Dick Tracy #60
Harvey Publications, Inc.
United States
- Published
- February 1953
- Page count
- 36
- Cover price
- 0.10 USD
- Colour
- Colour
- Size
- Standard size
- Interior paper
- Newsprint
- Cover stock
- Glossy colour
- Binding
- Saddle-stitched
- Format
- Comic series
- GCD
- www.comics.org/issue/201536
Credits
- Editing
- Leon Harvey, editor [credited]
Issue contents
Cover
Untitled
(Dick Tracy)
Cover, 1 page
Featuring
- Feature
- Dick Tracy
- Characters
- Dick Tracy; Pear-Shape
Credits
- Art
- Joe Simon, line art [as Chester Gould]
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- , letterer
1Featuring
- Feature
- Art Instruction, Inc.
- Genre
- Non-fiction
Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Art
- , line art
- Text
- , typeset
Synopsis
Ad for an art correspondence school.
2Featuring
- Feature
- Dick Tracy
- Genre
- Adventure; drama; Humour; crime; detective-mystery
- Characters
- Dick Tracy; Sam Catchem; Mugg; Pear-Shape; Jim Pistol
Credits
- Writing
- Chester Gould, scripter
- Art
- Joe Simon, line art (splash panel)
- Chester Gould, line art
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- Chester Gould, letterer
Reprint history
- Also printed
-
Dick Tracy Monthly (Illustrated, 1952 series) #42 (October 1953) — Dick Tracy and the Case of the Million Pound Murder
Synopsis
Tracy and Sam use Mugg to help them locate his former master's jewels. Meanwhile, Pear-Shape is also still searching for the jewels while masquerading behind the publishing business. Sam masquerades as an over-weight woman to gain evidence against Pear-Shape. Sam's disguise is discovered, and Pear-Shape rolls him up in wire. Tracy rescues Sam, and Mugg chases Pear-Shape, jumps on his car and clings there until Pear-Shape drives into the woods and uses a loaw-hanging branch to scrape the dog off the car. Pear-Shape hides in Jim Pistol's spa. The chase with Pear-Shape's death in a zoo.
Notes
Advertising is interspersed throughout this story. Locations noted in the listings for the individual ads. Four pages of ads are between pages 13 and 14.
Part of the splash panel was enlarged and used as the cover.
3"To sum up, students..."
Featuring
- Feature
- Dubble Bubble Bubble Gum
- Genre
- Children
- Characters
- Pud
Credits
- Writing
- Ray Thompson, scripter [as Ray T.]
- Art
- Ray Thompson, line art [as Ray T.]
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- Ray Thompson, letterer [as Ray T.]
Synopsis
A professor uses Dubble Bubble Bubble Gum to demonstrate an atomic explosion.
Notes
This ad appears on the top half of the page between pages 1 and 2 of the main story.
4Featuring
- Genre
- Children; military
Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Art
- , line art
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- , letterer
- , typeset
Synopsis
Ad for plastic toys that include infrantrymen, cannons, and tanks.
Notes
This ad appears on the bottom half of the page between pages 1 and 2 of the main story.
5Featuring
- Feature
- Arnold, Schwinn and Company
- Genre
- Children; sports
Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Art
- , line art
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- , letterer
- , typeset
Synopsis
Ad for Schwinn bicycles, featuring the Traveler.
Notes
This ad appears between pages 13 and 14 of the main story.
6Featuring
- Feature
- Harvey Comics
- Genre
- Adventure; drama; Humour; children; crime; military; sports
- Characters
- Little Audrey; Casper; Blondie; Dagwood; Dotty Dripple; Joe Palooka; Sad Sack
Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Art
- , line art (Various)
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- , letterer
Synopsis
Generic ad for several titles available from Harvey Comics this particular month.
Notes
This page printed using only red, blue, and black.
This is the second ad page following page 13 of the main story.
7Featuring
- Feature
- Wilson Chemical Co.
