Dick Tracy comic books issue 1

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A collected reprinting of original Dick Tracy comic strips. Monthly Dick Tracy Fan Club fanzine. 100 pages, B&W.

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A collected reprinting of original Dick Tracy comic strips. Monthly Dick Tracy Fan Club fanzine. 100 pages, B&W.

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A collected reprinting of original Dick Tracy comic strips. Monthly Dick Tracy Fan Club fanzine. 100 pages, B&W.

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A collected reprinting of original Dick Tracy comic strips. Monthly Dick Tracy Fan Club fanzine. 100 pages, B&W.

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A collected reprinting of original Dick Tracy comic strips. Monthly Dick Tracy Fan Club fanzine. 100 pages, B&W.

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A collected reprinting of original Dick Tracy comic strips. Monthly Dick Tracy Fan Club fanzine. 100 pages, B&W.

1st printing. By Mike Bonifer. For more than fifty years he's been the square-jawed hero of comics. Now he's the hero of the summer's most explosive motion picture: the action-packed multimillion-dollar blockbuster Dick Tracy! Go behind-the-scenes on the film with an all star cast that includes Warren Beatty as Dick Tracy, Madonna as Breathless Mahoney, Dustin Hoffman as Mumbles, and Al Pacino as Big Boy Caprice. Softcover, 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 112 pages, PC/PB&W. Cover price $9.95.

Bonanza Books (Chelsea) Edition - 1st printing. Story and art by Chester Gould. Edited by Herb Galewitz. Introduction by Ellery Queen. Featuring the best of Dick Tracy from 1931-1951! Hardcover, 9-in. x 12-in., 292 pages, PC/PB&W.

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1st printing. Story and art by Chester Gould. . Cover by John K Snyder III. Introducing Clover Press and The Library of American Comics new deluxe softcover slipcase series, collecting all of Chester Goulds Dick Tracy newspaper strip. Every volume collects a full year of newspaper strips, from January 1 through December 31. Each book is printed in an 11 x 8.5 landscape format softcover book that slides into a vertically oriented die-cut slipcase! Pruneface is sprung from the hospital and makes his last stand against Tracy in the dead of winter! The gangster Nifty has lost his baby boy, and it is Dick Tracy who finds him! Orchestra leader 88 Keyes is on the run after a body is found in his piano! Mrs. Pruneface is out for vengeance with her sights set on the yellow clad detective! Finally, a laughing murderer is selling forged narcotic prescriptions! Dick Tracy has never had his hands more full! Softcover, 11-in. x 8 1/2-in., 160 pages, full color. Cover price $29.99.

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Chester Gould struck a chord when his comic strip idea about the hard-nosed plain-clothes detective Dick Tracy started in the Chicago Tribune and the New York News. After 1931, he devoted his life to drawing the daily Dick Tracy comic. This volume reprints the daily and Sunday strips originally printed 03/12/1940 to 07/13/1940. 88 pages, B&W.

Volume 1 - 1st printing. "Prune Face!" By Chester Gould. Collects comic strips from 1942-1943. Tracy, Junior and Frizzletop take refuge in a barn and start on the trail leading to the Boche, a.k.a. Prune Face, mastermind of World War II saboteurs! Softcover, 4-in. x 7-in., 176 pages, B&W. Cover price $1.25.

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Dick Tracy Meets the Blank (reprint 1983). Black-and-white comic strip reprints from 1935 by Chester Gould. 76 Pages, 8.5-in. x 11-in., 10-cent cover price. Cover price $0.10.

1st printing. By James Van Hise. This comprehensive volume takes a look at the complete history of one of the greatest crime-fighters of all time - Dick Tracy. Includes photos, rare art, and a look at all things Tracy from his adaptations in comics, television, and the Big Screen. Softcover, 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 160 pages, B&W. Cover price $14.95.

Wellfleet Press Edition - 1st printing. Story and art by Chester Gould. Edited by Herb Galewitz. Introduction by Ellery Queen. Featuring the best of Dick Tracy from 1931-1951! Hardcover, 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 292 pages, PC/PB&W.

