMF Roadmaster Bicycles / advertisement / 1 page
Indexer Notes
Ad for the new AMF Roadmaster Flying Falcon.
[The Good Scout]
Nabisco Spoon-Size Shredded Wheat Juniors; The Spoonmen / comics-form advertising / 2 pages
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Munchy; Crunchy; Spoon-Size
- Synopsis
- A Boy Scout helps the Spoonmen capture a bank robber disguised as an old lady.
Indexer Notes
Ad for Nabisco Shredded Wheat Juniors.
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.
Cornered!
Dick Tracy / comic story / 8.5 pages
- Genre
- adventure; drama; children; crime; detective-mystery
- Characters
- Dick Tracy; Sam Catchem; Junior Tracy; Joe Period
- Synopsis
- Tracy and the police track Joe Period to a trainyard. Joe hides in a brine tank full of pickles and is surprised when Tracy finds him there.
- Reprints
- From Dick Tracy Newspaper Strip (Chicago Tribune) 1956-01-xx to 1956-04-xx.
Indexer Notes
This story continues into the next issue.
Son of Flattop
Dick Tracy Comics Monrthly / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page
- Genre
- crime; detective-mystery
- Characters
- Dick Tracy; Flattop Jr.
Indexer Notes
House ad for Dick Tracy Comics Monthly No. 129. No On Sale date given.
Undercover
text story / 0.8 page
- Genre
- crime
- Characters
- Louie the Gyp; Pete the Fence
- Synopsis
- The FBI captures a gang of hi-jackers.
Indexer Notes
Possibly a reprint.
Everyone Loves Sad Sack and the Sarge and All Their Funny Friends
Sad Sack / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.2 page
- Genre
- war
- Characters
- Sad Sack; Sarge; Sadie Sack
- Synopsis
- Generic house ad for Sad Sack Comics.
[Guns Hidden Under Cushions]
Crimestoppers Textbook / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- crime
- Characters
- Dick Tracy
- Synopsis
- A group of 8 Crimestopper panels from the Dick Tracy Sunday newspaper strip.
- Reprints
- From Dick Tracy Newspaper Strip (Chicago Tribune) 19xx-xx-xx to 19xx-xx-xx.
Desert Scene
text story / 0.8 page
- Characters
- Corporal Phil Baldwin; Black Joe
- Synopsis
- An Australian policemen escorts a prisoner through the desert.
- Reprints
-
from Harvey Hits (Harvey, 1957 series) #44 (May 1961)
-
New Exciting Joe Palooka Comics!
Joe Palooka Comics / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.2 page
- Characters
- Joe Palooka; Knobby; Humphrey; Little Max
- Synopsis
- House ad for the latest issue of Joe Palooka Comics.
Boys! Girls! Men! Women! Thrilling, New, First-Time Ideas in Christmas Cards Will Bring You More Extra Money
Wallace Brown Greeting Cards / advertisement / 1 page
Amazing Royal Princess...and Her Baby
Royal Princess and Baby Dolls / advertisement / 1 page
Indexer Notes
Ad for a 22-inch tall doll and her baby from Niresk Industries, Inc.
Inside back cover.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
The Case Against the Juvenile Delinquent
Dick Tracy -
1.
Boys-Girls-Men-Women-Prizes Given
The FUNman Religious Wall Motto Plaques -
2.
The Case against the Juvenile Delinquent
Dick Tracy -
3.
There's Always Something Doing -- with a Bike!
Goodyear Bicycle Tires -
4.
Pass 'Em All in a Flash of Chrome!
AMF Roadmaster Bicycles -
5.
[The Good Scout]
Nabisco Spoon-Size Shredded Wheat Juniors; The Spoonmen -
6.
Everybody Loves the Big H Comics
Harvey Comics -
7.
Cornered!
Dick Tracy -
8.
Son of Flattop
Dick Tracy Comics Monrthly -
9.
Undercover
-
10.
Everyone Loves Sad Sack and the Sarge and All Their Funny Friends
Sad Sack -
11.
[Guns Hidden Under Cushions]
Crimestoppers Textbook -
12.
Desert Scene
-
13.
New Exciting Joe Palooka Comics!
Joe Palooka Comics -
14.
Free Elizabeth II Caribbean Stamps
Garcelon Stamps -
15.
Boys! Girls! Men! Women! Thrilling, New, First-Time Ideas in Christmas Cards Will Bring You More Extra Money
Wallace Brown Greeting Cards -
16.
Amazing Royal Princess...and Her Baby
Royal Princess and Baby Dolls -
17.
Exclusive Stamp Offer!
Boyer Mallo Cup
This issue was modified by, among others
- Jean-Francois Masse
- Donald Dale Milne
- Gene Reed (R.I.P.)
- Jim Stangas
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