Dick Tracy Monthly #19
In this gripping 1987 installment of Dick Tracy Monthly, Chester Gould delivers a tense, character-driven thriller where Vitamin's theatrical deception takes center stage as he impersonates a woman to warn Tracy of T V Wiggles' escalating threat to Sparkle. With Gould's unmistakable art and storytelling, the issue unfolds in a claustrophobic industrial coal chute, where Tracy narrowly escapes a deadly confrontation—only to be rescued by Mugg—before Wiggles' violent spiral reaches a shocking new peak. The cover, also by Gould, captures the moment’s raw intensity, making this a must-have for fans of the series’ classic era.
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Using his acting experience, Vitamin masquerades as a woman to alert Tracy to T V Wiggles' threats against Sparkle. Tracy and Wiggles battle in an industrial coal chute, and Tracy is only saved when Mugg finds him. An injured Wiggles vainly seeks help from an old wrestling partner, then shoots her dead in the ring when she refuses. Still at large, he plans rigging a pistol to a TV microphone boom in order to assassinate Sparkle Plenty.
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