Black & white reprints of Dick Tracy comic strips by Chester Gould. B&W, 48 pages, standard paper stock. See also: Dick Tracy Adventures (1991). Cover price $3.95.

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1st printing. Edited by Bill Crouch, Jr. This comprehensive volume takes a look at the life and times of Chester Gould's greatest creation - Dick Tracy! Plus, learn the secrets behind the immortal sleuth's uncanny crime fighting tools - his two-way wrist radio, wrist TV, and wrist computer! Softcover, 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 256 pages, B&W. Cover price $14.95.

1st printing. By Chester Gould. "Dick Tracy and Dick Tracy Jr. and How They Captured 'Stooge' Viller!" Features classic Chester Gould storylines from 1933 as Tracy is framed and Junior comes to the rescue. Softcover, 6 1/2-in. x 8 1/2-in., 86 pages, B&W. Cover price $9.50.

1st printing. Collects Dick Tracy Forever (2019 IDW) #1-4.

Story and art by Michael Avon Oeming.

Join the iconic detective with the yellow fedora on this adventure that combines all the elements of his classic past with a modern twist!

Dick Tracy is Sisyphus, pushing the law boulder up the hill as he struggles for reason and order in a world with none. His attempts at law and order are met with crime and chaos in the form of unpredictable and absurd villains. But Dick Tracy will never give up trying, no matter the era of incarnation.

Join Eisner Award-winning creator Michael Avon Oeming (Powers, The Mice Templar) on a startling case through time and space!

Softcover, 104 pages, full color.

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Cover by Chester Gould. Stories and art by Chester Gould. Dick Tracy Meets the Blank. Dell's Large Feature Comic reprinted classic comic strips. This issue reprints Dick Tracy daily strips from Oct. 2, 1937 to Dec. 31, 1937. Ten years after the crimes of the Redrum Slot Machine Gang, the faceless killer known as The Blank sets out for revenge, forcing Tracy and Patton to risk their own lives to save five hardened criminals. But what happens to Junior if he gets in the way? 8 1/2-in. x 11 1/2-in, 72 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

Tempo Books Edition - Volume 1 - 1st printing. By Rick Fletcher and Max Collins. The number one crime-stopper, Dick Tracy, crosses paths with his arch nemesis Flattop's revenge seeking daughter, Angeltop. Includes a look at Tracy's notorious Rogues Gallery. Softcover, 4-in. x 7-in., 128 pages, B&W. Cover price $1.25.

Volume 1 - 1st printing. Stories, art and cover by Chester Gould. In the years before the Internet, Pacific Comics Club collects classic comic strips in a high-quality format for fans. Collects Dick Tracy daily strips from April 7th 1941 to June 29th 1941. Selbert Depool escapes from his mothers home and hides out, but Tracy is hot on his trail. He tries to hijack a parade float and meets a spectacular finish. Softcover (Saddle-Stitched/Stapled-Horizontal Format), 11 1/2-in. x 8 1/2-in., 64 pages, B&W.

Volume 1 - 1st printing. Written by by Max Allan Collins. Art by Chester Gould and Rick Fletcher. Collects Max Allan Collins's masterful, yet controversial 15-year run and includes the stories "Angel Top's Last Stand," "Return of Haf-and-Haf," and "Big Boy's Revenge." Softcover, 168 pages, B&W. Cover price $17.95.

1st Printing - The blockbuster movie Dick Tracy comes to life in this exciting storybook, illustrated with photos from the film. Follow crack detective Dick Tracy as he brings down notorious gangster Big Boy Caprice and other kings of crime. Softcover, 8" x 10.5", 64 pages, full color. Cover price $2.95.

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Reprint - The blockbuster movie Dick Tracy comes to life in this exciting storybook, illustrated with photos from the film. Follow crack detective Dick Tracy as he brings down notorious gangster Big Boy Caprice and other kings of crime. Softcover, 8" x 10.5", 64 pages, full color. Cover price $2.95.

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1st printing. By Jay Maeder. The life and times of America's number one crimestopper. Softcover, 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 218 pages, B&W. Cover price $16.95.

