Dick Tracy Weekly #27
In "The Spinner ReCord Story," Dick Tracy faces a tangled web when a police custodian's shady dealings with the enigmatic Spinner ReCord lead to murder and a stolen record that could expose everything. Written and illustrated by Chester Gould, this 1988 installment delivers a tense, classic noir thriller where a misplaced record sets off a chain of events that puts Tracy under suspicion—until the truth surfaces in a dramatic chase. Cover by Chester Gould.
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The police custodian is in a racket with Spinner ReCord to smuggle safe boxes from the police vault. Spinner murders the custodian and gets rid of the body. However, a record implicating him is accidentally sold to the custodian's daughter and Spinner has to retrieve it. Everything falls through and after a chase, Spinner is caught and confesses. Tracy is cleared of the theft charges against him. Meanwhile, Junior has a new girl friend with questionable relatives.
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