Dick Tracy #83 (1955) 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; Mr. Crime
3	Dick Tracy and the Case of "the Killer-Crooner!"	comic story	13	script: Chester Gould, Chester Gould; pencils: Chester Gould; inks: Chester Gould	Dick Tracy; Sam Catchem; Tess Tracy; Junior Tracy; Tonsils; Mr. Crime; B. O. Plenty; Gravel Gertie; Rifle Ruby; Doc Waters
7	Harvey Comics News	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.67		Big H Kid; Casper; Sad Sack; Dagwood; Little Dot; Blondie; Dick Tracy
11	[Dick Tracy and the Case of "the Killer-Crooner!"] Part 2	comic story	8	script: Chester Gould; pencils: Chester Gould; inks: Chester Gould; letters: Chester Gould	Dick Tracy; Sam Catchem; Rifle Ruby; Mr. Crime; Newsuit Nan; Tess Tracy; Junior Tracy
12	For Love or Murder	text story	0.75	letters: typeset	Lieutenant Hanes; Jason Darby; Frances Darby; Marion Darby
14	-	comic story	2	pencils: Jim Mooney	Myra Martin; Glenn Wilson; Ned Rabb
15	Drama of Death!	text story	0.75	letters: typeset	Madeline Mason
16	Crimestoppers Textbook	comic story	0.25	script: Chester Gould; pencils: Chester Gould; inks: Chester Gould

Plus 9.58 pages of advertisements and other matter across 13 sequences, as published.

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