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1st printing. "Tommy Guns and Hard Times!" By Chester Gould. For the first time in over 45 years, the Great Depression-era adventures of America's first popular detective and super hero battling the forces of crime and evil in 15 stories collected from the early thirties. Softcover (Horizontal Format), 10-in. x 9 1/2-in., 286 pages, B&W. Cover price $9.95.

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1st printing. Written by William Crouch and Lawrence Doucet. Dick Tracy is an American comic strip featuring Dick Tracy, a tough and intelligent police detective created by Chester Gould. The strip made its debut on October 4, 1931 in the Detroit Mirror and ended in 1977. Softcover, 7-in. x 10-in., 162 pages, text (with B&W illustration) Cover price $12.95.

Dick Tracy Cross Country Race (1934 Whitman BLB) #NN, 2 1/2" x 3", Big Thrill chewing gum premium (6 diff)

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Stories, art and cover by Chester Gould. ACG Comics reprints the classic wedding saga from Chester Goulds cops-and-robbers comic strip, Dick Tracy. After 18 years, numerous brushes with death, and various bullets removed, Dick Tracy finally gets around to marrying his longtime love interest, Tess Trueheart. But first he must stop Mousey Rattner, a shoplifter who creates distractions by releasing mice in the stores she targets. These strips date from November to the end of December, 1949. 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.95.

Mexican series. Stories and art by Chester Gould. 36 pages, full color, 7.25" x 10.5", Spanish language.

Volume 1 - 1st printing. Stories, art and cover by Chester Gould. In the years before the Internet, Pacific Comics Club collects classic comic strips in a high-quality format for fans. Collects Dick Tracy daily strips from 01/09/1939 to 04/02/1939. Tracy's involvement with Mickey Gainer and his father Pop leads him into a trap set by Scardol, the gas-station robber, and a dangerous escape from a collapsing dam. Softcover (Saddle-Stitched/Stapled-Horizontal Format), 11 1/2-in. x 8 1/2-in., 64 pages, B&W.

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Volume 1 - 1st printing. Stories, art and cover by Chester Gould. In the years before the Internet, Pacific Comics Club collects classic comic strips in a high-quality format for fans. Collects Dick Tracy daily strips from 05/31/1937 to 08/22/1937. Tracking a perfume thief, Tracy meets millionaire playboy Johnny Mintworth, a spoiled rich kid with connections to underworld figures, such as the deadly Danny Supeena. Softcover (Saddle-Stitched/Stapled-Horizontal Format), 11 1/2-in. x 8 1/2-in., 64 pages, B&W.

No dustjacket. 1st printing. Story and art by Chester Gould. Hardcover, 5 1/2-in. x 8-in., 248 pages, Text, with B&W illustrations.

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1st printing. Story and art by Chester Gould. Hardcover, 5 1/2-in. x 8-in., 248 pages, Text, with B&W illustrations.

1933. 7" x 8.75", 90 pages, B&W.

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Episode 1 of 2 - 1st printing. "Big Boy Turns Up the Heat!"

Adapted by Ron Kidd and Greg Dobrin.

Can the super detective stop Big Boy's widening ring of crime? Tracy knows he must crack this case - before it cracks him! Criminals beware! The ultimate crime-stopper is back on the beat! Join Dick Tracy in a spine-tingling adventure.

Softcover (Saddle-Stitched/Stapled), 7-in. x 8-in., 28 pages, full color.

Volume 1 - 1st printing. Stories, art and cover by Chester Gould. In the years before the Internet, Pacific Comics Club collects classic comic strips in a high-quality format for fans. Collects Dick Tracy daily strips from October 21st 1940 to January 12th 1941. Junior Tracy gets a chance at his own case when Deafy Sweetfellow targets Junior's school for his stolen-bicycle ring. But when Junior exposes the plot, he needs help that only Dick Tracy can provide. Softcover (Saddle-Stitched/Stapled-Horizontal Format), 11 1/2-in. x 8 1/2-in., 64 pages, B&W.

