Dick Tracy #136

Chester Gould's square-jawed world's most famous detective is front and center in this 1959 Harvey Comics issue, as Dick Tracy — yellow hat, black suit, pistol blazing — faces down a tense standoff involving two figures scrambling through large industrial iron tubes. A blonde woman in a red jacket and a menacing man in a brown hat are caught mid-escape as gunfire sparks across the foreground, perfectly teasing the "Mystery of the Iron Room" story inside. John Severin's cover work brings sharp, dynamic energy to the scene, and with a complete detective case promised within, this ten-cent issue delivers exactly the hardboiled thrills the title was known for in 1959.