Dick Tracy #135

Chester Gould's square-jawed detective takes center stage on this 1959 Harvey Comics cover — the "Case of the Rooftop Sniper" plays out in vivid action as Dick Tracy stands defiant on a rooftop ledge, gun drawn and blazing, while a fellow officer crouches in backup and a mysterious figure clings to a fire-escape ladder below. Most chillingly, a large revolver looms in the foreground from the sniper's point of view, making the reader feel the danger firsthand — a dramatic cover composition by Joe Simon. Inside, Gould's writing and art carry the tension forward with a complete detective case, "Mask of a Criminal Part 1," promising exactly the kind of hard-boiled, atmospheric storytelling that made Tracy a beloved institution.