Dick Tracy in "Saved in the Nick of Time" is story #1 of what was supposed to be a series of 30 Buck Jones Adventures sold only with Big Thrill Chewing Gum as an insert. However, we believe only 6 stories were actually printed. 8 pages with 3 pages in color and 5 in black and white, 2-7/8-in. x 2-3/8-in. Copyrighted in 1934 by Chester Gould and The Goudy Gum Co., Boston. (See also Buck Jones, Buck Rogers and Tailspin Tommy.)

Volume 1 - 1st printing. Stories, art and cover by Chester Gould. In the years before the Internet, Pacific Comics Club collects classic comic strips in a high-quality format for fans. Collects Dick Tracy daily strips from  10/17/38 to 1/8/39. The hunt for enemy agents Karpse and Halone leaves Tracy temporarily blinded after exposure to a chemical agent, but the flight from justice turns out to be even more dangerous for Karpse and Halone. Softcover (Saddle-Stitched/Stapled-Horizontal Format), 11 1/2-in. x 8 1/2-in., 64 pages, B&W. Cover price $9.50.

1st printing. Story and art by Chester Gould. Cover by John K Snyder III. Introducing Clover Press and The Library of American Comics new deluxe softcover slipcase series, collecting all of Chester Gould's Dick Tracy newspaper strip. Every volume collects a full year of newspaper strips, from January 1 through December 31. Each book is printed in an 11 x 8.5 landscape format softcover book that slides into a vertically oriented die-cut slipcase! The villainous Flattop has kidnapped Dick Tracy and the whole Police department is out looking for him! Then, a pair of pickpocketing sisters pick the wrong pocket and get mixed up with criminal gangster known as The Brow. Finally, Tracy rescues a bride who jumps in front of his vehicle only to find that she is wrapped up in a wedding con run by the world's most nervous gangster—Shaky! Dick Tracy's job on the force has never been wilder! Softcover, 11-in. x 8 1/2-in., 160 pages, full color. Cover price $29.99.

1st printing. Story and art by Chester Gould. Cover by John K Snyder III. Introducing Clover Press and The Library of American Comics new deluxe softcover slipcase series, collecting all of Chester Goulds Dick Tracy newspaper strip. Every volume collects a full year of newspaper strips, from January 1 through December 31. Each book is printed in an 11 x 8.5 landscape format softcover book that slides into a vertically oriented die-cut slipcase! Dick Tracy brushes shoulders with the man with the face wig—The Brush! Tracy has his hands full with a revolt of trained chimps! Meanwhile, the Brush goes undercover to transport millions of dollars in laundered money! Dick Tracy joins the space race when Diet Smith returns with the case that takes them to the stars above! Another full year of thrilling stories like only Chester Gould can deliver! This volume features a brand new cover by Cat Staggs! Softcover, 11-in. x 8 1/2-in., 160 pages, full color. Cover price $29.99.

1st printing. Story and art by Chester Gould. In the early 1930s, Chester Gould dramatically altered the comics landscape with a new style of gritty realism torn from Chicago's headlines. With this new kind of storytelling came a new way of coloring comics, a style as bold and vibrant as the stories themselves. This selection of Dick Tracy Sunday comics from 1931 to 1939 features Gould's most infamous villains of the decade; four complete stories plus forty more fabulous Sunday pages, reprinted for the first time in the original colors, and in full tabloid size. Experience the adventures of the world's most famous comic strip detective just as they appeared more than three-quarters of a century ago. Hardcover, 11-in. x 15-in., 168 pages, full color. Cover price $75.00.

Special Edition - 1st printing. Collects Dick Tracy: Crimebuster (1999) #1-8. A special limited publisher's archive collection featuring the full run of Dick Tracy Crimebuster! As an added bonus, Crimebuster #1 will also be added to the collection! All issues are beautifully bound with a matte finish cover in trade paperback format. A guaranteed collector's item from ACG! Softcover, 298 pages, B&W. NOTE: Limited to 200 copies. Cover price $19.95.

1st printing. Collects Dick Tracy: Dead or Alive (2018 IDW) #1-4.

