The Original Dick Tracy Comic Album#2
Cover: Chester Gould
The Original Dick Tracy Comic Album #2
“The Origin of the Two-Way Wrist Radio”
writer, artist, inker, letterer Chester Gould · cover Chester Gould
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writer, artist, inker, letterer Chester Gould
cover pencils, inks Chester Gould
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As the story opens, Diet Smith tells Tracy that he has killed a man. B. O. Plenty sees a burglar emerge from the basement of Diet Smith's house. He tells Tracy, who finds a strange watch dropped by the burglar. TRcy examines it closely in his lab and discovers that it is a two-way radio. With Smith's help, Tracy uses it as a communications tool for the police. Irma, thinking Smith cheated her son out of his invention, attempts to kill Smith as he takes a bath. Thinking she has succeeded, Irma shoots herself. Brilliant swears vengeance but changes his mind at the hospital.
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