Dick Tracy Monthly #18
In "He left his cab!", Dick Tracy faces a riverfront showdown when Blowtop’s theft goes awry, leaving him unconscious and vulnerable—just as Vitamin struggles to reclaim his prized shrunken head. With Tracy and Catchem on the scene, chaos unfolds as Blowtop regains consciousness and opens fire, while Sparkle Plenty’s sudden spotlight leads to a dangerous new alliance with Vitamin as her agent. The issue, written and illustrated by Chester Gould with full art by Gould on both interior and cover, captures the gritty, high-stakes energy of the series in a 1987 release.
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Hiding stolen loot in a river, Blowtop slips and knocks himself unconscious, giving Vitamin a chance to tie him up. Vitamin is trapped in the river trying to recover his prized shrunken head when Blowtop revives and starts shooting. Tracy and Catchem capture him and save Vitamin. Sparkle Plenty makes a hit on Ted Tellum's amateur show, and Vitamin becomes her agent. Protection racketeer T.V. Wiggles paralyzes Sparkle with a wrestling hold.
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