(1990)

St. Martin's Press, 1990 Series
Published in English (United States) United States
 
Price
15.95 USD
Pages
294
On-sale Date
1990
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Brand
St. Martin's Press
ISBN
0-312-04462-3 Search at WorldCat
Barcode
9780312044626 51595
Editing
Stuart Moore (credited) (editor); Glen M. Edelstein (book design)
Color
Color cover; Black and White interior
Binding
Squarebound

Issue Notes

Subtitled "Favorite Adventures, 1931-1990" it is a reprinting of some of Dick Tracy's cases over the years. Each story has an introduction. The stories are selected by Max Allan Collins and Dick Locher who did the later Tracy strips.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Dick Tracy / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Chester Gould
Inks
Chester Gould
Colors
?
Letters
?; typeset

Genre
detective-mystery
Characters
Dick Tracy

Contents (Table of Contents: 1)

table of contents / 1 page (report information)

Letters
typeset

Introduction (Table of Contents: 2)

foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Dick Locher (credited)
Letters
typeset

Keywords
police

Indexer Notes

Text piece

The Hotel Murders (Table of Contents: 3)

Dick Tracy / comic story / 16 pages (report information)

Script
Chester Gould
Pencils
Chester Gould
Inks
Chester Gould
Letters
?

Genre
detective-mystery
Characters
Dick Tracy; Lips Manlus; Pat Patton; Junior Tracy
Synopsis
An underworld figure is shot and killed -- without a bullet!
Reprints
  • from Dick Tracy daily (Chicago Tribune) 1936-03-09 - 1936-04-27
Keywords
police

The Brow (Table of Contents: 4)

Dick Tracy / comic story / 38 pages (report information)

Script
Chester Gould
Pencils
Chester Gould
Inks
Chester Gould
Letters
?

Genre
detective-mystery
Characters
Dick Tracy; The Brow; Vitamin Flintheart; Pat Patton; Tess Trueheart; Gravel Gertie
Synopsis
Tracy vs. the Axis Spy, The Brow.
Reprints
  • from Dick Tracy daily (Chicago Tribune) 1944-05-22 - 1944-09-26
Keywords
police

Indexer Notes

Introduction of Gravel Gertie.

Crewy Lou (Table of Contents: 5)

Dick Tracy / comic story / 49 pages (report information)

Script
Chester Gould
Pencils
Chester Gould
Inks
Chester Gould
Letters
?

Genre
detective-mystery
Characters
Dick Tracy; Tess Trueheart; Bonny Braids Tracy; Crewy Lou; Junior Tracy; Sparkle Plenty; Pat Patton; Sam Catchem; Diet Smith
Synopsis
Tracy's newborn baby is kidnapped.
Reprints
  • from Dick Tracy daily (Chicago Tribune) 1951-05-22 - 1951-11-04
Keywords
police

Model (Table of Contents: 6)

Dick Tracy / comic story / 20 pages (report information)

Script
Chester Gould
Pencils
Chester Gould
Inks
Chester Gould
Letters
?

Genre
detective-mystery
Characters
Dick Tracy; Tess Trueheart; Junior Tracy
Synopsis
Junior's girlfriend is mixed up in trouble.
Reprints
  • from Dick Tracy daily (Chicago Tribune) 1952-01-23 - 1952-03-27
Keywords
police

Spots (Table of Contents: 7)

Dick Tracy / comic story / 36 pages (report information)

Script
Chester Gould
Pencils
Chester Gould
Inks
Chester Gould
Letters
?

Genre
detective-mystery
Characters
Dick Tracy; Spots
Synopsis
Tracy fights "Spots".
Reprints
  • from Dick Tracy daily (Chicago Tribune) 1960-08-03 - 1960-11-30
Keywords
police

Big Boy's Open Contract (Table of Contents: 8)

Dick Tracy / comic story / 59 pages (report information)

Script
Max Allan Collins
Pencils
Rick Fletcher
Inks
Rick Fletcher
Letters
?

Genre
detective-mystery
Characters
Dick Tracy; Junior Tracy; Big Boy; Sparkle Plenty; Gravel Gertie; B.O. Plenty; Sam Catchem; Pat Patton; Moon Maid; Diet Smith; Tess Trueheart; Vitamin Flintheart; Honey Tracy
Synopsis
Big Boy puts a contract out on Tracy.
Reprints
  • from Dick Tracy daily (Chicago Tribune) 1978-06-12 - 1978-12-30
Keywords
police

Indexer Notes

This story features the death of Junior's wife Moon Maid.

The Man of a Million Faces (Table of Contents: 9)

Dick Tracy / comic story / 50 pages (report information)

Script
Max Allan Collins
Pencils
Dick Locher
Inks
Dick Locher
Letters
?

Genre
detective-mystery
Characters
Dick Tracy; San Catchem; Vitamin Flintheart; Diet Smith; Putty Puss
Synopsis
Tracy catches and defeats Putty Puss, who can mold his face into anyone else's features.
Reprints
  • from Dick Tracy daily (Chicago Tribune) 1987-10-05 - 1988-04-10
Keywords
police
Editing
Related Scans
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Dick Tracy
  2. 1. Contents
  3. 2. Introduction
  4. 3. The Hotel Murders
    Dick Tracy
  5. 4. The Brow
    Dick Tracy
  6. 5. Crewy Lou
    Dick Tracy
  7. 6. Model
    Dick Tracy
  8. 7. Spots
    Dick Tracy
  9. 8. Big Boy's Open Contract
    Dick Tracy
  10. 9. The Man of a Million Faces
    Dick Tracy
This issue was modified by
  • Ray Bottorff Jr
  • Michael Hoskin
  • Kirk House
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Ramon Schenk