Dick Tracy #144
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeIn "The Strange Case of Shoulders and the Stolen Fortune," Dick Tracy follows a chilling trail when a fingerprint at a crime scene points to a man long thought dead—Shoulders, a former adversary with a hidden past. With a new life and a step-daughter he’s trying to protect, Shoulders turns desperate after a series of murders, leading Tracy and Pat to piece together clues from an unexpected source: a brush sample case. Written by Chester Gould and illustrated with sharp precision by Joe Simon and Gould himself, this 1961 thriller blends suspense and psychological tension in a story where every detail counts. The cover, also by Gould, captures the mood of intrigue with its stark, expressive lines.
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A fingerprint at a crime scene reveals that Shoulders, one of Tracy's previous foes, is still alive. Shoulders has married someone who knows nothing of his previous life. Shoulders kills his partner and then the fence who was to buy stolen diamonds from him. When his step-daughter locks herself in his brush sample case, Tracy and Pat are tipped off by the brush company when they are contacted for a key. Shoulders sees the police cars in front of his house and flees, only to have an accident in his car. He takes shelter in an antique store, where the owner helps him.
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