tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-87822438839018080002012-02-16T02:19:18.872-08:00In a world filled with gangsters and petty criminals preying on the innocent, Chester Gould's comic strip detective Dick Tracy was the hard-boiled smackdown. This is my collection of Tracy stuff and items of interest, in one place. The place where Tracy hangs his hat.Captain Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17408347719003726024noreply@blogger.comBlogger861100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8782243883901808000.post-87995225304942079662010-05-04T15:52:00.000-07:002010-05-04T15:52:36.421-07:00

1931:  Chester Gould’s detective strip Dick Tracy debuts


1944:  First appearances of Gravel Gertie and Vitamin Flintheart


 1945:  First appearance of B.O. Plenty.  He and Gravel Gertie are wed the same year.


1946:  Debut of Diet Smith, Tracy’s wealthy industrialist friend who provides Dick with his newest technical innovations, beginning with the two-way wrist radio.


1947:  B.O. and

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Now you can zen out by practicing a little cube art in the privacy of your own cubicle with the number one character find of 1931!Just go hereand get started!

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I'm not 100% on board with the story here, but the custom work is worth posting it all. It's fanfic to go along with the custom this guy did. I cannot get in touch with the author but if you are he (or she) please let me know and I'll give credit (or take it down if you like).Dick Tracy enters his home to find it in shambles. It looks as if a struggle had just taken place. He frantically runs

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Don't get your hopes up for a new Tracy movie anytime soon as this WENN.COM article suggests:'Dick Tracy' lawsuit to go onBy WENN.COMA federal judge has given the green light for Warren Beatty's legal battle over the rights to Dick Tracy to continue after refusing to dismiss the star's suit against the franchise's former owner.In 2006, bosses at Tribune Media Services, a unit of bankrupt

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Alright, here's the deal.First, you need to go visit the Shocker Toys websitehere.Then you need to collect your hard-earned quids (I know you work hard. Really, I do) and purchase one or more of the awesome Dick Tracy figures they have had the kindness to offer us. All new Dick Tracy merch needs to be backed by fans everywhere so they'll make more!Support Tracy and he supports you! (which

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I may be the last guy on my block to visit the Apple shrine in Waterside Shops and buy my own 16 billion bytes of technology that will boost me, if just barely, into the 21st century.For a year or so, friends who already were initiated into the iPhone fraternity would dazzle me by casually waving a hand over their iPhone screens and instantly producing a fact sheet on the Federal Reserve System

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Nice painting of Dick Tracy by Daniel James Cox of Sydney Australia. He has a blog called " A Little Golden Blog". Go check it out!

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(plus a couple of Christmas Tracy pix to get you in the mood!)By Rosemary McKittrick:Dick Tracy didn’t daydream about becoming a big time detective. In fact, the dashing 34-year-old saw himself as a basic family man. Unfortunately, his girlfriend, Tess Trueheart gets kidnapped during the first week of the comic strip in 1931 and her father ends up being murdered by a mobster. What’s a guy to do?

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Very fitting Halloween Jack O' Lantern using the image of Pruneface.I like this a lot!

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Andy Warhol - Dick Tracycasein/crayon 48" x 32 1/2" 1960

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Chet oversees the villians he's had to send to the Big House in the sky.

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Always avant-garde, Chet introduces another round of cross-dressing gents in his strip.Junior is not amused.

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More Christmas fun!

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Nice Chester Gould Christmas card!

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Yep.That's right.Fellas over at Positive Brand have created a 'What if' featuring 2 of my favorite characters.http://www.positivebrand.net/serials/bmdt01/01.htmlAll is well in the world.I especially love seeing Flattop on the Batcomputer!Alfred's a fan? Who knew?

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Worried? Yes.I seem to recall being drawn better. Livelier. More...opinionated.I don't under...stand. Chestnut?Chest...something.Damn.Yes, livelier. It's just so hard...It seems life was simpler, but better. It was golden.Even B.O. looked better.I mean really. He, and all of us...look...so...bad.Sniff.I didn't used to cry, did I honey?

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Like the last one? Good!Howzabout we go a bit further back?

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Title says it all. This reprints Flattop scenes from the early '40s. Classic stuff!Enjoy!

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I like the reference on this cover to Strip Scene 18 from 1981.Heh.

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Regarding this post:"You might have noticed... that Jim Brozman name was inked into the Dick Tracy comic strip. Mary Elson, Managing Editor at Tribune Media Syndicate, tells me that Jim has been collaborating with Dick Locher on the strip. Mary adds that the two are longtime associates and live in the Chicago area. Jim graduated with a Fine Arts Degree in Illustration and worked in the comic book

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Great set of stamps.Of course, our slew-foot is among the pack.

