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Cover of Dick Tracy Monthly #5
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CATALOG RECORD

Dick Tracy Monthly #5

Dell · Series began 1948 · May 1948

Dates

Cover date
May 1948
Pages
36

Editions and covers

Creators

colors: Western Publishing Production Shopscript: Chester Gould, Bill Elypencils: Chester Gould, Bill Elyinks: Chester Gould, Bill Elyletters: Chester Gould

Stories

  • Dick Tracy Reports to You: Invisible Evidence · 2 pages

    Dick Tracy tells us how clues that are invisible to the eye can be used to identify criminal perpetrators.

  • Jealousy and Murder · 24 pages

    Lawyer-gangster Georgio Spaldoni manipulates Jean Penfield and Tess Trueheart into a violent feud over Tracy. He murders Jean and arranges matters so that it looks like Tess had done the killing. When his scheme begins to unravel, Spaldoni and his gang hide out at an old, abandoned steel mill and prepare for a final showdown with Dick Tracy.

  • The Clue was in the Cards · 2 pages

    Tracy solves the poisoning murder of wealthy Tom Davis, a case in which there are no apparent clues.

  • Narcotics Trafficking · The Iron Man · 6 pages

    Jim O'Brien is tasked with shutting down "an increasing new wave in the traffic of narcotics". He goes undercover, posing as an addict.

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