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Box Set 1 - 1st printing. Includes Volume 1 and 2 (1951-1954). Story and art by Hank Ketcham. A swell custom-designed case containing the first two volumes of Hank Ketcham's Complete Dennis the Menace with strips from the years 1951 through 1954. (Sorry, case is not peanut butter or root beer resistant). Hardcover (Slipcase), 5 1/2-in. x 6 1/2-in., B&W. Cover price $39.95.

Box Set 2 - 1st printing. Includes Volume 3 and 4 (1955-1958). Story and art by Hank Ketcham. A swell custom-designed case containing the third and fourth volumes of Hank Ketcham's The Complete Dennis the Menace with strips from the years 1955 through 1958. (Sorry, case is not peanut butter or root beer resistant). Hardcover (Slipcase), 5 1/2-in. x 6 1/2-in., B&W. Cover price $39.95.

Box Set 3 - 1st printing. Includes Volume 5 and 6 (1959-1962). Story and art by Hank Ketcham. A swell custom-designed case containing the third and fourth volumes of Hank Ketcham's The Complete Dennis the Menace with strips from the years 1959 through 1962. (Sorry, case is not peanut butter or root beer resistant). Hardcover (Slipcase), 5 1/2-in. x 6 1/2-in., B&W. Cover price $39.95.

Volume 1 - 1st printing. "1951-1952!" Story and art by Hank Ketcham. Ketcham's Complete Dennis the Menace publishes every single panel strip in handsome and thick hardcover volumes resembling a Big Little Book on steroids. The reason for Dennis' success is easy to figure out: It was one of the most brilliantly observed and empathetic comic strips about childhood ever drawn. Ketcham captured the mischievousness, rambunctiousness, and anarchy of a kid's world better than any other cartoonist. Hardcover, 5 1/2-in. x 6 1/2-in., 586 pages, B&W. Cover price $24.95.

Volume 2 - 1st printing. "1953 -1954!" Story and art by Hank Ketcham. This second volume of Hank Ketcham's Complete Dennis the Menace publishes every single panel strip from 1953 and 1954 in one handsome and thick little hardcover volume resembling a Big Little Book on steroids. Dennis is relatively unusual among long-lived strips in that after its first couple of years, it achieved its definitive look. And although Ketcham had not yet added any of Dennis's friends (such as Margaret and Joey), an elderly neighboring couple begins to appear now and again. Poor George and Martha Wilson, little do they realize what's in store for them! Introductory essay by R.C. Harvey. Hardcover, 5 1/2-in. x 6 1/2-in., 586 pages, B&W. Cover price $24.95.

Volume 3 - 1st printing. "1955 -1956!" Story and art by Hank Ketcham. Hank Ketcham's Complete Dennis the Menace is one of the most successful books in the company's history, greeted by reviews with praise similar to that garnered by The Complete Peanuts. This third volume publishes every single panel strip from 1955 and 1956 in one handsome and thick hardcover volume. Ketcham's legendary pen and ink work achieves its full flowering in this volume, as do the various situations and themes that Ketcham would return to: the first "split screen" (two-panel strip) that Ketcham would occasionally use; Dennis actually flirts with a girl; he rats Dad out to Mom; exacerbates confrontations between Dad and the police; and stymies hapless baby-sitters. Oh, and Mr. Wilson finally comes front-and-center as Dennis' #1 victim! Hardcover, 5 1/2-in. x 6 1/2-in., 644 pages, B&W. Cover price $24.95.

Volume 4 - 1st printing. "1957 -1958!" Story and art by Hank Ketcham. No one captured the mischievousness, rambunctiousness, and anarchy of a kid's world better than cartoonist Hank Ketcham with Dennis the Menace. The strip appeals to both parents and children - while parents shake their head ruefully at how accurately Ketcham caught the essence of children's natural zest for mayhem, children identify with Dennis and the chaos that he leaves in his wake. Ketcham's gags are funny, subtle and touching, and executed with a vivacious exquisite line. Ketcham's legendary pen and ink work achieves its full flowering in this volume, as do the various situations and themes that Ketcham would return to again and again. This fourth volume of Hank Ketcham's The Complete Dennis the Menace publishes every single panel strip from 1957 and 1958 in one handsome and thick hardcover volume. Hardcover, 5 1/2-in. x 6 1/2-in., 644 pages, B&W. Cover price $24.95.

Volume 5 - 1st printing. "1959-1960!" Story and art by Hank Ketcham. We finish the 1950s and surge into the 1960s! At this point Ketchman's graphic design sense, prwtty much flawless to begin with, has attained a degree of virtuosity unparalleled in comic strip history. Each page is a master class in drawing, design, and (even within a single panel) storytelling... and of course the rambunctious mischievousness of Dennis (and the long-suffering patience of his parents, Margaret, the Wilsons, and assorted other victims) never ceases to charm, delight, and amuse. Hardcover, 5 1/2-in. x 6 1/2-in., 672 pages, B&W. Cover price $24.95.

