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31September 1950
0.10 USD`

Dick Tracy #31

Harvey · September 1950 · on sale 1950-07-04

First appearance: Blondie
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Identification plate

Series
Dick Tracy (Harvey, 1950 series)
Issue
#31
Publication date
September 1950
Key date
1950-09-00
On-sale date
1950-07-04
Indicia publisher
Harvey Publications Inc.
Price
0.10 USD`
Pages
36

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Blondie - 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-cover1Dick Tracy
1Dick Tracy's Morguecomic story1Dick Tracy; Spaldoni; Stooge Villers; Flattop; B B Eyes; Laffy; Doc Hump; Mama and Midget; Redrum; Little Face; The Brow; 88 Keys; Nurehow; The Mole; Shaky
2-comic story13script: Chester Gould; pencils: Chester Gould; inks: Chester Gould; letters: Chester GouldDick Tracy; Junior Trace; Vitamin Flintheart; Shaky
7Double Plancomic story2script: Chester Gould; pencils: Chester Gould; inks: Chester Gould; letters: Chester GouldDick Tracy; Junior Tracy; Snowflake; Shaky
9Harvey Comicspromo (ad from the publisher)0.5Joe Palooka; Blondie; Dick Tracy
10Shaky Strikescomic story6script: Chester Gould; pencils: Chester Gould; inks: Chester Gould; letters: Chester GouldDick Tracy; Junior Tracy; Snowflake; Shaky
11-promo (ad from the publisher)0.5Dick Tracy
12Crimestoppers Handbookcomic story0.5Dick Tracy
13The U. S. Secret Servicetext story0.9letters: typeset
14-promo (ad from the publisher)0.1The Black Cat, Linda Turner
15Beware of These Racketscomic story1
16-comic story1Sparkle Plenty; B. O. Plenty
17-promo (ad from the publisher)0.5Blondie First, Dagwood Bumstead
18Harvey Comicspromo (ad from the publisher)0.5Joe Palooka, Little Max; Humphrey
19What Do You Know About Money?activity0.9Dick Tracy
20-promo (ad from the publisher)0.1Little Max
21-promo (ad from the publisher)0.5Dagwood Bumstead, Daisy
23Dick Tracy Minit Mysterycomic story1Dick Tracy
24-promo (ad from the publisher)1Dick Tracy

Plus 4 pages of advertisements and other matter across 7 sequences, as published.

Where to read it

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Dick Tracy #971956On eBay ›
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Series context

‹ #307 of 121#32 ›

Sources

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