(December 1985)

Blackthorne, 1984 Series
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Price
5.95 USD; 7.50 CAD
Pages
76
On-sale Date
1985
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Blackthorne Publishing Inc.
Brand
Blackthorne Publishing, Inc.
ISBN
0-932629-10-5 Search at WorldCat
Editing
Shel Dorf

Issue Notes

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Dick Tracy / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Barbara Marker (painting)
Inks
Barbara Marker (painting)
Colors
Shel Dorf
Letters
?

Genre
adventure; crime; detective-mystery
Characters
Dick Tracy; Influence; Vitamin Flintheart; Florence Lane; Hypo
Synopsis
Montage of Dick Tracy scenes and characters
Keywords
crime; detective

Indexer Notes

Based on artwork by Chester Gould. Cover design by Shel Dorf.

Why Reprints? (Table of Contents: 1)

foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page (report information)

Script
Shel Dorf
Letters
typeset

Synopsis
Why Blackthorne reprints newspaper strips
Keywords
newspaper comic strip

"Dear Shel" (Table of Contents: 2)

Dick Tracy / text article / 1 page (report information)

Script
Chester Gould
Pencils
Chester Gould
Inks
Chester Gould
Letters
Chester Gould

Characters
Dick Tracy
Synopsis
Hand-written letter from Chester Gould to Shelf Dorf, on Dick Tracy stationery. Brief typeset comment by Dorf.

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

1 / public service announcement / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Chester Gould
Inks
Chester Gould
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Dick Tracy Suggests
Genre
advocacy
Characters
Dick Tracy
Synopsis
Two one-panel public service announcements featuring Dick Tracy -- one on hiring the blind, one on farm safety
Keywords
agriculture; blind; dog; farm; guide dog

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

Dick Tracy / comic story / 70.5 pages (report information)

Script
Chester Gould
Pencils
Chester Gould
Inks
Chester Gould
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Yes, Christmas Early, you are completely cleared
Genre
adventure; crime; detective-mystery
Characters
Dick Tracy; Vitamin Flintheart; Themesong; Christmas Early; Influence; Florence Lane; Snowflake Flintheart; Pat Patton; Misty Waters; Hypo
Synopsis
Compilation of daily and Sunday newspaper strips from November 17, 1946 through April 29, 1947. Themesong and Vitamin clash, but he agrees to coach her in stage presence. Influence hypnotizes Vitamin and Florence Lane as part of a crime scene and dumps Tracy in a frozen river. He's rescued by teen Misty, who develops a crush on him. Hypo takes over a burglary racket using photography to gain entry. Tracy jails Influence and Hypo both.
Keywords
hypnosis; hypnotism; hypnotist; newspaper comic strip; photography

An Enduring Art (Table of Contents: 5)

foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
Shel Dorf
Letters
typeset

Synopsis
Editor's comments on the history of comics.
Keywords
comic book; newspaper comic strip

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

Dick Tracy / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Chester Gould
Inks
Chester Gould
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Silent night
Characters
Dick Tracy; Themesong; Misty Waters
Keywords
two-way wrist radio
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Dick Tracy
  2. 1. Why Reprints?
  3. 2. "Dear Shel"
    Dick Tracy
  4. 3. ["Dick Tracy Suggests"]
    1
  5. 4. ["Yes, Christmas Early, you are completely cleared"]
    Dick Tracy
  6. 5. An Enduring Art
  7. 6. ["Silent night"]
    Dick Tracy
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