Volume 6 - 1st printing. "1961-1962!" Story and art by Hank Ketcham. Dennis vaults into the 1960s with his anarchic spirit still intact. As always, this book is a series of unrelated panel gags (with the exception of one week-long story involving Dennis' mild-mannered Grandpa), but what gags! Ack! Cough! cough! Hank Ketcham is legendary for being one of the most exquisitely skilled cartoonists of all time, and each and every panel is a small masterpiece of design and draftsmanship. This volume of The Menace features Dennis' long-suffering parents, the Wilsons, his dog Ruff, his best pal Joey, his nemesis Margaret, and a seemingly endless parade of babysitters, as well as hapless shopowners, policemen and teachers, and family friends, all of whom come to realize that it's Dennis' world... they just live in it! Hardcover, 5 1/2-in. x 6 1/2-in., 672 pages, B&W. Cover price $24.95.

Volume 1 - 1st printing. "1951-1952!"

Story and art by Hank Ketcham.

Ketcham's Complete Dennis the Menace publishes every single panel strip in handsome and thick hardcover volumes resembling a Big Little Book on steroids. The reason for Dennis' success is easy to figure out: It was one of the most brilliantly observed and empathetic comic strips about childhood ever drawn. Ketcham captured the mischievousness, rambunctiousness, and anarchy of a kid's world better than any other cartoonist.

Softcover, 5 1/2-in. x 6-in., 586 pages, B&W.

Cover price $18.95.

Volume 1 - 1st printing. "1931-1933!" Presenting a deluxe hardcover collection of Chester Gould's timeless comic strip, Dick Tracy. The first volume of this multi-year project will include the five sample strips that Gould used to sell his groundbreaking strip, as well as nearly 500 comic strips, encompassing the series' beginning, from October 1931-May 1933. Among these strips are the first appearance of many long-time Dick Tracy characters, such as Tess Trueheart, Junior, and Chief Brandon. This special first volume features an overview and introduction from Consulting Editor and longtime Tracy writer Max Allan Collins, as well as an interview between Collins and creator Chester Gould. Each volume will feature book design from award-winning designer/artist Ashley Wood. Hardcover, 10-in. x 7 1/2-in., PC/PB&W. Cover price $29.99.

Volume 1 - 2nd and later printings. "1931-1933!" Presenting a deluxe hardcover collection of Chester Gould's timeless comic strip, Dick Tracy. The first volume of this multi-year project will include the five sample strips that Gould used to sell his groundbreaking strip, as well as nearly 500 comic strips, encompassing the series' beginning, from October 1931-May 1933. Among these strips are the first appearance of many long-time Dick Tracy characters, such as Tess Trueheart, Junior, and Chief Brandon. This special first volume features an overview and introduction from Consulting Editor and longtime Tracy writer Max Allan Collins, as well as an interview between Collins and creator Chester Gould. Each volume will feature book design from award-winning designer/artist Ashley Wood. Hardcover, 10-in. x 7 1/2-in., PC/PB&W. Cover price $29.99.

Add to cart Near Mint $41.00

Add to cart Near Mint $41.00

Volume 1 - 1st printing. "1931-1933!" Clover Press and The Library of American Comics prove that size does matter as we fulfill fans' long-standing requests to produce new editions of the first six volumes of Chester Gould's The Complete Dick Tracy. This is no simple reprinting - these volumes have been reformatted to be the same larger size as Volumes 7 through 29. In this premiere offering, we return again to those hardscrabble days of 1931, when tragedy in the Trueheart family puts young Dick Tracy on the police force and pits him against mobster "Big Boy," Larceny Lu, the counterfeiter Alec Penn, the nefarious "Stooge" Viller, and Steve the Tramp! As an added bonus, the first thirty-four Tracy Sunday pages, with stories separate from the daily continuity, have been rescanned to make them sharper and cleaner than their original reprinting. There's never been a better time than now to get reacquainted with Chester Gould's crime-busting plainclothesman, with the publication of the new bigger edition of The Complete Dick Tracy Volume 1! Hardcover, 11-in. x 8 1/2-in., 280 pages, PC/PB&W. Cover price $59.95.

Volume 2 - 1st printing. "1933-1935!" Presenting the second volume of IDW Publishing's deluxe hardcover collection of Chester Gould's timeless comic strip, Dick Tracy. Volume Two once again contains nearly 500 comic strips from the series' early years, this time covering material that originally ran from May 1933 through January 1935. This special volume features an introduction from Consulting Editor and longtime Tracy writer Max Allan Collins, as well as part two of the interview between Collins and creator Chester Gould. Each volume will feature book design from award-winning designer/artist Ashley Wood. Hardcover, 10-in. x 7 1/2-in., PC/PB&W. Cover price $29.99.

