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Illustration on Cover, Front

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Subject Matter

Genres: mystery

Feature(s): Dick Tracy

Character(s): Dick Tracy; Yogee Yamma; Professor

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Pages: 1

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Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Chester Gould

Penciller(s): Chester Gould

Inker(s): Chester Gould

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: mystery

Feature(s): Dick Tracy

Character(s): Dick Tracy; Yogee Yamma; Professor; Pat Patton; Chief Brandon

First Line: Ye Gods! What hideous work is this?

Synopsis: Tracy finds a chemist being held as a slave by Yogee Yamma in an abandoned section of the subway. After Tracy prevents Yogee from killing the man, Yogee escapes and traps the other two in the tunnel, which fills with water. A street cave-in lets Tracy and the chemist escape.

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Reprint Notes: from Dick Tracy (Chicago Tribune) newspaper strips from 1940

Miscellaneous

Pages: 8

Notes: Story begins on inside front cover in black, red, and white.

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Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Chester Gould

Penciller(s): Chester Gould

Inker(s): Chester Gould

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: mystery

Feature(s): Dick Tracy

Character(s): Dick Tracy; Yogee Yamma; Professor; Pat Patton; Chief Brandon; Pearl Erad [Black Pearl]

First Line: Help! Help me, s'body---Help---

Synopsis: In a drunken stupor after getting a $500,000 payoff and thinking he has gotten rid of Tracy and the chemist, Yogee Yamma passes out in a hotel room. He forgets that the nerve gas he carries has to be kept cool with dry ice and the device explodes, filling the room with flames and killing him. Later Tracy investigates a bomb and he and Pat are captured by Pearl Erad, the Black Pearl.

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Reprint Notes: from Dick Tracy (Chicago Tribune) newspaper strips from 1940

Miscellaneous

Pages: 8

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Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Chester Gould

Penciller(s): Chester Gould

Inker(s): Chester Gould

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: mystery

Feature(s): Dick Tracy

Character(s): Dick Tracy; Pat Patton; Professor; Pearl Erad [Black Pearl]; Horace

First Line: He? It's no man-it's a woman!

Synopsis: Black Pearl takes Tracy and Patton to a secret proving grounds in the mountains to have them test her combination tank-plane-submarine. During underwater tests, Tracy finds a way to use an aqueduct to send a message for help.

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Reprint Notes: from Dick Tracy (Chicago Tribune) newspaper strips from 1940

Miscellaneous

Pages: 8

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Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Chester Gould

Penciller(s): Chester Gould

Inker(s): Chester Gould

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: mystery

Feature(s): Dick Tracy

Character(s): Dick Tracy; Pat Patton; Pearl Erad [Black Pearl]; Horace; Jim Trailer; Junior; Tess; Buck; Deafy Sweetfellow

First Line: Yes, it was Morse Code and it said 'Tracy and Patton...

Synopsis: Tracy and Patton have to test the tank against flame-throwers. The police interrupt the test but have to deal with the flame-thrower themselves. Pearl and Horace escape to an underground hangar with a foreign dignitary, but are stopped when the diplomat proves to be a G-Man in disguise. Later Junior goes into business with a man named Buck, parking bicycles on his vacant lot.

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Reprint Notes: from Dick Tracy (Chicago Tribune) newspaper strips from 1940

Miscellaneous

Pages: 8

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Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Chester Gould

Penciller(s): Chester Gould

Inker(s): Chester Gould

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: mystery

Feature(s): Dick Tracy

Character(s): Dick Tracy; Tess; Junior; Chief Brandon; Buck; Deafy Sweetfellow

First Line: Sold! I've always wanted to visit the southern mountains...

Synopsis: Junior sets up a bike-parking business with a man named Buck. On his first day of business, a truck intentionally backs over the bike racks and Junior is left to find a way to repair or replace the damaged bikes. Deafy Sweetfellow contacts Junior with an offer to supply him with replacement bikes at very low prices. Junior starts selling the bikes, but one of the boys' fathers accuses him of selling stolen bikes.

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Reprint Notes: from Dick Tracy (Chicago Tribune) newspaper strips from 1940

Miscellaneous

Pages: 8

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Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Chester Gould

Penciller(s): Chester Gould

Inker(s): Chester Gould

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: mystery

Feature(s): Dick Tracy

Character(s): Dick Tracy; Pat Patton; Tess; Junior; Deafy Sweetfellow; Buck

First Line: Yeah? What is it, son?

Synopsis: Junior tracks the bicycle thieves to their mobile workshop, but the crooks back the truck suddenly, severely injuring him. Dick Tracy returns from a vacation two days later and finds Junior in the hospital. The thieves are stopped by a motorcycle policeman and shoot the cop and abandon the truck. Deafy and Buck go to Buck's mother's hamburger stand to hide out.

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Reprint Notes: from Dick Tracy (Chicago Tribune) newspaper strips from 1940

Miscellaneous

Pages: 8

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Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Chester Gould

Penciller(s): Chester Gould

Inker(s): Chester Gould

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: mystery

Feature(s): Dick Tracy

Character(s): Dick Tracy; Pat Patton; Chief Brandon; Deafy Sweetfellow; Buck

First Line: What was in the note you stuck into that red hot toaster?

Synopsis: Tracy and Patton capture Deafy's gang at his mother's hamburger stand, but Deafy escapes. Deafy is sprayed by a skunk and Tracy captures him when he tries to hide in a load of Christmas trees.

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Reprint Notes: from Dick Tracy (Chicago Tribune) newspaper strips from 1940

Miscellaneous

Pages: 3

Notes: Story continues on inside back cover in black, red, and white and concludes on back cover in color.