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61March 1953
$0.10

Dick Tracy #61

Harvey · March 1953 · on sale 1953-01-09

First appearance: Baby Huey
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Identification plate

Series
Dick Tracy (Harvey, 1950 series)
Issue
#61
Publication date
March 1953
Key date
1953-03-00
On-sale date
1953-01-09
Indicia publisher
Harvey Publications Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
36

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Baby Huey - 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-cover1pencils: Chester Gould; inks: Chester GouldDick Tracy; Pat Patton; Sketch Paree
2Dick Tracy and the Case of the Murderer's Maskcomic story13script: Chester Gould; pencils: Joe Simon, Chester Gould; inks: Joe Simon, Chester Gould; letters: Chester GouldDick Tracy, Tess Trueheart
6New Issues Harvey Comics Now on Sale...Read Them All!promo (ad from the publisher)1pencils: various; inks: variousBaby Huey First, Blondie, Casper, Dagwood Bumstead, Dotty Dripple, Little Audrey, Sad Sack
9Designer of Deathcomic story8script: Chester Gould; pencils: Chester Gould; inks: Chester GouldDick Tracy
10Blade of Deathtext story0.8Bill; Mrs. Forbes
11By Popular Demand! Back in the Army Again!promo (ad from the publisher)0.2pencils: George Baker; inks: George BakerSad Sack
12-comic story1Myra Martin; Glenn Wilson; Stewart; Captain Nixon
13Operation: Murdertext story0.8letters: typesetDr. Augustus Matthews; Dr. Jason; Miss Pritchard; Inspector Gulistan
14-statement of ownership0.2script: Robert B. Harvey
15-comic story1Boris Gehrhart; Ardis; Ken

Plus 9 pages of advertisements and other matter across 10 sequences, as published.

Where to read it

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Before you buy

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Series context

‹ #6037 of 121#62 ›

Sources

  • Grand Comics Database, issue record (CC BY-SA 4.0)
  • Wikidata, Q3632440 (Baby Huey), first-appearance property (CC0)

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