Red Barry: Undercover Man, Volume 1

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Red Barry was one of the most visually innovative adventure strips of the mid-1930s combining fluid brushwork & noir shadows (in bold blues & violets) with figures that were constantly in motion plus a level of violence that brought cries of protest from its syndicate Red Barry & Secret Agent X-9 were King Features’ answers to the Tribune Syndicate’s popular Dick Tracy by Chester Gould While X-9 continued for decades under hands of various quality Red Barry by Will Gould (no relation to Chester) was an auteur’s vision that lasted less than four years (primarily because Gould couldn’t meet his deadlines) Regardless it is today considered one of comics history’s great unsung masterpieces one which famed mystery writer Anthony Boucher said was “the only detectives strip…worthy of any consideration from my scholarly viewpoint” This two-volume series will reprint the complete dailies & color Sundays