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Cover: Joe Simon & Joe Simon
Dick Tracy #72
“Dick Tracy and the Case of Murder by Mistake”
writer Chester Gould · artist Chester Gould · inker Chester Gould · letterer Chester Gould · cover Joe SimonJoe Simon
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Cast · 4 characters
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writer Chester Gould
artist Chester Gould
inker Chester Gould
letterer Chester Gould
cover pencils Joe Simon
cover inks Joe Simon
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Tracing a lead to Bonnie's barbershop, Sam poses as a customer. Williams spots him as a cop, and he and Bonnie knock Sam unconscious and pack him into an empty slot machine. While Tracy and others look for Sam, the box in which he's been placed is picked up and taken to a junkyard for compaction.
Plot details indexed by the Grand Comics Database (CC BY-SA).