Volume 2 - 2nd and later printings. "1933-1935!" Presenting the second volume of IDW Publishing's deluxe hardcover collection of Chester Gould's timeless comic strip, Dick Tracy. Volume Two once again contains nearly 500 comic strips from the series' early years, this time covering material that originally ran from May 1933 through January 1935. This special volume features an introduction from Consulting Editor and longtime Tracy writer Max Allan Collins, as well as part two of the interview between Collins and creator Chester Gould. Each volume will feature book design from award-winning designer/artist Ashley Wood. Hardcover, 10-in. x 7 1/2-in., PC/PB&W. Cover price $29.99.

Add to cart Near Mint $37.00

Add to cart Very Fine $32.00

Volume 2 - 1st printing. "1933-1935!" It's all about family in the Complete Dick Tracy Volume 2, as Clover Press and The Library of American Comics bring this early entry into the series' standardized format. That means larger pages in a book that looks great on the shelf with its companions. Between the covers, the spotlight's on Junior Tracy as he and his biological father cross paths with the notorious "Stooge" Viller and his sister, Maxine. Then "Big Boy" leaves Junior hospitalized before "Confidence" Dolan locks the boy in the can. Dick Tracy's subsequent encounter with secret operative J. Scotland Bumpsted puts the evil Larceny Lu on the run to California. There she meets Junior's long-lost mother, who gives Junior a Scotty pup named Oscar and Tracy a way to bring villainous Boris Arson to justice. Chester Gould's high-octane stories set pulses raising and hearts beating faster in the reformatted, super-sized, all-action The Complete Dick Tracy Volume 2! Hardcover, 11-in. x 8 1/2-in., 280 pages, PC/PB&W. Cover price $59.99.

Volume 3 - 1st printing. "1935-1936!" Presenting the third volume of IDW Publishing's deluxe hardcover collection of Chester Gould's timeless comic strip, Dick Tracy. Volume Three once again contains over 500 comic strips from the series' early years, this time covering material that originally ran from January 1935 through June 1936. This special volume features an introduction from Consulting Editor and longtime Tracy writer Max Allan Collins. Each volume features book design from award-winning designer/artist Ashley Wood. Hardcover, 10-in. x 7 1/2-in., PC/PB&W. Cover price $29.99.

Volume 3 - 2nd and Later Printings. "1935-1936!" Presenting the third volume of IDW Publishing's deluxe hardcover collection of Chester Gould's timeless comic strip, Dick Tracy. Volume Three once again contains over 500 comic strips from the series' early years, this time covering material that originally ran from January 1935 through June 1936. This special volume features an introduction from Consulting Editor and longtime Tracy writer Max Allan Collins. Each volume features book design from award-winning designer/artist Ashley Wood. Hardcover, 10-in. x 7 1/2-in., PC/PB&W. Cover price $29.99.

Add to cart Near Mint $49.95

11-in. x 8 1/2-in. Edition

Volume 3 - 1st printing. "1935-1936!" PLawless days like the mid-1930s needed the toughest policemen to dispense justice—men like Dick Tracy! In Volume 3 of his long-running series, the bold detective tangles with Zora Arson, her escaped-con brother, Boris, and the evil Cutie—who gets cute by springing a death trap involving two famished bobcats! Clover Press and The Library of American Comics are re-presenting Chester Goulds earliest Dick Tracy stories in the larger format used throughout most books in the series, so Tracys battles against gangsters look bigger and better than ever. The action hits closer to home when the Tracy familys acquaintance, Toby Townley, learns that justice is blind after the small grift she runs makes her realize that prison stripes are the new black. Then Dick Tracy tries an experiment in reform, transforming hardened criminal Lips Manlis into straight-arrow Bob Honor – but is it true theres no Honor among thieves? This new edition of Dick Tracy Volume 3 puts Chester Goulds great stories into a great package! Hardcover, 11-in. x 8 1/2-in., 256 pages, PC/PB&W. Cover price $59.99.

Volume 4 - 1st printing. "1936-1938!" Story and art by Chester Gould. Presenting the fourth volume of IDW Publishing's deluxe hardcover collection of Chester Gould's timeless comic strip, Dick Tracy. This volume contains over 500 comic strips from the series' early years, covering material that ran from July 1936 through January 1938. This special volume features a new introduction by consulting editor Max Allan Collins, as well as a look at Republic Pictures' first Tracy film from 1937, and its relationship to (and departures from) the source material, written by Mike Price. Hardcover, 10-in. x 7 1/2-in., PC/PB&W. Cover price $29.99.

