(January 1987)

Blackthorne, 1986 Series
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Price
2.00 USD; 2.75 CAD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1986 ?
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Blackthorne Publishing Inc.
Brand
Blackthorne Publishing Incorporated
Editing
Shel Dorf (editor)

Issue Notes

Pages 1 through 32 each marked DTM-9.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Dick Tracy / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Chester Gould
Inks
Chester Gould
Colors
Jay Oliver
Letters
?

Genre
adventure; crime; detective-mystery
Characters
Dick Tracy; Constable Ferret; Trigger Doom; Ginger Ferret
Synopsis
Montage of Dick Tracy panels
Keywords
car crash; crime; detective; mystery; police

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

Tales of the Green Beret / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

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

Dick Tracy / comic story / 31 pages (report information)

Script
Chester Gould
Pencils
Chester Gould
Inks
Chester Gould
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Oh-- Oh---
Genre
adventure; crime; detective-mystery
Characters
Dick Tracy; Tess Trueheart; Pat Patton; Constable Ferret; Ginger Ferret; Trigger Doom; Czar
Synopsis
Compilation of daily and Sunday newspaper comic strips from May ?, 1941 through June 29, 1941. Constable Ferret gives a quart of blood to save a badly wounded Tracy. Ferret's daughter is killed in a car chase after assisting Trigger in an armed robbery. Tracy and Ferret track Trigger to a farm, where Ferret saves Tracy by shooting a charging bull. Trigger returns to the city and assassinates crime boss Czar. Tracy and Patton continue tracking Trigger, now on their own turf.
Keywords
blood transfusion; car chase; car crash; farm; hospital; newspaper comic strip; police; sniper

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3)

The Scrapbook of Chester Gould / activity / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Chester Gould ?
Inks
Chester Gould ?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Dick Tracy
Characters
Dick Tracy; Tess Trueheart; Junior Tracy
Synopsis
"Paper doll" cutouts of the characters with various accoutrements
Keywords
fashion; paper doll

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

Mary Worth / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5) (Expand) /

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

Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Dick Tracy
  2. 1. ["Available now from... Blackthorne Publishing"]
    Tales of the Green Beret
  3. 2. ["Oh-- Oh---"]
    Dick Tracy
  4. 3. ["Dick Tracy"]
    The Scrapbook of Chester Gould
  5. 4. ["Available now from... Blackthorne Publishing"]
    Mary Worth
  6. 5. ["Available now from... Blackthorne Publishing"]
    Gumby
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Kirk House
  • John Pannozzi
  • Ramon Schenk