How Dick Tracy and Dick Tracy, Jr. Caught the Racketeers

A 1934 one-shot from Cupples & Leon, this oversized comic collects Chester Gould’s early Dick Tracy newspaper strips into a single, self-contained adventure. It follows the square-jawed detective and his young partner as they pursue a gang of racketeers, showcasing Gould’s signature hard-boiled storytelling and stark, expressive art. As an early collection of the iconic strip, it offers a foundational glimpse into the gritty world that would define crime comics for decades.