Written by Lee Allred and Michael Allred. Art by Rich Tommaso. Cover by Michael Allred.

Yellow trenchcoat? Check. Square jaw? Check. 2-Way Wrist Radio? Check!

The All-American detective just made the biggest collar of his career, and it only cost him his job! But now the honest cop has packed his bags for "the city by the lake," and its criminals better watch out. It's bizarre villains, crooked cops, and gunfights galore! Reimagined for the 21st century through a retro lens Dick Tracy: Dead or Alive is a lock to be the pop-art event of the year!

Witness the rebirth of one the most iconic comic-strip heroes of all time!

Softcover, 104 pages, full color.

NOTE: "All the hard-boiled fun of the original strips but with a modern comic sheen." - Newsarama.com

Cover price $15.99.

Volume 1 - 1st printing. Stories, art and cover by Chester Gould. In the years before the Internet, Pacific Comics Club collects classic comic strips in a high-quality format for fans. Collects Dick Tracy daily strips from  12/20/39 to 3/10/40: Death of a Hood and The Kroywen Serum. Tracy's old foe Stooge Viller reunites with his young daughter, but his crooked ways put them both in jeopardy; the strange case of the Baby in the Suitcase.   Softcover (Saddle-Stitched/Stapled-Horizontal Format), 11 1/2-in. x 8 1/2-in., 64 pages, B&W. Cover price $9.50.

Volume 1 - 1st printing. Stories, art and cover by Chester Gould. In the years before the Internet, Pacific Comics Club collects classic comic strips in a high-quality format for fans. Collects Dick Tracy daily strips from  9/23/41 to 12/9/41: Duke's Deceptions and Mole's Greed. Tracy meets the Mole, who runs an underground hideout for fugitive criminals. The pickpocket who calls himself Duke turns out to be more dangerous than he looks...but he's no match for the Mole.  This is the only issue of the series that presents the Sunday strips in color. Softcover (Saddle-Stitched/Stapled-Horizontal Format), 11 1/2-in. x 8 1/2-in., 64 pages, PC/PB&W. Cover price $9.50.

Volume 1 - 1st printing. Stories, art and cover by Chester Gould. In the years before the Internet, Pacific Comics Club collects classic comic strips in a high-quality format for fans. Collects Dick Tracy daily strips from  9/27/39 to 12/19/39: The Fur King and Out of the Past. A minor traffic stop puts Tracy on the trail of stolen-fur impresario Nat Natnus, aka The Fur King, which in turn leads him to the far more dangerous Stooge Viller and Professor Emirc. Softcover (Saddle-Stitched/Stapled-Horizontal Format), 11 1/2-in. x 8 1/2-in., 64 pages, B&W. Cover price $9.50.

Volume 1 – 1st printing. 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 reprints the strips from January 1 - June 9, 1946, featuring the "Miss Irma" and "Nilon Hoze" story arcs. Diet Smith, the inventor of the two-way wrist radio, is targeted by colleague Miss Irma and her son, Brilliant, in a deadly scheme of revenge. Then, B.O. Plenty gets mixed up in a bizarre kidnapping-and-marriage scheme by the murderous Nilon Hoze. Hardcover, 72 pages, B&W. Cover price $14.95. Cover price $14.95.

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Dick Tracy in Hot Water (1990) is a Golden Look-Look Book illustrated by Fred Carrillo & Diana Wakeman, story adapted by Jim Razzi, and published by Western Publishing Company. This is an episode from the Walt Disney's Dick Tracy motion picture starring Warren Beatty. In this episode Detective Tracy finds himself in the clutches of the vile Big Boy Caprice, the toughest gangster in town. How will Dick Tracy escape before the furnace blows? Exciting "cops and robbers" adventure as only Dick Tracy can bring you. 24 pages, slick cover, full color, 8-in. x 8-in.

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Punch-Out Book allows you to create objects right out of the Dick Tracy comic strip. Includes 2-way wrist radios, handcuffs, detective's revolver, and more. 7.5" x 13", 12 pages, full color. Cover price $0.29.