Dick Tracy (1984 Blackthorne Publishing) 9
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Issue #9
Published Dec 1986 by Blackthorne.$4.00
View scan$7.60
$7.60
$4.80
Story, art and cover by Chester Gould, plus supplemental material by Matt Masterson, Milton Caniff and Shel Dorf. 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 May 22, 1948 - August 9, 1948, featuring the Brier Volts and Heels Beals story arcs. On the run from Tracy, Brier Volts ill-advisedly attacks nine-foot-tall female cabbie Acres O'Riley, and soon learns that was a mistake. In the aftermath, Acres reunites with her crooked ex Heels Beals, who sets a death-trap for Tracy when he tries to intervene. Also featuring a profile of Chester Gould, and an interview with Dick Tracy fan Mike Masterson. The Scrap Book of Chester Gould; Matt Masterson Q & A; The Reuben. Squarebound, 72 pages, B&W. Cover price $5.95.
