The Complete Chester Gould's Dick Tracy, Vol. 21

“Chester Gould’s imagination, among the wildest and most fertile of American 20th Century syndicated cartoonists, was

“One of the best things to happen to the comic market in the last few years was IDW’s decision to publish The Complete Chester Gould’s Dick Tracy.” —Scoop

never more unbridled than in the 1962-63 period…. The introduction of Moon Maid remains the most controversial element

DIC K TRAC Y

in the history of Dick Tracy. For a feature that included outrageous violence and fiendish horror, as well as outlandish black humor and a surprising amount of sex, that’s saying something.” from the Introduction by

MAX ALLAN COLLINS

THE

COMPLETE

®

DICK TRACY CHESTER

GOULD

NEARLY

600 SEQUENTIAL COMICS Chester Gould (1900–1985) was born in Pawnee, Oklahoma. He attended Oklahoma A&M (now Oklahoma State University) before transferring to Northwestern University in Chicago, from which he was graduated in 1923. He produced the minor comic strips Fillum Fables and The Radio Catts before striking it big with Dick Tracy in 1931. Originally titled Plainclothes Tracy, the rechristened strip became one of the most successful and lauded comic strips of all time, as well as a media and merchandising sensation. He was twice accorded the “Cartoonist of the Year” Reuben Award by his peers. Gould continued to write and illustrate Dick Tracy until his retirement in 1977.

1962 — 1964

AUGUST 1962 THROUGH APRIL 1964

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THE MARADUING DETECTIVE

MEETS

Dick Tracy leaps into the Space Age when Diet Smith’s experimental Space Coupe brings back a visitor from outer space! Meet…Moon Maid, the most outrageous character in the strip’s entire history. Prior to venturing where no detective has gone before, Tracy deals with some very earthbound—and gruesomely entertaining—adventures, including the use of napalm (!) to flush out a gang of crooks from their hideout. In these strips from August 27, 1962 through April 12, 1964 Tracy mixes it up with the criminal 52 Gang—each named for a card in the poker deck— which has found a novel way to dispose of the corpses of their enmies, Junior is smitten by a girl who literally wants him dead, Sparkle Plenty falls into the hands of crazed modern artists and their ape accomplice, and (six months before it happened in the “real world”) a doctor has perfected heart transplant surgery—but in this case it’s on unwilling victims!

DICK TRACY V OLUME 21: 1962–1964 STORIES AND ART BY

THE LIBRARY

OF

CHESTER GOULD AMERICAN COMICS

EDITED AND DESIGNED BY ASSOCIATE EDITOR

Bruce Canwell

INTRODUCTION BY AFTERWORD BY

Dean Mullaney

• ART DIRECTOR

Max Allan Collins Jeffrey Kersten

STRIP RESTORATION ASSISTANT

Lorraine Turner

CONSULTING EDITOR

CONTRIBUTING EDITOR

Joseph Ketels

PUBLISHED BY ORIGINATING DICK TRACY SERIES EDITOR

Ted Adams

Special thanks to Jean Gould O’Connell, Scott Cameron, Justin Eisinger, Alonzo Simon, Heritage Auctions, and Don McGregor.

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Dick Tracy ® and © 2016 Tribune Content Agency, LLC. All rights reserved. The Library of American Comics is a trademark of Library of American Comics, LLC. All rights reserved. Introduction © 2016 Max Allan Collins. Afterword © 2016 Jeff Kersten. With the exception of artwork used for review purposes, none of the comic strips in this publication may be reprinted without the permission of Tribune Content Agency, LLC. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information and retrieval system, without permission in writing from Tribune Content Agency, LLC. Printed in China.

Ted Adams, Chief Executive Officer/Publisher • Greg Goldstein, Chief Operating Officer/President Robbie Robbins, EVP/Sr. Graphic Artist • Chris Ryall, Chief Creative Officer • David Hedgecock, Editor-in-Chief Matthew Ruzicka, CPA, Chief Financial Officer • Laurie Windrow, Senior VP of Sales and Marketing Dirk Wood, VP of Marketing • Lorelei Bunjes, VP of Digital Services Jeff Webber, VP of Digital and Subsidiary Rights • Jerry Bennington, VP of New Product Development Distributed by Diamond Book Distributors 1-410-560-7100 ISBN: 978-1-63140-794-9 First Printing, October 2016

DICK TRACY FAMILY ALBUM

“WHIP” CHUTE

PRINCE JERL

LILY

HANK

EDWARD NUREMOH

1939

MOTHER NUREMOH

KARL

AUNT MARGOT

LOLA

JOHN LAVIR

1939

10

& MUG SHOT FILES

Eighth in a Series

MR. GIBBONS

NAT, THE FUR KING

MR. MARKIN

THE PROFESSOR

JIM EPOD

1939

BINNIE VILLER

MR. KROYWEN

KRESS KROYWEN

TOBY KROYWEN

SHORTY KROYWEN

1939

1940

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The Complete Chester Gould's Dick Tracy, Vol. 21

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Dick Tracy leaps into the Space Age when Diet Smith’s experimental Space Coupe brings back a visitor from outer space! Meet… Moon Maid, the most outrageous character in the strip’s entire history. Prior to venturing where no detective has gone before, Tracy deals with some very earthbound—and gruesomely entertaining—adventures, including the use of napalm (!) to flush out a gang of crooks from their hideout. In these strips from August 27, 1962 through April 12, 1964 Tracy mixes it up with the criminal 52 Gang—each named for a card in the poker deck—who have found a novel way to dispose of the corpses of their enemies, Junior is smitten by a girl who literally wants him dead, Sparkle Plenty falls into the hands of crazed modern artists and their ape accomplice, and (six months before it happened in the “real world”) a doctor has perfected heart transplant surgery—but in this case it’s on unwilling victims!