"The 1950s just about came to a close in Volume Eighteen as Chester Gould introduces one character after another whose crimes start off as relatively petty, but who end up...
Presents a multi-volume edition of Chester Gould's timeless comic strip, and features long-time Dick Tracy characters such as Tess Truehart, Junior, and Chief Brandon.
"The 1950s just about came to a close in Volume Eighteen as Chester Gould introduces one character after another whose crimes start off as relatively petty, but who end up...
"The 1950s just about came to a close in Volume Eighteen as Chester Gould introduces one character after another whose crimes start off as relatively petty, but who end up...
"This volume introduces Mumbles--one of Dick Tracy's greatest villains--and sees Tracy form the Crime Stoppers Club, teaching young boys and girls crime detection techniques.
"The strips reprinted in this volume were produced in a time when racial caricatures played a larger role in society and popular culture. They are reprinted without alteration for historical reference"--T.p. verso.
"Dick Tracy introduced violence -- blunt, ironic, and retributional violence -- to the comics page. The quintissential Dick Tracy line about his crimefighting tactics? "I'm going to shoot first and...