(March 1989)

Blackthorne, 1988 Series
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Price
2.00 USD; 2.75 CAD
Pages
36
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Blackthorne Publishing Inc.
Brand
Blackthorne Publishing Incorporated
Editing
John Stephenson (editor-in-chief)

A Visit from Aunt Soso (Table of Contents)

Dick Tracy / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Chester Gould
Inks
Chester Gould
Colors
Shel Dorf (credited)
Letters
?
Genre
detective-mystery
Characters
Dick Tracy; Fresh Upp; Little Boy Beard; Lola the maid; Aunt Soso
Keywords
cigarettes; telephone

Indexer Notes

Panels from the interior story.

Cover Thumbnail for Dick Tracy Weekly (Blackthorne, 1988 series) #78
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1)

Dick Tracy Letters / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script
Shel Dorf (responses)
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover. Letters from G. P. Norris (Forest Hills, N.Y.), Warren Lee Butt (Johnstown, Ohio), David Augustine (St. Cloud, Minn.), and Dan Fleming (Lawrence, Kan.)

Dick Tracy Weekly (Table of Contents: 2)

credits, title page / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Chester Gould
Inks
Chester Gould
Letters
?
Characters
Dick Tracy

Indexer Notes

Title page.

[A Visit from Aunt Soso] (Table of Contents: 3)

Dick Tracy / comic story / 32 pages (report information)

Script
Chester Gould
Pencils
Chester Gould
Inks
Chester Gould
Letters
?
Genre
detective-mystery
Characters
Dick Tracy; B. O. Plenty; Gravel Gertie; Sparkle Plenty; Little Boy Beard; Lizz; Sam Catchem; Fresh Upp; Aunt Soso; Tartar; Lola the maid (death)
Synopsis
Little Boy Beard gets an offer to do television commercials for a breakfast cereal, but before they can begin, the baby's beard is mysteriously burned off. A hotel maid is found dead and Tracy and crew try to figure out who and why. Aunt Soso, Fresh's mother's twin sister, shows up from France and offers to have Fresh and Boy Beard live with her.
Reprints
  • from Dick Tracy (Chicago Tribune Syndicate) daily and Sunday newspaper strips from 1960-12-26 to 1961-02-19.
Keywords
bass fiddle; cigarettes; ice; knockout drops; murder; smoking; snow; telephone; television commercials

Indexer Notes

Story concludes on inside back cover.

72 Fun Pages! Only $4.95 (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

Blackthorne Publishing; The California Raisins / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

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Issue at my.comics.org
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Table of Contents
  1. 0. A Visit from Aunt Soso
    Dick Tracy
  2. 1. [no title indexed]
    Dick Tracy Letters
  3. 2. Dick Tracy Weekly
  4. 3. [A Visit from Aunt Soso]
    Dick Tracy
  5. 4. 72 Fun Pages! Only $4.95
    Blackthorne Publishing; The California Raisins
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