World of DT - What's been happening in the world of Dick Tracy

Det. Frisk (Sept. 16, 2019 to ??, 2019)

Minit Mysteries #6: Friday Foster (Sept. 1 to 15, 2019)

Doc (July 14 to Aug. 18, 2019)

Trixie Tinkle: The Missing Witness (Apr. 25 to July 13, 2019)

Minit Mysteries #5: The Occam's Razor Case (April 28 to May 12, 2019)

Barnabas Tar (Mar. 3 to Apr. 27, 2019)

Minit Mysteries #4: Sparkle's Poisoning (Dec. 30, 2018 to Jan. 13, 2019)

Splitface (Dec. 12, 2018 to Mar. 2, 2019)

Polar Vortex (Sept. 3 to Dec. 11, 2018)

Minit Mysteries #3: Rogue's Gallery (Aug. 19 to Sept. 2, 2018)

Sawtooth's Revenge (May 28 to Aug. 18, 2018)

Green Hornet (Apr. 9 to May 27, 2018)

Minit Mysteries #2: George Reeds (Apr. 1 to 8, 2018)

Ghost Pepper (Feb. 14 to Mar. 31, 2018)

Sawtooth (Nov. 27, 2017 to Feb. 13, 2018)

Minit Mysteries #1: H.K. Krispies (Nov. 17 to 26, 2017)

Public Domain (July 26 to Nov. 16, 2017)

Banks o' Plenty storyline map (June 3, 2107 to July 25, 2017)

The 3 Margies (Apr. 7 to June 2, 2017)

The Spirit and the Immortality Formula (Dec. 20, 2016 to Apr. 6, 2017)

Selfy Narcisse general discussion (Sept. 25 to Dec. 19, 2016)

Final Faceoff with Abner Kadaver storyline map (June 22 to Sept. 24, 2016)

Notta Fallar Makes Her Move storyline map (Apr. 7 to June 22, 2016)

The Three Detectives storyline map (Dec. 26, 2015 to Apr. 6, 2016)

Previous Dick Tracy stories since spring 2001

Thanks to GoComics user boboscar for the dates and titles. Click on the dates to read online. This is a draft version which will be revised eventually. I've made a few adjustments to suit my purposes and some additional information is still to be added.

Written by Mike Kilian and drawn by Dick Locher

The earliest strips that are currently available online were written by the late Mike Kilian.

Mar 29, 2001 to
Jun 20, 2001
The Airplane Murder Mystery
84 days (The beginning is not online.)
Jun 21, 2001 to
Sep 13, 2001
The Mistress of Death
85 days
Sep 14, 2001 to
Dec 5, 2001
Snails
83 days
Dec 6, 2001 to
Jan 13, 2002
A Detective, 2 Gunmen, and a Kitty
39 days
Jan 14, 2002 to
Feb 24, 2002
G. R. Eed
42 days
Feb 25, 2002 to
Apr 26, 2002
Pinhead
61 days
Apr 27, 2002 to
Jun 27, 2002
Percy Brillig
62 days
Jun 28, 2002 to
Aug 23, 2002
Heartless Mahoney II
57 days
Aug 24, 2002 to
Oct 16, 2002
Hawk
54 days
Oct 17, 2002 to
Dec 15, 2002
The Abduction of Tracy's Granddaughter
60 days
Dec 16, 2002 to
Feb 7, 2003
The Second Chameleon
54 days
Feb 8, 2003 to
May 3, 2003
The Revenge of Hardcase Harry?
85 days
May 4, 2003 to
Jul 2, 2003
Hawk II
60 days
Jul 3, 2003 to
Sep 28, 2003
The Filligree Murder Case
88 days
Sep 29, 2003 to
Dec 18, 2003
Dr. Beau Tox
81 days
Dec 19, 2003 to
Mar 10, 2004
Sal Monella II
83 days
Mar 11, 2004 to
May 30, 2004
Mousse
81 days
May 31, 2004 to
Aug 27, 2004
Piggy Bank VI
89 days
Aug 28, 2004 to
Dec 22, 2004
Flunke
117 days
Dec 23, 2004 to
Mar 14, 2005
Airport Sabotage
82 days
Mar 15, 2005 to
May 27, 2005
The Manipulation of Moonrock
74 days
May 28, 2005 to
Aug 11, 2005
Dick Tracy in the Southwest
76 days
Aug 12, 2005 to
Nov 3, 2005
Cellphone
84 days

Written and drawn by Dick Locher

After the sudden Death of Mike Kilian, Dick Locher took over the writing as well as the drawing, beginning with the January 16 strip partway through the Oily story .

Nov 4, 2005 to
Mar 22, 2006
Oily II
139 days
Mar 23, 2006 to
Aug 24, 2006
Al Kinda
155 days
Aug 25, 2006 to
Jan 21, 2007
Dr. Figment Froid
150 days
Jan 22, 2007 to
May 19, 2007
Queenie
118 days
May 20, 2007 to
Oct 14, 2007
The Brainwashed Baron
148 days
Oct 15, 2007 to
Jan 22, 2008
The Haunted House
100 days
Jan 23, 2008 to
May 15, 2008
Cole Lector
114 days
May 16, 2008 to
Aug 27, 2008
Baskerville & Shirl Locke
104 days
Aug 28, 2008 to
Dec 10, 2008
Braces
105 days
Dec 11, 2008 to
Mar 3, 2009
Angelorius
82 days

Written by Dick Locher and drawn by Jim Brozman

It's not completely clear which roles Locher and Brozman had, but Brozman's name appeared in the credits starting on March 16, 2009. Brozman claimed he was now doing the drawing, but Locher has been quoted as saying he was still doing drawing.

