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Dick
Tracy is a newspaper comic
strip created in 1931 by Chester Gould
and distributed by the Chicago Tribune
Syndicate. Dick Tracy is a no-nonsense,
sharp shooting, and highly intelligent
police detective who battles a variety
of colorful villains in this vintage comic
serial that is enjoyed by many to this
day.
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Chester
Gould wrote and drew the strip until 1977.
Gould introduced raw violence to comic
strips, reflecting the era of 1930's Chicago.
He also did his best to keep up with the
latest in crime fighting technology and
while Dick Tracy often ends a case
in a shoot out, he uses forensic science,
advanced gadgetry, and intellectual resolve
to track the bad guys down. It has been
said that this comic strip was the first
example of the police procedural mystery
story.
Chester
Gould's villains are what made Dick Tracy a successful ongoing serial. Gould's "bad
guys" are sometimes so evil, their very flesh
is deformed to confirm their sins against the
world. Gould's excellent characterization is evident
in the criminally insane Selbert Depool (that's
looped, spelled backwards) or the suave, yet arrogant
Shoulders, who can't help thinking that all women
adore him, or bordering on genius like the Nazi
spy, Pruneface who is not only a machine design
engineer but also dabbles in chemical nerve gas.
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