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Yes, it's commercial time!Well, not exactly but I'd like everyone to know I have three super-duper special blogs that cover at least SOME of the things I have an interest in.Drop by and sit a spell:http://hecollectsdicktracy.blogspot.com/http://themisadventuresofcaptainblog.blogspot.com/http://chainlettersfordisturbedchildren.blogspot.com/

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Here's something different:a complete article on our fav gumshoe from 1974.Enjoy!

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And we're done!Anyone have more they'd like to share?

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Aaaannnnnd another.

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More for you to enjoy. 'Strip' Gear, the ex-burlesque dancer? Nice.Where are my gifts?Hurry, Christmas is coming and I'll be wanting new stuff then.

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Continuing the Dick Tracy Autolite ads from the '60's.Enjoy and feel free to send me cash.I like gifts too.Not picky.

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Younger fans may not recognize Neil Patrick Harris (former Doogie Houser M.D. star) unless they've seen 'Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog' (I recommend!) but he's got a Tracy shirt on so even though this is an old shot, it's A-OK in my book!

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First in a series, collect 'em all!I have several of these but they were given me and I don't know much about the origins. Published in 1966, I beleive.How many were there?Did they appear in Life or Look or another magazine? All?Any info would be appreciated.Comments, as always are encouraged.

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What a beauty!It's not Gould, but I have fond memories of seeing this cover somewhere as a child and wanting it more than air.Ahh, good times.

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Actually, it doesn't get any more non-violent than this!MMMMmmmmm.Candy.

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Sorry, not a lost cross-genre flick but it'd be cool if it was, hey?I bought this on ebay years ago. In fact, it may be one of the first things I ever bought via the (now evil) website.It brings together 2 of my great loves: Tracy and Frankenstein. That's not an easy thing to pull off either, so this is cool as aych-eee-double hockey sticks!That's Glenn Strange, by the way for those not gifted

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I have forgotten where this originated from but hey, there's Chief Wiggum as Dick Tracy!With movie shirt, no less!Tron is nice too.

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With all the hoopla surrounding the new IDW Tracy books, don't forget to check out this nice addition for behind the strip stories and remembrances by Chester Gould's daughter Jean.Can't go wrong with this one.

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Anyone have any other Dick Tracy Alltel items?  I have found them hard to come by for some reason.  Perhaps collectors of Tracy were not aware of it or not much was produced.  If you look closely, you can see me taking the shot.  Therefore, it is my advice to not look closely.I found this in the window of a Alltel distributor several years ago.   I asked them to save it for me and it still has "

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Joe Staton on Dick Tracy via Digital Webbing's 2008 entry to the E-man saga: "E-man, The Curse of the Idol".  If you like detectives in general, look up the character Mauser, who is a longtime ally of E-man.Nice stuff.

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                                  Welcome back to Violent Panel Wednesday!            Today we get to see the end of the Brow, and what a way to go.               Impaled by the American Flag!  More eloquent, it do not get.                                                      Take that you Nazi pig!

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Muppet Babies.Yes, that would be one of my bottom choices on places to find a Tracy connection too.Yet, here it is.For a short time while warbling a nice little ditty about "The Sunday Funnies", our hero dons the identity of Scooter Tracy.This all takes place in the episode, "Comic Capers".Now don't take this as an open invite to slam Muppet Babies.I liked them too.(but don't tell.)

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I haven't said much about these wonderful reprints by IDW because I do not want to be accused of hawking somebody's wares, however the silence is at an end as of this post.I have bought many Tracy reprints over the years, hardcovers, trade paperbacks, and comics.  Some were handled well given the format difficulties and some were just plain bad.  As a result, I spent a lot of time and money

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From 3/31/08.A "friend" pointed this out.I just...I want to... it's not what...Aww, ferget it!  Just look at it!  They actually print that crap!

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Here's a bit of trivia that even die-hards may have overlooked.Sesame Street used to have one hip cat named "Billy Jo Jive" who was a super crime-fighting ace (he said so himself!).  In the opening sequence, there is a group of posters and images on the wall that represent his heroes.  Among such crime-fighting stalwarts as Sherlock Holmes, "Bogart", and Shaft there is a comics section tacked up

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Indeed, my friend.Indeed.