Mar 3, 2009 to
Aug 10, 2009
Big Ace & One-Eyed Jack
161 days
Aug 11, 2009 to
Nov 24, 2009
Murder at the Circus
106 days
Nov 25, 2009 to
Apr 6, 2010
The Maestro and His Son
133 days
Apr 7, 2010 to
Aug 21, 2010
Johnny Nothing
137 days
Aug 22, 2010 to
Nov 21, 2010
D'Buckworth
92 days
Nov 22, 2010 to
Mar 13, 2011
Dr. Mordred
112 days

Written by Mike Curtis and drawn by Joe Staton

A completely new team, headed by Joe Staton and Mike Curtis took over the strip on March 14, 2011, as Dick Locher retired after 32 years of on and off work on Dick Tracy.

Mar 14, 2011 to
Apr 30, 2011
The Fifth & Flyface III
48 days
May 1, 2011 to
Jun 2, 2011
Hot Rize
33 days
Jun 3, 2011 to
Jun 26, 2011
Doubleup
23½ days
Jun 26, 2011 to
Jul 30, 2011
B-B Eyes II
35½ days
Aug 1, 2011 to
Sep 17, 2011
Morning Gloria
48 days
Sep 18, 2011 to
Oct 23, 2011
The Retelling of Tracy's First Case
36 days
Oct 24, 2011 to
Dec 2, 2011
The Second Mr. Crime
40 days
Dec 3, 2011 to
Feb 2, 2012
Putty Puss III
62 days
Feb 3, 2012 to
Mar 7, 2012
Thunderchild
34 days
Mar 8, 2012 to
Apr 24, 2012
Blackjack
48 days
Apr 25, 2012 to
Jul 20, 2012
The Second Mr. Crime II
87 days
Jul 21, 2012 to
Aug 20, 2012
Mrs. Flattop
31 days
Aug 21, 2012 to
Sep 28, 2012
Phishface
39 days
Sep 29, 2012 to
Nov 16, 2012
Measles II
49 days
Nov 17, 2012 to
Jan 5, 2013
Broadway Bates II
50 days
Jan 6, 2013 to
Mar 3, 2013
Sweat Box
57 days
Mar 4, 2013 to
Apr 16, 2013
The Jumbler
53 days
Apr 17, 2013 to
Oct 21, 2013
The Return of Moon Maid
188 days
Oct 22, 2013 to
Jan 4, 2014
The Blackhearts
75 days
Jan 5, 2014 to
Mar 22, 2014
Silver & Sprocket Nitrate
77 days
Mar 23, 2014 to
May 31, 2014
Tabby Angus
70 days
Jun 1, 2014 to
Oct 12, 2014
The Search for Annie
134 days
Oct 13, 2014 to
Jan 11, 2015
Gruesome
91 days
Jan 12, 2015 to
Mar 21, 2015
The Return of the Nitrates
69 days
Mar 22, 2015 to
Jun 5, 2015
Million Dollar Limited
76 days
Jun 6, 2015 to
Oct 11, 2015
The Fall of the Blackhearts
128 days
Oct 12, 2015 to
Dec 25, 2015
Midnite Mirror
75 days
Dec 26, 2015 to
Apr 6, 2016
The Three Detectives
103 days
Apr 7, 2016 to
Jun 22, 2016
Notta Fallar Makes Her Move
81 days
Jun 22, 2016 to
Sep 24, 2016
Final Faceoff with Abner Kadaver
91 days
Sep 25, 2016 to
Dec 19, 2016
Selfy Narcisse
92 days
Dec 20, 2016 to
Apr 6, 2017
The Spirit and the Immortality Formula
102 days
Apr 7, 2017 to
Jun 2, 2017
The 3 Margies
57 days
Jun 3, 2017 to
Jul 25, 2017
Banks o' Plenty
53 days
Jul 26, 2017 to
Nov 16, 2017
Public Domain
114 days
Nov 17, 2017 to
Nov 26, 2017
Minit Mysteries #1: H.K. Krispies
10 days
Nov 27, 2017 to
Feb 13, 2018
Sawtooth
81 days
Feb 14, 2018 to Mar 31, 2018
Ghost Pepper
46 days
Apr 1, 2018 to Apr 8, 2018
Minit Mysteries #2: George Reeds
8 days
Apr 9, 2018 to May 27, 2018
Green Hornet
49 days
May 28, 2018 to Aug 18, 2018
Sawtooth's Revenge
83 days
Aug 19, 2018 to Sep 2, 2018
Minit Mysteries #3: Rogue's Gallery
15 days
Sep 3, 2018 to Dec 11, 2018
Polar Vortex
100 days
Dec 12, 2018 to Mar 2, 2019
Splitface
66 days
Dec 30, 2018 to Jan 13, 2019
Minit Mysteries #4: Sparkle's Poisoning
15 days
Mar 3, 2019 to Apr 27, 2019
Barnabas Tar
56 days
Apr 28, 2019 to May 12, 2019
Minit Mysteries #5: The Occam's Razor Case
15 days
Apr 25, 2019 to Jul 13, 2019
Trixie Tinkle: The Missing Witness
65 days
Jul 14, 2019 to Aug 31, 2019
Doc
49 days
Sep 1, 2019 to Sep 15, 2019
Minit Mysteries #6: Friday Foster
15 days
Sep 16, 2019 to ??, 2019
Det. Frisk
?? days