Collects and reprints the following stories originally released in comic strip form:
"Enter Lizz", from January 1 to December 24, 1956.
"Miss Egghead's Revenge", July 23 to December 21, 1958.
"A Woman Scorned", from March 7 to August 15, 1971.
"The Cloning of Mumbles", from April 3 to July 23, 1979.
"The Cryonic Man", from August 22 to December 24, 1983.
"Dick Tracy at the Wax Museum", from June 4 to September 24, 1989.
As well as some of Chester Gould's previously unpublished work.
*For six decades, some squre-jawed flatfoot by the name of Richard Tracy has been mucking up perfectly good - often brilliant - careers in crime. Gangsters and grotesque geniuses alike have found their infallible designs fouled by the cop with the funny yellow hat. Dick Tracy's crime-stopping skills remain at their peak after six decades on the force.
Among the villians assembled in this delightful volume are many old familiar faces:
- Flattop, Jr., whose designs on getting out of the small town he's in take him straight into the path of the cop who killed his famous father.
- Pruneface, who kept his plans on ice for long enough.
- Molene, the daughter of the Mole, whose underground connections are as extensive as those of her father's.
- Mumbles - but is it really Mumbles?
- Harley Niav, a.k.a. "Putty Puss," who offers up a parade of familiar faces - all bent on revenge.
In addition to this great line-up, this delightful collection also includes a special interview with Chester Gould from late in the artist's life, and many rare strips, making this a fiendish way to celebrate sixty years of great detecting work and unmatched villainy.
*Source: Back of book.
B&W, 309 pages.