In a you-pat-my-back-and-I'll-pat-yours deal, both Tastee-Freeze and Harvey Comics manage to come out on top with this retail store advertising comic. The ice cream company loaded the book with lots of cute cartoons and propaganda, while Harvey Comics was able to promote their titles, including Dick Tracy.
The bulk of the issue is "The Case of the Million Dollar Dog," taken from newspaper strips of 1957.
"A man who did of a heart attack....a homeless prize thoroughbred Boxer dog....an odd-shaped man....stolen diamonds worth a fortune....these are the ingredients that went into one of Dick Tracy's strangest adventures....THE CASE OF THE MILLION DOLLAR DOG.
"It began when a neighbor found a lonely man dead in his bed, and guarded by his thoroughbred Boxer. She called the Police, and DICK TRACY and Sam Catchem sped to the scene. The Boxer did not let them near the body of its deceased master until Dick Tracy took Sam Catchem's sandwich and offered it to the dog.
"The story picks up here......"
And pick up it does as we meet the villain Pear-Shape, learn how the dog is the key to the stolen diamonds, and watch Sam go undercover in drag. From a health club to the city zoo, Dick and Sam "dog" a vicious murderer in another great episode written and drawn by Chester Gould.
Enjoy.
https://comicbookplus.com/?dlid=77168&b=i
Hmm. Somehow blogger decided to post this today (Friday) rather than tomorrow (Saturday) when I had scheduled it. Oh, well.
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