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™ about 13 years ago
Good morning all…
Tarry Plaguer about 13 years ago
margueritem about 13 years ago
I hope they do a little re-hash here, I was only 1 in 1948.
margueritem about 13 years ago
Good morning, VB!
Sisyphos about 13 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 about 13 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 about 13 years ago
Wonderful strip!
APersonOfInterest about 13 years ago
As always … pitch perfect in every way.
johnrussco about 13 years ago
That’s what I’m talking about! This is another cliff-hanger. Looking forward to the next one.
Ken in Ohio about 13 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 about 13 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 about 13 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 about 13 years ago
…Wow. 1948? My mother was… Three.
Blindfolded Wildcat about 13 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 about 13 years ago
Kids! Kids! In 1948, I was 16 years old. Next year, I"ll be in the octogenarian category!!
shirttailslim about 13 years ago
I turned 17 in 1948.That oxygen(?) tube looks weird?
g6793 about 13 years ago
(I’m like Tarry…I was born 8 months before Kennedy’s assassination…I guess we’re young’uns :) )
Mongo about 13 years ago
Time for ANOTHER flashback!!