The 1950s just about came to a close in Volume Eighteen as Chester Gould introduces one character after another whose crimes start off as relatively petty but who end up trapped in larger & more deadly conspiracies New characters include the gamecock queen Miss Egghead Cuban secret serviceman Wunbrow the tragic Headache & bizarre Popsie & 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 & a throwback to the 1940s in the Mole-lookalike named Rhodent & it&s clear that Chester Gould is definitely not resting on his laurels Included are all strips from December 15 1957 through July 11 1959 ...

Dick Tracy meet Spots (a small-time grifter who suddenly gets big-time ambitions) a hitman named Halfa Million & 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 & the return of BO Plenty Gravel Gertie & a plump cereal-overeating Sparkle Plenty
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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 Also included is an introduction by Max Allan Collins as well as the third historical feature from JC Vaughn looking at the evolution of Tracy merchandise The Library of American Comics is the world&s 1 publisher of classic newspaper comic strips with 14 Eisner Award nominations & three wins for best book LOAC has become he gold standard for archival comic strip reprints research & articles provide insight & context & most importantly the glorious reproduction of the material has preserved these strips for those who knew them & offers a new gateway to adventure for those discovering them for the first time ...

Dick Tracy celebrates its 25th Anniversary as Chester Gould ups the ante in his assault on juvenile delinquency in the startling
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The Cthulhu Mythos was HP Lovecraft's greatest contribution to supernatural literature This anthology

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