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1938 "Dick Tracy" color comic strip...
1938 "Dick Tracy" color comic strip...
Item # 724919
May 01, 1938
COMICS SECTION only of the Chicago Sunday Tribune (weekly on Sundays), May 1, 1938
* "Dick Tracy" by Chester Gould (color comic strip)
* American police detective w/ Yellow trench coat
This section is loaded with nice, colored comic strips with a full front page strip titled: "DICK TRACY" by Chester Gould (see images)
This complete color comics section with all 12 pages, rag edition, a few small binding holes along the spine, very nice condition.
background: The May 1, 1938, Sunday color installment of Dick Tracy captures a pivotal moment in the Stud Bronzen human-trafficking saga, centering on the high-stakes infiltration of a Chinatown smuggling ring. In this specific strip, Tracy utilizes a forged note purportedly from the powerful and mysterious "Mayor Chiang"—actually the villainous May Lin in disguise—to manipulate Bronzen’s henchmen into moving a vital witness named Noana. The visual narrative is dominated by Chester Gould’s signature cinematic "Sunday" layout, featuring the dramatic transport of a large, hollowed-out oriental statue through the rain-slicked streets of Chinatown, unaware that Tracy has set a police trap at the destination. The plot highlights the transition from the "The Blank" mystery into a more procedural, international crime thriller, using the "Mayor Chiang" persona as a focal point for the elaborate deception that eventually leads to the downfall of Bronzen’s "South Seas" smuggling operation.
Category: The 20th Century
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