Add to cart Near Mint $49.95

11-in. x 8 1/2-in. Edition

Volume 4 - 1st printing. "1936-1938!" Story and art by Chester Gould. Faceless foes bookend the stories in Dick Tracy Volume 4, the latest entry in the Clover Press/Library of American Comics reissue of the original six Dick Tracy volumes in the larger format that became the series standard. The intrepid detective and his friends tackle invisible enemies when they square off against the notorious Purple Cross Gang and their masked leader. Later, Tracy and Pat Patton come to grips – and blows! – with The Blank, whose look predates The Question, whose name predates The Shining, and whose unmasked face harkens back to Lon Chaney as Quasimodo! Sandwiched between those two tales, Tracy is caught in a web of intrigue along with three amoral young girls, millionaire wastrel Johnny Mintworth and his mother, plus the powerful mobs fronted by Collie Vinsso and Danny Supeena. Chester Gould puts menace in every shadow and death around every corner in Dick Tracy Volume 4! Hardcover, 11-in. x 8 1/2-in. , PC/PB&W. Cover price $59.99.

Volume 5 - 1st printing. "1938-1939!"

Story and art by Chester Gould. Cover by Ashley Wood.

Presenting the fifth volume of IDW Publishing's deluxe hardcover collection of Chester Gould's timeless comic strip, Dick Tracy.

Volume Five once again contains over 500 comic strips from the series' early years, this time covering material that originally ran from January 1938 through July 1939. Included in this collection are Tracy story arcs such as "Chief Shellberry," Karpse," "Scardol," and "Whip Chute," introducing such villains as "Nails," Jojo Nidle, and Johnny Ramm.

As always, this latest Tracy collection features cover and book design by the renowned Ashley Wood, an introduction by Associate Editor and former Tracy newspaper strip writer Max Allan Collins, and the first of a multi-part feature on Tracy merchandise by J.C. Vaughn.

Hardcover, 10-in. x 7 1/2-in., PC/PB&W.

Cover price $29.99.

Volume 5 - 2nd and later printings. "1938-1939!"

Story and art by Chester Gould. Cover by Ashley Wood.

Presenting the fifth volume of IDW Publishing's deluxe hardcover collection of Chester Gould's timeless comic strip, Dick Tracy.

Volume Five once again contains over 500 comic strips from the series' early years, this time covering material that originally ran from January 1938 through July 1939. Included in this collection are Tracy story arcs such as "Chief Shellberry," Karpse," "Scardol," and "Whip Chute," introducing such villains as "Nails," Jojo Nidle, and Johnny Ramm.

As always, this latest Tracy collection features cover and book design by the renowned Ashley Wood, an introduction by Associate Editor and former Tracy newspaper strip writer Max Allan Collins, and the first of a multi-part feature on Tracy merchandise by J.C. Vaughn.

Hardcover, 10-in. x 7 1/2-in., PC/PB&W.

Cover price $29.99.

Add to cart Near Mint $34.00

Add to cart Near Mint $34.00

Volume 5 - 1st printing. "1938-1939!" Story and art by Chester Gould. Cover by Ashley Wood. Dick Tracy Volume 5 kicks off with a human trafficking story that could be torn from todays headlines, as the dauntless detective encounters a captive woman who bears a striking resemblance to real life sex symbol Dorothy Lamour! That woman, Noana, is just one of the lively characters Chester Gould introduces as Clover Press and The Library of American Comics continue to re-release the original six Dick Tracy volumes in the larger size that will allow the entire series to exist in one uniform format. In these exciting tales, Tracy goes undercover to bring down the elusive mobster Ramm; joins forces with Junior and bumbling newcomer Brighton Spotts to foil the plans of wanted man Jojo Nidle; and pays a heavy price as he teams with G-Man Jim Trailer to thwart the schemes of an international criminal named Karpse and his icy sweetheart, Marro—but what does it take to stop the criminal rampage of that deformed gunsel, Scardol? Savor the larger-size, non-stop action in Dick Tracy Volume 5 to find Hardcover, 11-in. x 8 1/2-in., PC/PB&W. Cover price $59.99.

Volume 6 - 1st printing. "1939-1941!" Story and art by Chester Gould. Cover by Ashley Wood. Presenting the sixth volume of IDW Publishing's deluxe hardcover collection of Chester Gould's timeless comic strip, Dick Tracy! Volume Six contains over 500 comic strips from the series' early years, this time covering material that originally ran from July 1939 through January 1941. This volume includes an introduction by Max Allan Collins and other historical material. Hardcover, 10-in. x 7 1/2-in., PC/PB&W. Cover price $29.99.