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Milan, Italy.That's where you'd have to be to see this thing close up.I like it, myself.Very Folk Art!Running isn't allowed in the library, Mr. Tracy.

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Ahhh.When I see a nice, new Dick Tracy lego figure; I know that all is right in the world.(or at least, this blog!)

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Welcome to Violent Panel Wednesday!It could change to Violent Panel Monday or Friday, depending upon which day it is, but for now Wednesday is good.For the most part I will let these panels speak for themselves as they convey the comic strip's groundbreaking (to put it mildly) use of realism without much in the way of a 'Zap', 'Pow', or even a 'Ker-chang'!

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Okay, I have no idea what Dick Tracy was doing in Norway but he was there as evidenced by this sign that gave him the right of way on the crime-ridden streets of Oslo.I have mercifully spared you the obvious jokes regarding signs and not crossing Tracy.You're welcome.

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Okay, I can't leave you guys and gals on such a somber note, so here's a new feature called Geek Shirt of the Week!  Yay!Most Tracy apparel is just that, Tracy.  This gets a nod for being an item dedicated to Tracy's CREATOR.  Nice.Very simple and yet it gets the message across.  Let it never be said I brought you down and left you there!

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Feeling very somber today as noted on my other blog, dealing with Jack Cole's suicide.So you will feel just as melancholy as me, here's the final resting place of Tracy's creator, Chester Gould.Buried with him is his wife of almost 60 years who loved him very, very much as indicated by every interview I've read with Gould.  She would interject during interviews how good a person he was and how

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Most people utter or think the words of the title at least once in their lives.  Chester Gould actually tried it!  Along with some other strip cartoonists of the day, (1947) he participated in a little fun and games for a newspaper (probably the Trib).  He was asked to draw his famous character with a blindfold on.The result is not so bad.  Of the others I've seen, some don't even look human.  He

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This new acquisition seems very appropriate for today; it's the 'World of Comic Art' number 3 Winter edition from 1966!Why is that important?  Well, I am the Winter edition from 1966 also!  This book and I were making our first impressions about the same time.Plus it has a nice Christmas sentiment, but you probably noticed that already.Dick Tracy did a lot of 'time outs' for Christmas and wasn't

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Y'know, I really like the Random Acts of Tracy idea.  Since I have more items to expand on this here's another:Not being a native New Yorker, I know little of the Freedom Tunnel so here's wiki's version:"The Freedom Tunnel is the name given by urban explorers, graffiti artists, and a handful of  homeless people to the Amtrak tunnel under Riverside Park in Manhattan, New York City.  It is also the

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New feature called Random Acts of Tracy.  You'll figure it out as we go:Found this on the net.Yeah.I really don't know what to say about this other than to admire the fact that the creator of it loved Tracy so much as actually make this.Duck Tracy.Yeah.I'm...so...so...sorry.Really.

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Oh, to heck with it!  Collecting Tracy is about more than what I have, so when I finally get a good camera I'll post more of my stuff.  In the meantime, to keep you filled with Tracy goodness, I'll post odd items of interest and things that make you go: Ye Gods!Case in point: who knows if this pic culled from the net is a copyrighted item or not, but it made me laugh.  No lol, though as I hate

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I have come to humbly beg your forgiveness for my lack of posting this past month.  I have been saving to purchase a new camera as my other died a painful death through the deviousness of battery technology.I have ordered my new camera and it will be here soon.  And the blog will begin again.Sorry for the long wait.  I have many more items to show you and hope you stick with me to see what

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Since my camera is now almost officially Ka-put, I have something to show you that is not in my possession: a coin.   It was a bit out of my price range but is very cool and unusual, nonetheless.These are called hobo nickels.  It seems during the depression, many artists found themselves without a canvas on which to express themselves so they took to carving on what little money they had to

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Ebay.I won this.Looked pretty good in the pic.Quality?Meh.One foot is detached and will have to be glued.Materials?Meh.Reminds me of the Dollar Store figures.Movie item?Yep.  I try to stay away from those y'know.Cool?Hell, YEAH!Love it!

