Complete Chester Gould's Dick Tracy Volume 16 - Hardcover

Gould, Chester

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1613778643 ISBN 13: 9781613778647

Publisher: IDW Publishing, 2014

Synopsis

In Volume 16 - reprinting strips from October 25, 1954 through May 13, 1956 - Chester Gould presents an amazing number of memorable characters: grotesques such as the murderous Rughead and a 467-lb. killer named Oodles, health faddist George Ozone and his wild boys named Neki and Hokey, the despicable "Nothing" Yonson, the amoral teenager Joe Period, and the introduction of nightclub photog-turned policewoman Lizz. Plus, for the first time, Gould brings back an old villain: Mumbles, who was thought drowned in 1947. And finally, he introduces what may be his most mature story of the 1950s - starring none other than Flattop Jr.!

About this title

About the Author:

Chester Gould (1900-1985) was born in Pawnee, Oklahoma, the son of a newspaperman and grandson of a circuit-riding preacher. He attended Oklahoma A&M (now Oklahoma State University) before transferring to Northwestern University in Chicago, from which he 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.

About this edition

• Publisher: IDW Publishing
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 1613778643
• ISBN 13: 9781613778647
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 260