Add to cart Near Mint $38.00

Add to cart Near Mint $41.95

Volume 6 - 1st printing. "1939-1941!" Story and art by Chester Gould. The 1930s give way to the 40s and Chester Gould makes things personal in this sixth volume of the Dick Tracy series. First comes a story of broken hearts and wilted flowers, as Tess Trueheart jilts her detective boyfriend for an ex-ballplayer who schemes to inherit millions, and hell kill anyone who gets in his way – including Tess! An encounter with small-time dognapper puts Tracy on the trail of a gang of fur thieves, and then hardened criminal Stooge Viller softens up, thanks to his young daughter, but not before he drops Dick Tracy into a dastardly death trap! The detective, meanwhile, crosses paths with an abandoned infant and an amnesiac chanteuse and sees that crime is for couples when the diminutive Jerome and his hulking bride, Mamma, sew death and destruction from city streets to the western plains, while the suave mastermind Krome decides to part ways with his traitorous girlfriend by permanently parting her hair! This book paves the way for the debut of The Mole and the Great Grotesque Villains who follow and completes the Clover Press and Library of American Comics transformation of the first six volumes of the Dick Tracy series into the larger-sized, standard format of the series. Hardcover, 11-in. x 8 1/2-in., 264 pages, PC/PB&W. Cover price $59.99.

Volume 7 - 1st printing. "1941-1942!" Story and art by Chester Gould. Volume Seven contains over 500 Dick Tracy comic strips from the series' early years, this time covering material that originally ran from January 1941 through June 1942. This volume also includes an introduction by Max Allan Collins, as well as the third historical feature from J.C. Vaughn looking at the evolution of Tracy merchandise. Hardcover, 11-in. x 8 1/2-in., 288 pages, PC/PB&W. Cover price $39.99.

Volume 8 - 1st printing. "1942-1944!" Story and art by Chester Gould. Chester Gould hits his stride, as he introduces four of his most grotesque villains: Pruneface, Laffy, Mrs. Pruneface, and Flattop! All while Dick Tracy is subjected to one of the most inventive and bizarre death traps in comics history. Edited and designed by Dean Mullaney, Eisner Award-winner for TERRY AND THE PIRATES, and containing all daily and Sunday comic strips from September, 1942 through March, 1944. Hardcover, 11-in. x 8 1/2-in., 344 pages, PC/PB&W. Cover price $39.99.

Volume 8 - 2nd and later printings. "1942-1944!" Story and art by Chester Gould. Chester Gould hits his stride, as he introduces four of his most grotesque villains: Pruneface, Laffy, Mrs. Pruneface, and Flattop! All while Dick Tracy is subjected to one of the most inventive and bizarre death traps in comics history. Edited and designed by Dean Mullaney, Eisner Award-winner for TERRY AND THE PIRATES, and containing all daily and Sunday comic strips from September, 1942 through March, 1944. Hardcover, 11-in. x 8 1/2-in., 344 pages, PC/PB&W. Cover price $39.99.

Volume 9 - 1st printing. "1944-1945!" Story and art by Chester Gould. Chester Gould's fertile imagination continues at a breakneck pace, as he introduces The Brow, Flattop, Shaky, Breathless Mahoney, Measles, Gravel Gertie, B.O. Plenty, and the Summer Sisters! With an introduction by Max Allan Collins, and a special feature by Jeff Kersten of the Dick Tracy Museum about the famous radio program, "Dick Tracy in B-Flat," starring Bing Crosby, Dinah Shore, Frank Sinatra, Jimmy Durante, and Bob Hope! Edited and designed by Eisner Award-winner Dean Mullaney, and containing all daily and Sunday comic strips from March 23, 1944 through September 19, 1945. Hardcover, 11-in. x 8 1/2-in., 264 pages, PC/PB&W. Cover price $39.99.

Volume 9 - 2nd and Later Printings. "1944-1945!" Story and art by Chester Gould. Chester Gould's fertile imagination continues at a breakneck pace, as he introduces The Brow, Flattop, Shaky, Breathless Mahoney, Measles, Gravel Gertie, B.O. Plenty, and the Summer Sisters! With an introduction by Max Allan Collins, and a special feature by Jeff Kersten of the Dick Tracy Museum about the famous radio program, "Dick Tracy in B-Flat," starring Bing Crosby, Dinah Shore, Frank Sinatra, Jimmy Durante, and Bob Hope! Edited and designed by Eisner Award-winner Dean Mullaney, and containing all daily and Sunday comic strips from March 23, 1944 through September 19, 1945. Hardcover, 11-in. x 8 1/2-in., 264 pages, PC/PB&W. Cover price $39.99.

