Dick Tracy comic books issue 1

No Dust Jacket - 1st printing. By Chester Gould. A board member of a local mining enterprise has gone missing and Dick finds himself assisting the local sheriff, while on vacation with Junior and Tess. When the villainous fiend calling himself "The Night Crawler" kidnaps Junior and Tess, Dick Tracy redoubles his efforts, until he, too, it captured! With Tracy missing and the clock ticking, it falls to Pat Patton to solve the case on his own! Hardcover, 5 1/2-in. x 8-in., 254 pages, Text, with B&W illustrations.

1980. Created by Chester Gould. Written by Max Collins. Drawn by Rick Fletcher. 4" x 6.75", 126 pages, B&W. Cover price $1.50.

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Art by Chester Gould. Military postcard from a set issued in 1942. This one features Tracy and Pat. 3 1/2-in, x 5 1/2 -in. 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 8/23/37 to 11/14/37. 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. 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.

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 December 10th 1941 to February 26th 1942. Tracy's battles with B-B Eyes and his brother Jacques lead to one of the strip's most famous deathtraps, the caisson trap, followed by B-B's revenge plot against an injured Tracy. Softcover (Saddle-Stitched/Stapled-Horizontal Format), 11 1/2-in. x 8 1/2-in., 64 pages, B&W.

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 09/21/36 to 12/13/36. The bank-robbing team known as The Purple Cross Gang starts to splinter after Tracy accidentally captures one of them, stumbling on their telltale tongue tattoos, and another member decides to go straight. Now Tracy must find the rest of the gang before the power struggle erupts into violence. Softcover (Saddle-Stitched/Stapled-Horizontal Format), 11 1/2-in. x 8 1/2-in., 64 pages, B&W.

Story and Art by Chest Gould. Reprint of the classic Dick Tracy tale "The Racket Buster!" 8 1/2-in. x 11 1/2-in., 72 pages, B&W

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. Hardcover (Horizontal Format), 10-in. x 9 1/2-in., 286 pages, B&W.

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 03/08/1937 to 05/30/1937. Investigating the theft of high-dollar perfume, Tracy encounters Madeline Dell, Julie and Marge Denton, better known as The Perfume Gang, as well as crooked millionaire Johnny Mintworth. Softcover (Saddle-Stitched/Stapled-Horizontal Format), 11 1/2-in. x 8 1/2-in., 64 pages, B&W.

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  7/25/38 to 10/16/38. Train robber JoJo Nidle and his gang kill a Marshal and abduct Junior and his friend Brighton Spotts, leading to a deadly train chase involving two locomotives. 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 May 7th 1939 to September 26th 1939. Retired baseball star Edward Nuremoh woos and marries Tess Trueheart, who has grown tired of waiting for Tracy to pop the question. But it soon turns out that he's a murderous fortune-hunter, and Tess is in deadly danger. Softcover (Saddle-Stitched/Stapled-Horizontal Format), 11 1/2-in. x 8 1/2-in., 64 pages, B&W.

1st printing. Collects Dick Tracy Detective (1999) #1-4. A special publisher's archives edition collecting the four issues of the Dick Tracy detective mini-series. The book consists of all four issues beautifully bound in trade format with a mat cover finish. Softcover, 128 pages, B&W. Cover price $12.95.

Copy with dust jacket. Hard cover strip reprint. Reprints near complete "The Brow" story arc from June 12 to September 24, 1944. Cover price $1.00.

No dust jacket. Hard cover strip reprint. Reprints near complete "The Brow" story arc from June 12 to September 24, 1944. Cover price $1.00.

1st printing. Highlights from Dick Tracy's long and storied career, as chosen by comics historian and comics writer Jay Maeder. This 128-page trade paperback contains the Best of the Best sequences from the 1930s through the 1970s, and is a great introduction to the character for new readers and old ones alike. Featuring such villains as Doc Hump, The Blank, B-B Eyes, Flattop, The Brow, Shaky, Mumbles, T.V. Wiggles, Model, Rughead, and Flattop Jr.! Softcover, 9 1/2-in. x 11-in., 128 pages, B&W. Cover price $19.99.