Super Comics #90

A striking November 1945 Dell anthology, this issue puts Dick Tracy front and center on the cover — the square-jawed detective in his signature green hat snapping handcuffs on a suspect against an industrial backdrop. The green sidebar previews the full roster of featured strips: Dick Tracy, Smitty, Orphan Annie, Tiny Tim, Moon Mullins, and Harold Teen, making this a satisfying sampler of some of the era's most beloved newspaper comic characters. Chester Gould's clean, confident linework on the cover captures that hard-boiled tension that made Tracy such a compelling presence on the newsstands.