Dick Tracy The Early Years (1987) comic books 1988-1990
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Issue #3
Published Apr 1988 by Blackthorne.This item is not in stock at MyComicShop. If you use the "Add to want list" tab to add this issue to your want list, we will email you when it becomes available.
Story, art and cover by Chester Gould. Blackthorne Publishing reprints the original comic-strip adventures of legendary tough cop Dick Tracy and his rogues gallery of freakish enemies. This issue includes strips from February 2 – May 2, 1932 (minus the week of March 21), presenting the first adventures of Dick Tracy. A scheme to swindle Tess Truehearts mother sets Tracy against Broadway Bates. Then, the search for a kidnapped boy leads Tracy to fugitive gangster Big Boy and an undercover mission on a cruise ship. (The week of March 21, in which Tracy is tortured by Broadway Bates, is omitted from this collection.) Squarebound, 72 pages, B&W. Cover price $6.95.
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Issue #4
Published 1988 by Blackthorne.$7.49
$6.00
Story, art and cover by Chester Gould. Blackthorne Publishing reprints the original comic-strip adventures of legendary tough cop Dick Tracy and his rogues gallery of freakish enemies. This issue includes strips from May 2 - August 31, 1932, presenting the first adventures of Dick Tracy. Tracys dangerous final showdown with Big Boy aboard the cruise ship; Then, Tracys pursuit of the forger Alec Penn involves the first of the strips famous death-traps, ending with Tracy fighting a bear, an unresolved cliffhanger (as this was the final issue). The only issue of the series that was not squarebound. 48 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.95.