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This is a paper record.  Before mp3's and pretty much anything consumer oriented and digitally cool manufacturers had the option to send you sound bytes on paper.  Worked just like a record.  Played on the record player and skipped when scratched.   No backup copies tho'.  You break it you lost it.This one in particular has a bit of Tracy's voice from the T.V. show and some sound effects.  Just

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It started so nicely.  Tracy and Junior on their way to a local Army base, discussing the smoking habits and other fill-in-the-blanks of some soldier that Tracy knew of.  Vaguely.Then when Tracy was out of sight,  BAM!!!!!!There goes Junior getting his butt handed to him by a soldier's son or a local yokel who didn't like that damn tie he had on.  (Who could blame him?)Luckily, Tracy was there to

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I really like this piece.  I have wanted the Tracy and Captain Marvel iron-ons for some time but never found a good enough buy.  This quilted, stitched together piece has both of them plus a few others you may recognize.   They have been put on cloth and are not in their original unused format any longer but that's okay because I've never seen them all together like this.  Probably was going to

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Okay, this is not the Aurora model of the world famous scene of Tracy awkwardly jumping off the bottom rung of a fire escape, but rather the Polar Lights re-issue.  It's actually more fun than an original 'cuz I can actually put it together and not feel like I'm destroying something valuable.  I've had this for years but never really had the urge to put it together until my son found it and got

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Looks like the Halloween gremlins are up and at 'em.  I had a photo to load, but blogger is blinking out and won't let me load.   I had a Tracy video on youtube to show but they took it off.I thought about showing a Halloween outfit, but I don't own one and the only ones I could find were movie-inspired and you know how I feel about that.The cartoon, perhaps?  Tracy stayed at his desk and it

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All right, you've got me.I do not as a general rule collect much of the Dick Tracy movie items.  The pictures I have posted have shown that I do on occasion find something that grabs me.  It may not be (and probably won't be) the most popular item or the most valuable.  But, hey if it calls to me I must answer.  Case in point is this badge.  I don't know exactly why I like it.  It's not the most

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Okay."The Celebrated Cases of Dick Tracy" was my first intro to my favorite detective.  I have a another entry lined up for the story on this, but at the time Rick Fletcher was the current artist on the Tracy strip.  I found his work to be exceptional.  I was reading classic Tracy at the same time as Fletcher's version and along with Max Allan Collins, it really sang.  Around the time of Tracy's

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We've hit on movies, serials, books, toys and more but the natural progression for our comic strip detective was to conquer funny books!  (I love that term and will use it often)Point of fact, Dick Tracy was the only long-running single character crime comic in history.  This was with the title 'Dick Tracy' which ran issues 1-24 with Dell comics and Harvey comics with 25-145.  The title ran from

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Now this was just plain fun!  Tell ya why: Procured this 'playset' at the last HeroesCon in Charlotte.  T'was a lovely thing as I was at the tail end of the con and didn't expect to find any Tracy items other than comics.  I had a lively conversation with Al Feldstein of EC fame!  I tried very hard to have an intelligent conversation with Roy Thomas but was constantly being interrupted by a

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Shilling for Proctor and Gamble in 1962, Tracy wants you to not embarrass your dealer by asking him to redeem the coupons without buying the product.  I didn't know you could do that anyway.  Must've been common practice fifty years ago (almost).  The television cartoon of 1960 must have really loosened up Tracy's image.  It's hard to imagine the same guy who pummeled, shot and pistol-whipped his

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Whoa!  I actually missed a post!  Very busy day yestid'y, and you missed out on a daily dose of detective so as to make it up we'll go with 2 posts today.  Sound good?  Everybody happy?  Great!  I'm here for you.Just to show you that I'm not ALL anti-Locher, ( see previous post) I have for your viewing pleasure, my very own Locher sketch of a Dick Tracy profile.  Bought for the sake of having a

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After reading this little ditty at the Cracked comics website(once there, scroll down to see the Tracy section): http://www.cracked.com/article_15667_5-most-unintentionally-hilarious-comic-strips.html, I got a bit depressed realizing that I totally agreed with the author and just could not pop out a decent title.  Sorry about that.  Here's my soapbox rant and then things get back to normal:The

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Interesting story.This is a silk cachet for the first day of issue of the Dick Tracy stamp.  Cool item as the pic of Chet is silken and looks nice all framed up.When I got it, the pic nagged me for a bit.  Seemed familiar.  Searched though some of my Tracy books and found that it was pic of our Mr. Gould signing an old 'Dick' capgun.  One-of-a-kind item that is framed with the gun in a

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Unnnnhhhh.Monday.  Ah hates me some Monday.But anywho, today we have a lovely assortment of Tracy items.  The button is for FedEx, the mug is an announcement promo piece for Sunday Funnies and a cancelled stamp collectible from the not-so-recent-now Tracy Stamp.But the book.The book is my favorite.  It is an item from the '60's that clearly shows that when he is not giving guidance to notorious

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Friday at last!  Although not stated before, my official stand will be to take the weekends off.  No, stop begging.  It'll do you no good.  Dry your weeping eyes.To make the wait worth it, here a framed setup of 2 of the mid-60's Norcross fluorescent cards.  There were more, but these are my favorites.  On the left is an example of the almost never seen Alltel ad campaign for their digital

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Here's a couple of LPs (look it up, kids) of good ol' Tracy on the radio!  Being a tactile person, I love these things!Kiss my tush, digital downloads!

