Indicia title is "DICK TRACY, No. 34." No code number. Copyright 1939 by Chicago Tribune-N.Y. News Syndicate, Inc.. Copyright 1940 by the Chicago Tribune.
Cover
1 page
Genre
Detective-mystery
Story
Dick Tracy (1 page)
Synopsis
Tess wants to go into the dog kennel business with John Lavir.
John Lavir blackmails Tess into helping him with his stolen dog racket. She and Lavir get into a scuffle and the police find Lavir with his throat cut and charge Tess. Tracy finds evidence that clears Tess. A car sideswipes Tracy's police car and after a chase the police find that it was hauling stolen furs.
Genre
Detective-mystery
Characters
Tess Truehart; John Lavir; Dirks; Chief Brandon; Nat, the Fur King
Tracy and Pat try to prevent the hijacking of a truckload of furs, but get caught in a fiery crash. Tracy gets Fred Marken to help set up a trap for the fur thieves. Later Stooge Viller is released from prison and gets a $1,000 stake from his old gang to start operations again.
Genre
Detective-mystery
Characters
Dick Tracy; Pat Patton; Chief Brandon; Fred Marken; Nat, the Fur King; Stooge Viller; Munny
I'm going to hop into my own car and go out to Gibbons...
Story
Dick Tracy (8 pages)
Synopsis
Stooge Viller gets $55,000 from a safe-deposit box and goes into business with "The Professor" manufacturing small items that would be useful for criminals.
Genre
Detective-mystery
Characters
Dick Tracy; Pat Patton; Chief Brandon; Stooge Viller; The Professor; Jim Epod; Iggie
Code number "S.C. #60" for Super Comics #60 is at bottom of first page.
Story
Dick Tracy (11 pages)
Synopsis
Tracy finds The Professor's workshop, but is captured by Stooge Viller. Viller moves the shop, sets the old place on fire, and leaves Tracy hanging by a rope in an abandoned well in the country. Viller has his gang kidnap his daughter, who is living with her grandmother, and bring her to see him. Tracy escapes from the well, where he is found by Tess Truehart and a group of Girl Scouts on an outing. Viller decides to leave town and take his daughter with him.
Genre
Detective-mystery
Characters
Dick Tracy; Pat Patton; Chief Brandon; Stooge Viller; The Professor; Tess Truehart; Binnie Viller
I see. Just a moment, I'll switch you to Mr. Tracy.
Notes
Code number "SC 61" for Super Comics #61 is at the bottom of the first page. Apparently a combined and condensed version of the episodes in Super Comics #61 and #62.
Story
Dick Tracy (8 pages)
Synopsis
After being accidentally shot by his daughter, Stooge Viller tries to escape by swimming across a river, but drowns. Tracy finds a baby that was left in a wardrobe case in a department store and tries to find his parents.
Genre
Detective-mystery
Characters
Dick Tracy; Chief Brandon; Stooge Viller; Binnie Viller; Pat Patton; Tess Truehart; Toby Townley
I am the baby's mother. I read where the wax record...
Notes
The character name Kroywen, also the name of the serum, is New York spelled backwards.
Story
Dick Tracy (7 pages)
Synopsis
Tracy tracks the baby's grandfather to his lab and in a fight, the old man hits his head and dies and the only beaker of tropic serum is spilled. Tracy takes the baby to the hospital only to find that there is no cure for tropic sleep. Tracy and Patton ransack the old man's study and find the formula for the secret serum to cure the disease.
Genre
Detective-mystery
Characters
Dick Tracy; Pat Patton; Kress Krowyen; Toby Townley; Junior
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