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Dick Tracy: The Thirties #[nn]
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeThis hardcover collection reprints the earliest Dick Tracy newspaper strips from the 1930s, chronicling Chester Gould's gritty crime-fighting detective as he battles gangsters with tommy guns during the Great Depression. The volume captures the raw, violent tone of the strip's formative years, showcasing Tracy's debut and his first major cases against underworld figures like Big Boy and the Mole.
In "Plain Clothes Tracy," Dick Tracy is sidelined after a botched raid leaks to the press, forcing him to patrol the streets in a uniform while his confidence wavers. With help from Tess, he slowly regains his edge by tracking down a new wave of payroll robbers, proving that even in plain clothes, his instincts remain sharp. Written and illustrated by Chester Gould, this 1978 issue captures the grit and tension of Tracy’s early days, with full art by Gould on both interior and cover.
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The chief entrusts Tracy to conduct a major raid, but he gives details to Tess, who shares it with a friend who blabs it widely, and the crooks escape. After Tess and Tracy blow up at each other he is so distracted that his work suffers, so the chief assigns him to walk a remote part of town as a uniformed patrolman. Tess helps him uncover and capture payroll robbers, so they are reunited and Tracy is reinstated.
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