Years later, Dick Tracy vs. Cueball was included as one of the choices in the book The Fifty Worst Films of All Time.
Spencer Tracy | Dick Cheney | Philip K. Dick | Moby-Dick | Dick Durbin | Dick Clark | Dick Dale | Dick Cavett | Tracy Chapman | The Dick Van Dyke Show | Dick Gaughan | Tracy Hickman | Dick Tracy | Dick Powell | Dick Emery | Dick Vermeil | Dick Van Dyke | Dick Haymes | Andy Dick | Tracy Morgan | Tracy Lawrence | Dick Grayson | Cyclone Tracy | Tracy Jordan | Dick Tiger | Dick Stockton | Fun with Dick and Jane | Dick Whittington and His Cat | Dick Norman | Dick Morrissey |
The serial was re-released on 8 October 1952, under the title Dick Tracy vs. Phantom Empire, between the first runs of Zombies of the Stratosphere and Jungle Drums of Africa.
The film was so successful that it spawned three sequels (unheard of in serials): Dick Tracy Returns, Dick Tracy's G-Men (featuring a young Jennifer Jones, under her real name of Phylis Isley), and Dick Tracy vs. Crime Inc. (reissued in 1952 as Dick Tracy vs. Phantom Empire).