- Genre
- Children; detective-mystery
- Characters
- Gray Shadow
Credits
- Writing
- Ray Thompson, scripter
- , scripter
- Art
- Ray Thompson, line art
- , line art
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- Ray Thompson, letterer
- , typeset
Synopsis
A gang of kids wonders how their friend is getting bikes, toys and watches. Ad for White Cloverine Brand Salve.
Notes
This is the 3rd ad following page 13 of the main story.
Comic strip on top half of page. Prizes displayed on the bottom half.'
8Featuring
- Feature
- Honor House Products Co.
- Genre
- Children
Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Art
- , line art
- Text
- , letterer
- , typeset
Synopsis
Ad for a rock garden with herbs.
Notes
This is the fourth ad page following page 13 of the main story.
9Featuring
- Genre
- Crime; detective-mystery
- Characters
- Johnny Shelby; Ben Stoner; Nora Stoner
Credits
- Writing
- , author
- Text
- , letterer
- , typeset
Synopsis
Johnny Shelby resolves a domestic dispute.
10Featuring
- Feature
- Sad Sack
- Genre
- Humour; military
- Characters
- Sad Sack
Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Art
- George Baker, line art
Synopsis
Generic house had for Sad Sack Comics.
11Featuring
- Feature
- Girl Friday
- Genre
- Crime; detective-mystery
- Characters
- Myra Martin; Glenn Wilson; Inspector Kelly
Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Art
- , line art
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- , letterer
Reprint history
- Also printed
-
Dick Tracy Monthly (Illustrated, 1952 series) #42 (October 1953) — Girl Friday
- Printed in
- Dick Tracy (Harvey, 1950 series) #98 (April 1956)
Synopsis
Myra helps solve a murder in the park.
Notes
One of the panels looks like a Johnny Craig swipe.
12Featuring
- Genre
- Crime; detective-mystery
- Characters
- Nick Convos; Inspector Allyn; Duke Maxton; Babbette Verne
Credits
- Writing
- , author
- Text
- , typeset
Synopsis
Inspector Allyson solves a murder.
13Featuring
- Feature
- Dick Tracy Comics Monthly
- Genre
- Crime; detective-mystery
- Characters
- Nick Convos; Inspector Allyn; Duke Maxton; Babbette Verne
Credits
- Writing
- , author
- Art
- , line art
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- , typeset
Synopsis
Subscription ad for Dick Tracy Comics Monthly.
14Featuring
- Feature
- Minit Mystery Starring the Count
- Genre
- Crime; detective-mystery
- Characters
- Boris Gehrhart; Fred Riley
Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Art
- , line art
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- , letterer
Reprint history
- Printed in
- Dick Tracy (Harvey, 1950 series) #91 (September 1955)
Synopsis
Boris solves the murder of a friend when he goes out on a dark and stormy night.
15Featuring
- Feature
- Consumers Mart
- Genre
- Sports
Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Art
- , line art
- Colours
- , colourist
Synopsis
Ad for high-powered binoculars.
16Featuring
- Feature
- The Electric Game Co.
- Genre
- Children; sports
Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Art
- , line art
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- , letterer
- , typeset
Synopsis
Ad for various electric games, including baseball, football, and television.
17Featuring
- Feature
- Jowett Institute of Physical Training
- Genre
- Sports
- Characters
- Rex Ferrus; George Jowett
Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Art
- , photographer
- Text
- , letterer
- , typeset
Synopsis
Ad for a mail-order body-building course.
Notes
Inside back cover.
18Featuring
- Feature
- Daisy Manufacturing Company
- Genre
- Children; western-frontier
- Characters
- Red Ryder
Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Art
- Fred Harman, line art
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- , letterer
- , typeset
Synopsis
Ad for the latest models of Daisy Air Rifles, including models 141, 25 and 155. Also an offer for the latest Daisy catalog.
Notes
Back cover.
Indicia
The indicia for this issue is not recorded. The identified publisher might be an associated or parent company, rather than the specific listed publisher.