Dick Tracy #38 (1951) for Sale - Where to Buy

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Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	-	cover	1	pencils: Chester Gould; inks: Chester Gould	Dick Tracy; Junior; Breathless Mahoney; Itchy
1	Now You Can subscribe to Dick Tracy Comics Monthly	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	letters: ?; typeset	Dick Tracy
2	-	comic story	21	script: Chester Gould; pencils: Chester Gould; inks: Chester Gould; letters: Chester Gould	Dick Tracy; Tess; Breathless Mahoney; Itchy; Junior; Pat Patton; B.O. Plenty
5	You Don't Have to Wait Two Months for These Top Comics	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.5		Joe Palooka; Blondie; Dick Tracy
7	Dick Tracy Is Held Captive!	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.5	pencils: Joe Simon; inks: Joe Simon	Dick Tracy; Itchy Oliver; Mrs. B-B-Eyes
8	Newly-Shaved Hair, Ashes, Oil Fumes	comic story	0.5		Dick Tracy; Junior Tracy
9	Clinton P. Duffy	activity	1	pencils: Howard Nostrand; inks: Howard Nostrand; letters: Marty Epp	Clinton; Pretty Boy Floyd Guffey; John Jay
10	The Insurance Racket	text story	0.83	letters: typeset
11	-	statement of ownership	0.17	script: Robert B. Harvey
12	-	comic story	1		Sparkle Plenty; Gravel Gertie
13	The Bureau of Narcotics	text article	1	letters: typeset	Harry Walker
14	The Case Of The Buried Gun	activity	1		Dick Tracy; Pat Patton
16	The Case of the Buried Gun	comic story	1		Dick Tracy; Pat Patton; Ed Williams; Tom Watson; Miss Land

Plus 5.5 pages of advertisements and other matter across 6 sequences, as published.

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