Dick Tracy Feature Book (1937) 9
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Published Jan 1938 by David McKay Publishing.$120.00
View scans- 3" tears on front and back covers. Staple rust.
Stories, art and cover by Chester Gould. Pioneering comics publisher David McKay's Feature Book was the first US comic book to devote complete issues to a single character. This issue reprinted Dick Tracy comic strips from 1935-1936. Tracy temporarily becomes Chief of Police in small-town Homeville to reduce crime. But his arrival coincides with that of gangsters Cut and Muscle Famon, and their equally deadly mother, Maw Famon. 9-in. x 12-in., 96 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.