Dick Tracy
#130
(January 1959)
Harvey,
1950 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Harvey Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
Harvey Comics [Stamp]
- Editing
- Leon Harvey (editor)
[no title indexed]
Dick Tracy / cover / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Stop now, Flattop... or you'll wind up the way your father did!
- Genre
- crime; detective-mystery
- Characters
- Dick Tracy; Flattop Jr.
- Reprints
in 
Controlled Heat Immersible-Automatic Electric Fry Pan
Electric Cooker Fryer / Electric Fry Pan / advertisement / 1 page
Indexer Notes
Sold by Niresk Industries.
Inside front cover.
The Case of the Great Gang Roundup!
Dick Tracy / comic story / 13 pages
- Genre
- crime; detective-mystery
- Characters
- Dick Tracy; Lizz; Flattop Jr.; Sam Catchem; "Nothing" Yonson; Joe Period; Diet Smith; Skinny
- Synopsis
- Joe Period and Flattop Jr. plan a job to rob "Nothing" Yonson's safe. During the crime, Yonson is shot; in the aftermath, Joe Period and Flattop Jr. use different avenues of escape to very different consequences.
Indexer Notes
Reprints the Flattop Jr. sequence which ran in newspapers from April-September 1956.
[no title indexed]
Goodyear Bicycle Tires / advertisement / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- You're never alone with a bike of your own
Indexer Notes
Ad for Goodyear Suburbanite "175" Nylon bike tire.
This ad appears between pages 1 and 2 of "The Case of the Great Gang Roundup!"
7 Gigantic Dinosaurs
7 Gigantic Dinosaurs / advertisement / 1 page
Indexer Notes
Ad for latex dinosaurs.
[no title indexed]
Nabisco Spoon-Size Shredded Wheat Juniors; The Spoonmen / comics-form advertising / 2 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- "I'm Munch - and I fly the best!"
- Genre
- humor; science fiction
- Characters
- Munchy; Crunchy; Spoon Size
- Synopsis
- Spoon Size attempts to rest, but encounters dopplegangers of Munchy, Crunchy and himself. Spoon Size thinks he's losing it, but Munchy and Crunchy show Spoon Size that he is not seeing things.
Indexer Notes
This comic story is an advertisement for Nabisco Junior cereal and Spoonmen products.
Everybody Loves the Big H Comics
promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
- Characters
- Blondie; Casper; Inky; Dinky; Little Max; Dick Tracy; Sad Sack; Little Dot; Hot Stuff; Baby Huey; Dagwood; Little Lotta; Felix the Cat; Spooky; Wendy; Little Audrey; Joe Palooka
- Synopsis
- Ad for current Harvey Comics titles.
[The Case of the Great Gang Roundup!] Part Two Flattop the Artist
Dick Tracy / comic story / 7.5 pages
- Genre
- crime; detective-mystery
- Characters
- Dick Tracy; Lizz; Flattop Jr.; Skinny;
- Synopsis
- Dick Tracy and company continue their search for the missing Flattop Jr., who has managed to disappear with the contents of Yonson's safe.
Indexer Notes
Reprints the Flattop Jr. sequence which ran in newspapers from April-September 1956.
[no title indexed]
Dick Tracy / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Is young Flattop really dangerous?
- Genre
- crime; detective-mystery
- Characters
- Dick Tracy; Flattop Jr.; Skinny
- Synopsis
- Ad for the next issue of Dick Tracy Comics Monthly.
Indexer Notes
Ad includes an image of next issue's cover.
Pursuit
text story / 0.75 page
- Genre
- detective-mystery
- Characters
- Henry Stainforth; Inspector Leclerc
- Synopsis
- Text story detailing the procedures utilized by Scotland Yard in the capture of an MKVD nest.
[no title indexed]
Casper / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.25 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Hello, friends: we're all on TV
- Genre
- humor; children; fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Casper; Baby Huey; Little Audrey; Wendy
- Synopsis
- Promo for the Harvey Comics characters appearing on ABC network.
