Dick Tracy Monthly comic books issue 81
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Issue #81
Published Nov 1954 by Dell/Harvey.This item is not in stock at MyComicShop. If you use the "Add to want list" tab to add this issue to your want list, we will email you when it becomes available.
Cover art by Joe Simon (as Chester Gould). "Dick Tracy and the Case of the Killer Crooner," script and art by Chester Gould; Tonsils is kidnapped by Dude's former partners and left for dead inside a large tractor tire; Dot View is left on the roadside, and when Tracy and Sam find her; She tells them about Tonsils; An older couple finds Tonsils in the tire and gets him to a hospital; Tracy and Sam start a search for the kidnappers. Untitled story, script and art by Chester Gould; While Tracy and Sam are tracking Tonsils' kidnappers, Gus shows a photo of Tonsils to Dot View; Dot goes with Gus and finds Tonsils at his house; Tonsila thinks that Dot is the one who betrayed him to Dude's former partners. "Legacy of Murder" text story; Lt. Hardwick investigates the murder on an heiress. Untitled one-page Girl Friday story; Myra solves a shipboard murder. "Death Cruise" text story; Bob Siddon solves the mystery of a missing passenger. "Before the discovery of fingerprints" Crimestoppers Textbook; Some ways that criminals were identified prior to fingerprints. One-page Your F.B.I. story; A brief account of the activities that occur at FBI training headquarters. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
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Issue #81
Published Mar 1989 by Blackthorne.$4.49
$4.20
$3.90
Story, art and cover by Chester Gould. Blackthorne Publishing reprints the original comic-strip adventures of legendary tough cop Dick Tracy and his rogues gallery of freakish enemies. This issue reprints strips from June-July 1961. Trusty Hubbub and Hide Johnson can no longer use their trained panthers to rob people, thanks to Dick Tracys interference. When they decide to steal from the Syndicate instead, they learn that sometimes even a trained panther is no use. 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.00.
