Dick Tracy #81 (1954) 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
2	Dick Tracy and the Case of the Killer Crooner	comic story	12	script: Chester Gould; pencils: Chester Gould; inks: Chester Gould	Dick Tracy; Sam Catchem; Tonsils; Dot View; Tess Tracy; Junior Tracy; Bonnie Braids; Officer Mason
4	[Dick Tracy and the Case of the Killer Crooner] Part 2	comic story	9	script: Chester Gould; pencils: Chester Gould; inks: Chester Gould; letters: Chester Gould	Dick Tracy; Sam Catchem; Tonsils; Dot View; B. O. Plenty; Gravel Gertie; Sparkle Plenty; Eddie Moppet
7	Harvey Comics News	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.5		Dick Tracy; Dot View; Little Lotta; Blondie; Dagwood; Casper
11	Legacy of Murder	text story	0.75	letters: typeset	Lieutenant Peter Hardwick; Frank Bronson; Tim Garrett
13	-	comic story	1		Myra Martin; Glenn Wilson; Stewart; Captain Nixon
14	Death Cruise	text story	0.8	letters: typeset	Bob Siddon; Milton Scott
15	Crimestoppers Textbook	comic story	0.2
16	Your F.B.I.	comic story	1	pencils: Rudy Palais; inks: Paul Reinman

Plus 9.75 pages of advertisements and other matter across 13 sequences, as published.

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