Dick Tracy Monthly (1948-1961 Dell/Harvey) 4
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Issue #4
Published Apr 1948 by Dell/Harvey.$5.49
- INCOMPLETE. Multiple pages missing, interrupts art and story. 5" cumulative spine split. Cover oxidation and water spotting.
Stories and art by Chester Gould and Bill Ely. Dell reprints the original comic-strip adventures of legendary tough cop Dick Tracy and his rogues gallery of freakish enemies. This issue reprints strips from Feb. 19 - March 26, 1934. After reporter Jean Penfield disappears, the mysterious Phantom begins reporting on underworld activities, leading to a gang war against the journalistic establishment that only Dick Tracy can stop. The backup feature by Bill Ely stars tough cop Jim O'Brien, a plainclothes detective nicknamed The Iron Man. Dick Tracy; Dick Tracy Says; The Iron Man. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.