Volume 10 - 1st printing. "1945-1947!" Story and art by Chester Gould. Calling all law-abiding citizens-witness the introduction of the famous Two-Way Wrist Radio, created by the aptly named Brilliant! Enjoy an ever-expanding cast that includes Diet Smith, Themesong, and Christmas Early, as well as the return of Vitamin Flintheart and Snowflake, while the two most unlikely characters get married! Thrill to the capers staged by the villains Influence, Shoulders, Itchy, Nilon Hose, and Gargles! Edited and designed by Eisner Award-winner Dean Mullaney, with introductions by Max Allan Collins and Jeff Kersten. Containing all daily and Sunday comic strips from September 20, 1945 through March 16, 1947. Hardcover, 11-in. x 8 1/2-in., 364 pages, PC/PB&W. Cover price $39.99.

Volume 10 - 2nd and later printings. "1945-1947!" Story and art by Chester Gould. Calling all law-abiding citizens-witness the introduction of the famous Two-Way Wrist Radio, created by the aptly named Brilliant! Enjoy an ever-expanding cast that includes Diet Smith, Themesong, and Christmas Early, as well as the return of Vitamin Flintheart and Snowflake, while the two most unlikely characters get married! Thrill to the capers staged by the villains Influence, Shoulders, Itchy, Nilon Hose, and Gargles! Edited and designed by Eisner Award-winner Dean Mullaney, with introductions by Max Allan Collins and Jeff Kersten. Containing all daily and Sunday comic strips from September 20, 1945 through March 16, 1947. Hardcover, 11-in. x 8 1/2-in., 364 pages, PC/PB&W. Cover price $39.99.

Volume 11 - 1st printing. "1947-1948!" Story and art by Chester Gould. 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 fascinating (and sometimes grotesque) parade of characters continues, including Coffyhead, Hypo, Bronko, Kiss Andtell, Acres O'Riley, Heels Beals, and Autumn Hews. Plus, everyone dreads seeing what the baby born to B.O. Plenty and Gravel Gertie will look like! Edited and designed by Eisner Award-winner Dean Mullaney, with introductions by Max Allan Collins and Jeff Kersten. Containing all daily and Sunday comic strips from March 17, 1947 through September 26, 1948. Hardcover, 11-in. x 8 1/2-in., 364 pages, PC/PB&W. Cover price $39.99.

Volume 12 - 1st printing. "1948-1950!" Story and art by Chester Gould. Chief Brandon steps down, and wait 'til you see who's the new Chief! Then, Sam?Catchem joins the force, Sparkle Plenty charms everyone, and two major characters tie the knot! And the villains? Well, Chester Gould continues to invent one grotesque, evil bad guy after another, as Wormy, Pearshape, Big Frost, Sleet, Talcum Freely, Sketch Paree, and Mousey make life miserable for Tracy and company. Plus, the first-ever color reprinting of "The Black Bag Mystery" which only appeared in a single newspaper in 1949! Hardcover, 11-in. x 8 1/2-in., 276 pages, PC/PB&W. Cover price $39.99.

Volume 13 - 1st printing. "1950-1951!" Story and art by Chester Gould. Dick and Tess's house fire bombed! B.O. Plenty riddled with bullets! Sam Catchum apparently crushed to death! This volume's villains include Blowtop, T.V. Wiggles, Dr. Plain, and Empty Williams. Plus a baby named Bonnie Braids is born, Vitamin Flintheart returns, and who's the mysterious woman named Crewy Lou? Hardcover, 11-in. x 8 1/2-in., 252 pages, PC/PB&W. Cover price $39.99.

Volume 14 - 1st printing. "1951-1953!" Story and art by Chester Gould. What does Crewy Lou do with Bonny Braids? Dick and Tess's baby isn't the only child in danger in Volume 14: wait 'til you meet Sparkle Plenty's new best friend, "Little Wings," and discover the ominous reason she appears to glow in the dark! Chester Gould also ramps up the violence and death traps, introduces more inventions (closed circuit surveillance, the first broadcast police line-up), and more cra-a-zy characters such as Tonsils, Dot View, Mr. Crime, Odds Zonn, Newsuit Nan, and Spinner ReCord, plus the touching story of the girl known as Model! Hardcover, 11-in. x 8 1/2-in., 256 pages, B&W. Cover price $39.99.

Volume 14 - 2nd and Later Printings. "1951-1953!" Story and art by Chester Gould. What does Crewy Lou do with Bonny Braids? Dick and Tess's baby isn't the only child in danger in Volume 14: wait 'til you meet Sparkle Plenty's new best friend, "Little Wings," and discover the ominous reason she appears to glow in the dark! Chester Gould also ramps up the violence and death traps, introduces more inventions (closed circuit surveillance, the first broadcast police line-up), and more cra-a-zy characters such as Tonsils, Dot View, Mr. Crime, Odds Zonn, Newsuit Nan, and Spinner ReCord, plus the touching story of the girl known as Model! Hardcover, 11-in. x 8 1/2-in., 256 pages, B&W. Cover price $39.99.