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Being remiss implies the culpable omission or the careless or indifferent performance of a task or duty.  That being the case, I am really remiss in not mentioning that this blog started the day after Dick Tracy's 77th birthday!  Sorry, Tracy and it won't happen again!Moving along with the puzzle theme introduced yesterday, I have a quartet of puzzles (some of which are still wrapped in cello).  

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Here's a puzzle with the box from the late '40's or early '50's that depicts the members of the "Crime Does Not Pay Club".  Coming in to say thanks to Tracy for ending their careers in crime are the Brow, the Mole, B.B. Eyes, Pruneface, Mrs. Pruneface, Littleface, the Blank, and Flattop.Bizarre factor is upped by the fact that most, if not all of the villains here died either directly or

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This is from the 1940's or early 1950's if I am not mistaken.  I have seen this in a couple of Tracy books and have always wondered if it really is official 'Tracy' or just a rip by some company wanting to make a buck.  The cool thing about this is the fact that 'Tracy' wants ta love ya but he's still packin'!Nothing says love like a gun in the face.  Ahhhh.

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Not many people know that Ralph Byrd used to get drunk as a skunk in Mexico and let people film him for more drinks.  No, wait.  That was me.This on the other hand is a lobby card for 31 episodes of Dick Tracy that ran in Mexico years agone.  I post this to show that as a Tracy collector (or a collector in general) sometimes you buy something you don't particularly like but Hey, it's Tracy. The

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This note is another item I got from Art (the fellow I got the Tracy profile from/see previous blog entry).  The figure is ERTL (?) I think.  From the movie.I am still amazed that he sold these.  This is a wonderful glimpse into a different era where email didn't exist and a handwritten note (with a pre-printed graphic) could bring your heroes to you in a much more personal way.  Art had asked

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...to Vote!  From the 1970's.  Tracy prompts you to do your civic duty.  This one is beat a bit but I hope to upgrade one day.Hope this timely pic gets you off your duff and out to the polls this year!

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Even though the Dick Tracy movie of 1990 will be what most casual observers of Tracy will associate with his look, it wasn't all that accurate.  I have posted older items with the yellow look, but Tracy was quite a dapper dan back in the day and appears to have more than one look.  The yellow outfit is nowhere to be seen on the boxes of these three card games from various years.   I believe they

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Here's a combo of an old Crime Club Badge and a set of chalk salt and pepper shakers.  The badge is pretty common and if you like it (like I did) you can get it cheap.  It was part of a Crime Club set that I have a few other pieces of and will post soon.  The shakers must have come as white chalk and as perhaps part of a paint set.  Reason being I have seen them in so many different color combos

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This was  a personal Holy Grail of  my Dick Tracy collecting:  Actual profile of Tracy by Chester Gould himself!   A friend of mine had this on ebay, so I had to bid on it but it finished late at night so I got a very nice price.  It's on Gould's letterhead at the time (mid-70's).    It's not mint, but who cares!  Hope you like seeing this as it's been stored for a bit and I like having a good

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In keeping with the candy motif of the last post, here's a nice candy bar wrapper from the 1950's.  Tracy looks a bit happier on this so perhaps the taste was better than the caramels.  If you've ever seen any of the strips from the 1940's, (with Tracy and his department-issue sidearm dispatching villains to the land of no return with alarming regularity) you know this is as sweet as Tracy gets.

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Starting with an oldie but a goody:  Sometime in the 1930's, this once contained caramel of questionable taste (see the faces of Tracy and Junior!) and a card with a continuing story.  More you bought, the more of the story you could read.  Nice idea.  Coming out of the Great Depression, you needed to have an edge on the competition because a penny actually meant something.  The art is crude and

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Introducing......me!  And my Dick Tracy Collection.This is my first post/blog attempt at sequential wording and it'll probably show for a while.My name is Chris and I have an affinity for Chester Gould's seminal detective, Dick Tracy.  In my search for others of my ilk, I have come up a little more empty-handed than I thought this brave, new internet world would've let me.  So using the the

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