Complete Chester Gould's Dick Tracy, Vol. 23
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| Rating | : | 4.72 (524 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1684050235 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 264 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-01-01 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
He produced a pair of forgettable comic strips before creating “Plainsclothes Tracy” — changed to “Dick Tracy” — in 1931, and continued as its mastermind for an astonishing 46 years, until his retirement in 1977. The son of a newspaperman, Chester Gould was born in Pawnee, Oklahoma in 1900.
The adventures of this iconic square-jawed detective fighting a menagerie of grotesque villains remains one of the highlights in the history of not just comics but crime fiction in general. The series is ripe to introduce to crime prose readers who haven’t previously ventured into comics.Tracy is on the trail of the aptly-named Mr. Included are all strips from December 27, 1965 to July 2, 1967.. Bribery and his equally grotesque sister, Ugly Christine, in a story that also features a substance-abusing witch doctor and a shelf of shrunken heads. Meanwhile, newlyweds Junior and Moon Maid enter the story, and Dick Tracy’s troubles are compounded when he comes face to face with master criminal Haf-and-Haf, one side of whose face is hideously disfigured
He produced a pair of forgettable comic strips before creating “Plainsclothes Tracy” — changed to “Dick Tracy” — in 1931, and continued as its mastermind for an astonishing 46 years, until his retirement in 1977. About the Author The son of a newspaperman, Chester Gould was born in Pawnee, Oklahoma in 1900.