Will Brandon’s identification and Big Frost’s cold cadaver put a premature end to this case? Of course not! Did someone rub out the wounded shooter, or did he expire from Brandon’s bullet?
Never thought I’d see the three of them in the same strip again. Great artwork as always! Can’t wait to find out why Big Frost returned to shoot the Chief.
I was -2 in 1948. (I was born in 1950) However, the Harvey reprints carried this story, and Jay Maeder talks about it in his book “The Official Biography of Dick Tracy”
Big Frost was running a mob, and he had a daughter named Flossie who was trying to reform him. So he had some of his boys take her for a “one way ride”. She survived, but at the time the Police Dept was trying out the new TeleGuard TV Cameras from Diet Smith, and Big Frost passed himself off as a small town police chief so he could get into a seminar to learn about this development This lead to the murder of the inventor, a young blind lad named Brilliiant who had also come up with the design for the two-way-wrist radio Chief Brandon felt personally responsible for this blunder of security at the seminar, so he retired.
There was also a little old lady who used a mirror to flash code signals to Big Frost once he was in jail. Her daughter was named Sleet, and figured very prominently in Sam’s first case. Sleet was sent to prison in Boston, so she may show up at some point. Hope this helps fill in the background for you.
Wow – not only has Tracy returned to glory, but the message board is returning to civil discourse and shared Tracy background by those who know him and research him best.
To me, this is how it’s supposed to be and my deepest appreciation to all.
Maybe one day Sparky wil return with his clever and crafty message board Tracy contests!
Just last night I decided to backtrack and read the earlier strips because I got in a couple of months late on this new team. I am impressed. I remember when Joe Staton started in comic books at Charlton and enjoyed his “E-Man” (with writer Nicola Cuti). I grew up reading Chester Gould’s strips, and followed it through the Collins-Fletcher era and on into Dick Locher’s work before my area’s papers dropped it. When I saw the final months of the Locher era I was shocked, but I believe Locher had stopped illustrating the strip by then, although he received most of the criticism. The other person credited was handling the art. Mr. Locher does deserve a great deal of credit for his efforts, and as I recall his earlier years were great. Having said all that, the current team is truly reviving the strip and I couldn’t be happier. Thanks!
Vista Bill Raley and Comet™ over 12 years ago
Good morning all…
Tarry Plaguer over 12 years ago
margueritem over 12 years ago
I hope they do a little re-hash here, I was only 1 in 1948.
margueritem over 12 years ago
Good morning, VB!
Sisyphos over 12 years ago
Will Brandon’s identification and Big Frost’s cold cadaver put a premature end to this case? Of course not! Did someone rub out the wounded shooter, or did he expire from Brandon’s bullet?
Mdstudio over 12 years ago
Never thought I’d see the three of them in the same strip again. Great artwork as always! Can’t wait to find out why Big Frost returned to shoot the Chief.
coratelli over 12 years ago
Wonderful strip!
APersonOfInterest over 12 years ago
As always … pitch perfect in every way.
johnrussco over 12 years ago
That’s what I’m talking about! This is another cliff-hanger. Looking forward to the next one.
Ken in Ohio over 12 years ago
@morgueritem:
I was -2 in 1948. (I was born in 1950) However, the Harvey reprints carried this story, and Jay Maeder talks about it in his book “The Official Biography of Dick Tracy”
Big Frost was running a mob, and he had a daughter named Flossie who was trying to reform him. So he had some of his boys take her for a “one way ride”. She survived, but at the time the Police Dept was trying out the new TeleGuard TV Cameras from Diet Smith, and Big Frost passed himself off as a small town police chief so he could get into a seminar to learn about this development This lead to the murder of the inventor, a young blind lad named Brilliiant who had also come up with the design for the two-way-wrist radio Chief Brandon felt personally responsible for this blunder of security at the seminar, so he retired.
There was also a little old lady who used a mirror to flash code signals to Big Frost once he was in jail. Her daughter was named Sleet, and figured very prominently in Sam’s first case. Sleet was sent to prison in Boston, so she may show up at some point. Hope this helps fill in the background for you.
T4050 over 12 years ago
Coincidentally, the latest Maeder Tracy reprint book..which I just got yesterday, reprints the Big Frost storyline.Or is it coincidence??
I Go Pogo over 12 years ago
Wow – not only has Tracy returned to glory, but the message board is returning to civil discourse and shared Tracy background by those who know him and research him best.
To me, this is how it’s supposed to be and my deepest appreciation to all.
Maybe one day Sparky wil return with his clever and crafty message board Tracy contests!
CyberV over 12 years ago
…Wow. 1948? My mother was… Three.
Blindfolded Wildcat over 12 years ago
Just last night I decided to backtrack and read the earlier strips because I got in a couple of months late on this new team. I am impressed. I remember when Joe Staton started in comic books at Charlton and enjoyed his “E-Man” (with writer Nicola Cuti). I grew up reading Chester Gould’s strips, and followed it through the Collins-Fletcher era and on into Dick Locher’s work before my area’s papers dropped it. When I saw the final months of the Locher era I was shocked, but I believe Locher had stopped illustrating the strip by then, although he received most of the criticism. The other person credited was handling the art. Mr. Locher does deserve a great deal of credit for his efforts, and as I recall his earlier years were great. Having said all that, the current team is truly reviving the strip and I couldn’t be happier. Thanks!
enyt over 12 years ago
Kids! Kids! In 1948, I was 16 years old. Next year, I"ll be in the octogenarian category!!
shirttailslim over 12 years ago
I turned 17 in 1948.That oxygen(?) tube looks weird?
g6793 over 12 years ago
(I’m like Tarry…I was born 8 months before Kennedy’s assassination…I guess we’re young’uns :) )
Mongo over 12 years ago
Time for ANOTHER flashback!!