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25March 1950
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Dick Tracy #25

Harvey · March 1950 · on sale 1950-01-06

First appearance: Flattop
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Identification plate

Series
Dick Tracy (Harvey, 1950 series)
Issue
#25
Publication date
March 1950
Key date
1950-03-00
On-sale date
1950-01-06
Indicia publisher
Harvey Publications Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
36

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Flattop - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

The evidence

Claims here come from the story records for this issue, listed under Sources at the bottom of the file. Character hubs with full evidence tables are coming to this site.

Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0-cover1
1Meet Chester Gould Creator of Dick Tracytext article1pencils: Chester Gould; inks: Chester Gould
2Killers Nab Dick Tracy! [Part 1]comic story13script: Chester Gould; pencils: Chester Gould; inks: Chester GouldFlattop First, Dick Tracy
3[Killers Nab Dick Tracy! Part 2] The Trick Workscomic story2script: Chester Gould; pencils: Chester Gould; inks: Chester GouldFlattop First, Pat Patton, Dick Tracy
4[Killers Nab Dick Tracy! Part 3 ]Easy Moneycomic story6script: Chester Gould; pencils: Chester Gould; inks: Chester Gould; letters: Chester GouldFlattop First, Pat Patton, Dick Tracy
5-promo (ad from the publisher)0.5Flattop First, Dick Tracy
6Calling All Crime-Stoppersactivity0.5Dick Tracy
7Dick Tracy's Minute Mysterycomic story2
8Beware of These Racketscomic story1
9-activity0.5script: A. W. Nugent; pencils: A. W. Nugent; inks: A. W. Nugent; letters: A. W. Nugent
10Trial Funtext story0.5letters: typeset
11Ears / Screws / Fingerprints / Blood Stainscomic story1Dick Tracy
12The Clue in the Post-Officetext story1pencils: Chester Gould; inks: Chester Gould
14-promo (ad from the publisher)0.5Joe Palooka
15America's Finest: the FBItext article1letters: typeset
17Harvey Comicspromo (ad from the publisher)1Joe Palooka; Blondie; Dick Tracy; Dotty Dripple; Humphrey; Black Cat; Little Max; Sad Sack; Babe Ruth; Kerry Drake

Plus 3.5 pages of advertisements and other matter across 4 sequences, as published.

Where to read it

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Series context

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Sources

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