Dick Tracy Talks to Rookies
Dick Tracy / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- crime; detective-mystery
- Characters
- Dick Tracy
- Synopsis
- Dick Tracy offers advice for rookie policemen.
Lizz Learns a Lesson in Judo as Taught in the Police Academy
Dick Tracy / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- detective-mystery
- Characters
- Lizz; Dick Tracy; Instructor Barneck
- Synopsis
- Lizz is taught a Judo move that can be used to fend off two attackers at the same time.
Apache Cop
text story / 0.75 page
- Genre
- crime
- Characters
- Frank Goodfellow; Jim Boyle
- Synopsis
- Frank and Jim work together to capture gangsters who held up a gas station.
- Reprints
-
in Little Dot Dotland (Harvey, 1962 series) #35 (September 1968) - in Spooky Spooktown (Harvey, 1961 series) #34 (April 1970)
- in Little Audrey and Melvin (Harvey, 1962 series) #47 (October 1970)
- in Little Dot (Harvey, 1953 series) #138 (July 1971), #149 (May 1973)
-
[no title indexed]
Blondie; Dagwood / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.25 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- America's funniest family!
- Genre
- humor; domestic
- Characters
- Blondie; Dagwood; Alexander; Cookie; Daisy; the Pups
- Synopsis
- Ad for Blondie and Dagwood comics.
Indexer Notes
Ad includes images of a Blondie cover and a Dagwood cover.
[no title indexed]
Dixie Cup Ice Cream / advertisement / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Kids - you'll "flip" for these lids on Dixie Cups of ice Cream
[no title indexed]
Garcelon Stamps / advertisement / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Free! Elizabeth II British Africa stamps
- Characters
- Elizabeth II
Indexer Notes
Ad for stamps featuring Elizabeth II from many African countries plus a stamp collector's guide.
[no title indexed]
Dean Studios Photo Enlargements / advertisement / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Can you unscramble these states?
Indexer Notes
Two part ad: first part is a scrambled word contest with a miniature monkey as the prize, second part is a maze contest with a miniature dog as a prize.
[no title indexed]
Honor House Products / advertisement / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Toys! Tricks! Surprises! Galore...
Indexer Notes
Ad for a variety of novelty toys.
Inside back cover.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
["Stop now, Flattop... or you'll wind up the way your father did!"]
Dick Tracy -
1.
Controlled Heat Immersible-Automatic Electric Fry Pan
Electric Cooker Fryer / Electric Fry Pan -
2.
The Case of the Great Gang Roundup!
Dick Tracy -
3.
["You're never alone with a bike of your own"]
Goodyear Bicycle Tires -
4.
7 Gigantic Dinosaurs
7 Gigantic Dinosaurs -
5.
[""I'm Munch - and I fly the best!""]
Nabisco Spoon-Size Shredded Wheat Juniors; The Spoonmen -
6.
Everybody Loves the Big H Comics
-
7.
[The Case of the Great Gang Roundup!] Part Two Flattop the Artist
Dick Tracy -
8.
["Is young Flattop really dangerous?"]
Dick Tracy -
9.
Pursuit
-
10.
["Hello, friends: we're all on TV"]
Casper -
11.
Dick Tracy Talks to Rookies
Dick Tracy -
12.
Lizz Learns a Lesson in Judo as Taught in the Police Academy
Dick Tracy -
13.
Apache Cop
-
14.
["America's funniest family!"]
Blondie; Dagwood -
15.
["Kids - you'll "flip" for these lids on Dixie Cups of ice Cream"]
Dixie Cup Ice Cream -
16.
["Free! Elizabeth II British Africa stamps"]
Garcelon Stamps -
17.
["Can you unscramble these states?"]
Dean Studios Photo Enlargements -
18.
["Toys! Tricks! Surprises! Galore..."]
Honor House Products -
19.
["Boys - girls - men - women..."]
The FUNman Religious Wall Motto Plaques
This issue was modified by, among others
- Chris Boyko
- Nick Caputo
- Del Gruber
- Jean-Francois Masse
- Donald Dale Milne
- Jim Stangas
- Len Wolinsky
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