(1999)

Avalon Communications, 1999 Series
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Price
2.95 USD
Pages
36
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Avalon Communications
Brand
ACG - America's Comic Group
Editing
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[Pruneface] (Table of Contents)

Dick Tracy / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Dick Locher
Inks
Dick Locher
Colors
?
Genre
detective-mystery
Characters
Pruneface
Cover Thumbnail for Dick Tracy Crimebuster (Avalon Communications, 1999 series) #2
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Did You Miss an ACG Issue? (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

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

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2)

Dick Tracy / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script
Max Allan Collins (signed as Max Collins)
Pencils
Dick Locher (signed)
Inks
Dick Locher (signed)
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Pruneface Is Cryonic Man!
Genre
detective-mystery
Characters
Dick Tracy; Sam Catchem; Pruneface; Dr. Kryos Freezdrei; Inspector Trailer; Mrs. Pruneface [Anna] (flashback); Vitamin Flintheart
Synopsis
Pruneface is returned to life after being frozen for 30 years. Tracy tries to find a way to convict him of crimes he committed then. Pruneface adjusts to the modern world, while Dr. Freezdrei has a plan that needs him.
Reprints
  • from Dick Tracy daily and Sunday (Tribune Company Syndicate) newspaper strips from 1983

Indexer Notes

The original Pruneface story was in 1943, during World War II; but this story several times says it happened "30 years ago," which would make it 1953.

My Heroes Weren't Always Cowboys! (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

ACG Comics / promo (ad from the publisher) / 2 pages (report information)

Guest of Honor! (Table of Contents: 4)

Mr. Bones / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Joe Gill (credited)
Pencils
Pete Morisi (signed as PAM)
Inks
Pete Morisi (signed as PAM)
Letters
Pete Morisi
Editing
George Wildman (original editor, credited)
Job Number
D-8199
Genre
horror-suspense
Characters
Mr. Bones (host)
Reprints

The Jack Kirby Collector #20 (Table of Contents: 5) (Expand) /

TwoMorrows / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6) (Expand) /

Comic Book Marketplace / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Table of Contents
  1. 0. [Pruneface]
    Dick Tracy
  2. 1. Did You Miss an ACG Issue?
    ACG Comics
  3. 2. ["Pruneface Is Cryonic Man!"]
    Dick Tracy
  4. 3. My Heroes Weren't Always Cowboys!
    ACG Comics
  5. 4. Guest of Honor!
    Mr. Bones
  6. 5. The Jack Kirby Collector #20
    TwoMorrows
  7. 6. ["You've just discovered..."]
    Comic Book Marketplace
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  • Merlin Haas
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