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Issue: Dick Tracy Weekly #29
Publication Date: January 1988
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Issues: #29 of 74 Issues
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Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagBlackthorne
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Indicia Publisher: Blackthorne Publishing Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $2.75 CAD
$2.00 USD
Indicia Frequency: none
Content Items: 5 (2 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Shel Dorf (editor); John Stephenson (staff editor)
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color cover; black and white interior
Dimensions: standard Modern Age US
Paper Stock: glossy cover
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing
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Introducing Tonsils

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Chester Gould
Inker(s): Chester Gould
Colorist(s): Shel Dorf (credited)
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Feature(s): Dick Tracy
Character(s): Dude; Tonsils; Dot View; Augustus; Mama
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Panels from the interior story. Cover design by Shel Dorf.
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The Best Comic Collections in the World!

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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Blackthorne Publishing
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover. Promo for Dick Tracy Book 19 and Book 20 and Dick Tracy The "Unprinted" Stories #3, with small versions of the covers depicted.
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Introducing Tonsils

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Chester Gould
Penciller(s): Chester Gould
Inker(s): Chester Gould
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Feature(s): Dick Tracy
Character(s): Dick Tracy; Junior Tracy; Duke the Dapper (villain, death); Tonsils; Dawson; Joe Noe; Dot View; Mr. Crime (villain, introduction); Bonny Braids; Tess Tracy; Sam Catchem; Augustus; Mama; Officer Mason
Synopsis: Dude the Dapper decides he wants to get out of the horse meat racket, so he grooms Tonsils to be a pop singer. Main problem is that Tonsils can't sing. Dude's aggressive tactics get Tonsils exposure, and he becomes popular as a "so bad he's good" act. Dude's attempt to get out of the rackets is shut down violently on Mr. Crime's orders, who then sends his thugs after Tonsils.
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Reprint Notes: from Dick Tracy (Chicago Tribune Syndicate) daily and Sunday newspaper strips 1952-03-29 to 1952-05-25
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Pages: 32
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New! Brenda Starr Cut-Outs & Coloring Book #1

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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Dale Messick
Inker(s): Dale Messick
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Blackthorne Publishing
Character(s): Brenda Starr
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Disclose Notes: Inside back cover. Promo for Brenda Starr's Cut-Outs & Coloring Book #1, with cover depicted.
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All Splash Page Issue!

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Penciller(s): Jorge Pacheco
Inker(s): Jorge Pacheco
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Feature(s): Blackthorne Publishing
Character(s): Fred Flintstone; Barney Rubble
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Disclose Notes: Back cover. Promo for The Flintstones in 3-D #3 with cover depicted.

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