Dick Tracy #78
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeIn Dick Tracy #78 (1954), the relentless pursuit of justice takes a deadly turn when Spinner eliminates a witness and stages a gruesome escape using a rigged shipping crate. With the body hidden and the trail growing cold, Spinner’s panic sets in when he learns a record he’s desperate to recover has been sold to a young girl—now his only lead. Written and illustrated by Chester Gould, this gripping installment delivers the sharp, noir-infused tension that defined the series, with every page drawn in Gould’s unmistakable, precise style. The cover by Chester Gould captures the moment’s grim urgency, a silent promise of danger lurking just beyond the frame.
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When Charlie confronts Spinner about the investigation surrounding the pilfered evidence boxes, Spinner kills him. To escape, Spinner puts the body in a rigged shipping crate and dumps the body at a railroad depot. Spinner then exits the crate at a later stop and picks it up and burns it. Returning to his shop, he finds that his clerk has sold a record that could put him in the electric chair. Spinner sets out to find the young girl who purchased the record.
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