Volume 15 - 1st printing. "3-D Magee Open-Mind: 1953-1954!" Story and art by Chester Gould. In this volume we learn the fate of "Little Wings" and her radioactive dad and on a lighter side, we meet Canhead (B.O.'s brother, Kincaid Plenty); his not so light and not so nice ex-wife Pony; and her crony, the downright creepy 3-D Magee. Meanwhile, Tracy has to deal with TNT vests and killer ants while showing Open-Mind Monty that he's no "dummy." Plus, the unlikely duo of Dewdrop and Sticks, the oversized Rainbow Reiley, and Chester Gould's latest and greatest grotesque: Rughead! Hardcover, 11-in. x 8 1/2-in., 256 pages, B&W. Cover price $39.99.

Add to cart Near Mint $39.99

Volume 15 - 2nd and Later Printings. "3-D Magee Open-Mind: 1953-1954!" Story and art by Chester Gould. In this volume we learn the fate of "Little Wings" and her radioactive dad and on a lighter side, we meet Canhead (B.O.'s brother, Kincaid Plenty); his not so light and not so nice ex-wife Pony; and her crony, the downright creepy 3-D Magee. Meanwhile, Tracy has to deal with TNT vests and killer ants while showing Open-Mind Monty that he's no "dummy." Plus, the unlikely duo of Dewdrop and Sticks, the oversized Rainbow Reiley, and Chester Gould's latest and greatest grotesque: Rughead! Hardcover, 11-in. x 8 1/2-in., 256 pages, B&W. Cover price $39.99.

Volume 16 - 1st printing. "Rughead Mumbles: 1954-1956!" Story and art by Chester Gould. In Volume 16, Chester Gould presents an amazing number of memorable characters: grotesques such as the murderous Rughead and a 467-lb. killer named Oodles, health faddist George Ozone and his wild boys named Neki and Hokey, the despicable "Nothing" Yonson, the amoral teenager Joe Period, and the introduction of nightclub photog-turned policewoman Lizz. Plus for the first time Gould brings back an old villain: Mumbles, who was thought drowned in 1947. And finally, he introduces what may be his most mature story of the 1950s-starring none other than Flattop Jr.! Hardcover, 11-in. x 8 1/2-in., 260 pages, B&W. Cover price $39.99.

Volume 16 - 2nd and later printings. "Rughead Mumbles: 1954-1956!" Story and art by Chester Gould. In Volume 16, Chester Gould presents an amazing number of memorable characters: grotesques such as the murderous Rughead and a 467-lb. killer named Oodles, health faddist George Ozone and his wild boys named Neki and Hokey, the despicable "Nothing" Yonson, the amoral teenager Joe Period, and the introduction of nightclub photog-turned policewoman Lizz. Plus for the first time Gould brings back an old villain: Mumbles, who was thought drowned in 1947. And finally, he introduces what may be his most mature story of the 1950s-starring none other than Flattop Jr.! Hardcover, 11-in. x 8 1/2-in., 260 pages, B&W. Cover price $39.99.

Volume 17 - 1st printing. "Flattop Jr./Kitten Sister: 1956-1957!" Story and art by Chester Gould. Chester Gould ups the ante in his assault on juvenile delinquency in the startling-and literally haunting-conclusion to the Flattop Jr. saga. Meanwhile, the squad room becomes co-ed when Lizz permanently joins the cast. Money remains the motivating factor for a new host of crazed villains, including the gymnastic murderesses, the Kitten Sisters; killer con men, the Clipso Brothers; two different spouse slayers; a notorious counterfeiter; and a "blind" drug pusher. Hardcover, 11-in. x 8 1/2-in., 272 pages, B&W. Cover price $39.99.

Volume 18 - 1st printing. "Egghead Headache: 1957-1959!" Story and art by Chester Gould. The 1950s just about come to a close as Chester Gould introduces one character after another whose crimes start off as relatively petty but who end up trapped in larger and more deadly conspiracies. New characters include the gamecock queen Miss Egghead, Cuban secret serviceman Wunbrow, the tragic Headache, and bizarre Popsie and her mother. Throw in a wacko named Pantsy, a cross-country chase after a million dollars of hidden heist loot, Tracy left for dead on a deserted island, a couple more million in slot machine coins, and a throwback to the 1940s in the Mole-lookalike named Rhodent, and it's clear that Chester Gould is definitely not resting on his laurels. Includes all strips from December 15, 1957 through July 11, 1959. Hardcover, 11-in. x 8 1/2-in., 276 pages, B&W. Cover price $39.99.

