Four Color #96

In the forgotten tunnels beneath the city, Tracy stumbles upon a chemist held captive by the enigmatic Yogee Yamma. When Yogee tries to kill the man, Tracy intervenes—only to be trapped as the subway fills with rising water. With the help of a sudden street cave-in, the two barely escape the collapsing tunnels.

In the shadowy aftermath of a deadly payoff, Yogee Yamma’s drunken recklessness sets off a chain of disaster when his nerve gas device explodes—igniting the hotel room and claiming his life. Later, Tracy follows a trail of clues to a bomb site, only to be captured alongside Pat by the elusive Black Pearl, whose true motives remain shrouded in mystery.

In this 1946 mystery from Four Color #96, Black Pearl leads Tracy and Patton to a remote mountain proving ground to test her daring combination tank-plane-submarine. As the trio ventures beneath the waves, Tracy discovers a hidden aqueduct—and a way to send a desperate signal for help.

In this 1946 mystery from Four Color #96, Junior’s new bike-parking venture takes a sudden turn when a truck destroys his racks on opening day. With repairs costly and time short, he’s tempted by Deafy Sweetfellow’s unusually low offer to supply replacement bikes—only to find himself caught in a web of suspicion when a boy’s father claims the bikes are stolen.

In "null," Junior’s pursuit of bicycle thieves leads to a sudden ambush when the crooks flee in a truck, leaving him injured. Two days later, Dick Tracy returns from vacation to find his young partner hospitalized, while the trail grows colder—until a motorcycle cop is shot and the suspects vanish, forcing Deafy and Buck to flee to Buck's mother’s hamburger stand for cover.

In this 1946 detective-mystery tale from Four Color #96, Tracy and Patton close in on Deafy's gang at his mother’s hamburger stand—only for Deafy to slip away. After a chaotic chase involving a skunk and a truckload of Christmas trees, Tracy finally corners the fugitive in a clever twist of fate.