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Four Color Comics (Series 1) nn (#1) |
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Four Color Comics (Series 1) #nn (#1) Universal |
| Grade: |
CGC 9.2 |
| Cert #: |
0709906002
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Owner Comments
Dick Tracy. 2nd highest graded copy . Super tough in high grade. Only 9 unrestored copies to date.)
Tracy made his first comic book appearance in 1936 as one of the features included in the first issue of Dell's Popular Comics. As would be the case with most Tracy comic book appearances, these would be reprints from the newspaper strip, reconfigured to fit the pages of a comic book. Tracy would remain a regular feature in Popular Comics through the publication's 21st issue.
The first comic book to feature Tracy exclusively was the Dick Tracy Feature Book, published in May 1937 by David McKay Publications. McKay's Feature Books were magazines that rotated several popular characters from comics strips through 1938. Three more of McKay's Feature Books starred Tracy in the following months.
In 1939, Dell started a comic magazine series called "Black and White Comics," essentially identical to McKay's "Feature Books." Six of the 15 issues featured Tracy. In 1941, Dell's "Black and White" series was replaced by the "Large Feature Books," the third issue of which featured Tracy. As with the McKay series, the Dell "Black and White" and "Large Feature" series were abridged reprints of the strip.
In 1938, Tracy became one of several regular newspaper strips featured in Dell's regular monthly Super Comics, remaining a regular part of that publication until 1948. In 1939, Tracy was the sole feature in the very first issue of Dell's Four-Color Comics, which put out over 1300 issues starring hundreds of characters between 1939 and 1962. Tracy was featured in seven more Four-Color issues throughout the 1940s.
Tracy was frequently featured in comic books used as promotional items by various companies. In 1947, Sig Feuchtwanger produced a comic book that was a giveaway prize in boxes of Quaker Puffed Wheat cereal, sponsor of the popular Dick Tracy radio series.
In January 1948, Dell began the first regular Dick Tracy comic book series, Dick Tracy Monthly. This series ultimately ran for 145 issues, the first 24 of which were published by Dell, after which it was picked up by Harvey Comics. Continuing the same numbering, Harvey published the series until 1961. As with most previous Tracy comic book incarnations, these were, with the exception of the last few Dell issues which featured original material, slightly abridged and reconfigured reprints of the newspaper strips.
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Four Color Comics (Series 1) 6 |
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Four Color Comics (Series 1) #6 Universal |
| Grade: |
CGC 8.0 |
| Cert #: |
0912960009
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Owner Comments
Another beautifully stoic Dick Tracy Cover. Over street calles it "rare". It's a file copy and at 8.0 tied with teh Mile High copy for best copy graded to date.
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Four Color Comics (Series 1) 8 |
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Four Color Comics (Series 1) #8 Universal |
| Grade: |
CGC 7.0 |
| Cert #: |
0912960007
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Owner Comments
More simple beauty with this cover of Dick Tracy. Only the Mile High copy grades (much) better!
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Four Color Comics (Series 1) 21 |
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Four Color Comics (Series 1) #21 Universal |
| Grade: |
CGC 5.0 |
| Cert #: |
0150077002
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Owner Comments
One of many Dick Tracy issues. The busiest DT cover to date. Talk about hard to find. This is the third best out of only three comics submitted. The best so far is a 9.4 (4/12)
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Four Color 34 |
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Four Color #34 Universal |
| Grade: |
CGC 8.0 |
| Cert #: |
0917364008
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Owner Comments
Dick Tracy 1/44
Script & Pencils and Inks: Chester Gould
I can tell you from experience that this is another super scarce FC issue to locate, in any grade any time. This is tied with one other as the second best of thirteen graded to date. 12/12 A single 8.5 tops the census. With nearly a $400 guide in 9.2, you know better copies are hard to come by. It is all reprints from earlier newspaper comic strips. I bought this slabbed from Heritage Auctions
Table of Contents
1. 1. ["Do you mean to say you get a thousand dollars..."]
Dick Tracy
2. 2. ["Bow - Wow -- Wow -- Woww -!"]
Dick Tracy
3. 3. ["I'm going to hop into my own car and go out to Gibbons..."]
Dick Tracy
4. 4. ["Thirty-five, forty, forty-five, fifty, fifty-five grand!"]
Dick Tracy
5. 5. ["I see. Just a moment, I'll switch you to Mr. Tracy."]
Dick Tracy
6. 6. ["Where is he? Ah, there he is - But he's only using..."]
Dick Tracy
7. 7. ["I am the baby's mother. I read where the wax record..."]
Dick Tracy
8. 8. ["He's been inoculated with tropic sleep germs..."] (Finishes off as the back cover of this issue)
Dick Tracy
Some data courtesy of the Grand Comics Database under a Creative Commons Attribution license. http://www.comics.org/
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/legalcode
http://www.comics.org/issue/135057/
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Four Color 56 |
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Four Color #56 Universal |
| Grade: |
CGC 9.2 |
| Cert #: |
0917364005
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Owner Comments
Dick Tracy pulls a body out of the river. At 9.2 there is no better copy. Only six have been graded. (4/12)
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Four Color 96 |
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Four Color #96 Universal |
| Grade: |
CGC 9.4 |
| Cert #: |
0074385002
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Owner Comments
Dick Tracy. Another cool cover. Beautiful book is part of teh Crowley pedigree. Tied with four others for top census out of fourteen.(4/12)
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Four Color 133 |
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Four Color #133 Universal |
| Grade: |
CGC 8.5 |
| Cert #: |
0910974010
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Owner Comments
Dick tracy 1947. This is about the busiest Dick Tracy cover to date. CGC notes the electrocution scene on the front cover. If you get out your manifying glass you can see a topless waitress on the back cover.At 8.5 this is middle of the pack with four better and three worse. (04/12)
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Four Color 163 |
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Four Color #163 Universal |
| Grade: |
CGC 7.5 |
| Cert #: |
0150077007
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Owner Comments
Dick Tracy 9/47. Cool back cover with names and pictures of the "Rogues gallery"! Highly collectable this is 4th best out of 13 graded copies. There are six better copies. Roy Rogers 8/47. Photo cover front and back. I bought at leat 2-3 copies of this before I realized the marks on the front were NOT smudges. Does nothing to enhance the photo. I'll never get it. It's tied with two others for third best in the census. (4/12)
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Four Color 215 |
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Four Color #215 Universal |
| Grade: |
CGC 9.2 |
| Cert #: |
0171462027
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Owner Comments
Sparkle Plenty by Chester Gould 1948. This comes complete with the doll and cut outs on the back cover. Top copy out of five graded to date. (4/12) I wonder how many were left after the dols were cut out?
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