Volume 19 - 1st printing. "Flyface Spots: 1959-1961!" Story and art by Chester Gould. Dick Tracy meets Spots (a small-time grifter who suddenly gets big-time ambitions), a hitman named Halfa Million and his brother, the syndicate boss "Willie-the-Fifth," plus a legal eagle named Flyface, one of Chester Gould's most visually memorable villains. Throw in a couple of skeletal remains, a death-dealing tidal wave, a gun moll named Olive Tomate, and the return of B.O. Plenty, Gravel Gertie, and a plump cereal-overeating Sparkle Plenty-then watch the sparks fly, as Dick Tracy nears its thirtieth anniversary in the complete strips from July 12, 1959 through February 19, 1961. Hardcover, 11-in. x 8 1/2-in., 276 pages, B&W. Cover price $39.99.

Volume 20 - 1st printing. "Brush Spready: 1961-1962!" Story and art by Chester Gould. Dick Tracy embarks on a seven-month-long complicated manhunt when he relentlessly tracks the Brush and a million-dollar sack of cash-but with his foe on the lam without his trademark face wig, Tracy doesn't even know what the murderer looks like! The strip enters its fourth decade as Chester Gould also presents a poignant story that rivals the "Model" narrative, when Tracy has to protect Junior from disturbing news about an important figure from the boy's past. Included are all strips from February 20, 1961 through August 26, 1962. Hardcover, 11-in. x 8 1/2-in., 280 pages, B&W. Cover price $39.99.

Volume 20 - 2nd and Later Printings. "Brush Spready: 1961-1962!" Story and art by Chester Gould. Dick Tracy embarks on a seven-month-long complicated manhunt when he relentlessly tracks the Brush and a million-dollar sack of cash-but with his foe on the lam without his trademark face wig, Tracy doesn't even know what the murderer looks like! The strip enters its fourth decade as Chester Gould also presents a poignant story that rivals the "Model" narrative, when Tracy has to protect Junior from disturbing news about an important figure from the boy's past. Included are all strips from February 20, 1961 through August 26, 1962. Hardcover, 11-in. x 8 1/2-in., 280 pages, B&W. Cover price $39.99.

Volume 21 - 1st printing. "Moon Maid 52 Gang: 1962-1964!" Story and art by Chester Gould. Dick Tracy leaps into the Space Age when Diet Smith's experimental Space Coupe brings back a visitor from outer space! Meet... Moon Maid, the most outrageous character in the strip's entire history. Prior to venturing where no detective has gone before, Tracy deals with some very earthbound-and gruesomely entertaining-adventures, including the use of napalm (!) to flush out a gang of crooks from their hideout. In these strips from August 27, 1962 through April 12, 1964 Tracy mixes it up with the criminal 52 Gang-each named for a card in the poker deck-who have found a novel way to dispose of the corpses of their enemies, Junior is smitten by a girl who literally wants him dead, Sparkle Plenty falls into the hands of crazed modern artists and their ape accomplice, and (six months before it happened in the "real world") a doctor has perfected heart transplant surgery-but in this case it's on unwilling victims! Hardcover, 11-in. x 8 1/2-in., 272 pages, B&W. Cover price $44.99.

Volume 22 - 1st printing. "Mr. Bribery/Ugly Christine: 1964-1965!" Story and art by Chester Gould. Two worlds are in turmoil when the inter-species romance between Junior and Moon Maid heats up. Can the twinkling of little antennae be too far in the future? Back on Earth, Diet Smith introduces the Two-Way Wrist Television fifty years before the Apple Watch, while Moon Maid turns vigilante and a series of events reveal a mob plot to kill both her and Dick Tracy. The clues eventually lead to Mr. Bribery, who proudly displays his collection of shrunken heads of the people who have crossed him. Volume 22 includes the complete comic strips from April 13, 1964 through December 26, 1965. Hardcover, 11-in. x 8 1/2-in., 272 pages, B&W. Cover price $44.99.

Volume 23 - 1st printing. "Haf-and-Haf/Mr. Bribery: 1966-1967!"

Story and art by Chester Gould.

The adventures of this iconic square-jawed detective fighting a menagerie of grotesque villains remains one of the highlights in the history, of not just comics, but crime fiction in general. This series is ripe to introduce the strip to crime prose readers who haven't previously ventured into comics. Tracy is on the trail of the aptly named Mr. Bribery and his equally grotesque sister, Ugly Christine, in a story that also features a substance-abusing witch doctor and a shelf of shrunken heads. Meanwhile, newlyweds Junior and Moon Maid enter the story, and Dick Tracy's troubles are compounded when he comes face to face with master criminal Haf-and-Haf, one side of whose face is hideously disfigured. Included are all strips from December 27, 1965 to July 2, 1967.

Hardcover, 11-in. x 8 1/2-in., 264 pages, B&W. Cover price $44.99.