Dick Tracy Sunday Page by Chester Gould from 9/4/1938 Large Full Page Size

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Dick Tracy

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Paper: a few have small archival repairs, otherwise: Excellent! Bright Colors! Pulled from loose sections! (Please Check Scans)

This is a _DICK TRACY_ SUNDAY PAGE by CHESTER GOULD. THIS SIZE IS THE HARDEST TO FIND AND BEST TO COLLECT FORMAT! GREAT ARTWORK, WEIRD AND WONDERFUL VILLAINS! This was cut from the original newspaper Sunday comics section of 1938. SIZE: LARGE FULL PAGE SIZE ~ 15 X 22 INCHES. PAPER: A FEW HAVE SMALL ARCHIVAL REPAIRS, OTHERWISE EXCELLENT!: IN FULL COLOR AS SHOWN!! PULLED FROM BOUND VOLUMES! (PLEASE CHECK SCANS) $5.00 POSTAGE (FLAT RATE) (USA) $20.00 International FLAT RATE. I combine postage on multiple pages. Check out my other auctions for more great vintage Comic strips and Paper Dolls. THANKS FOR LOOKING!

Dick Tracy
_dick tracy is an american comic strip featuring dick tracy (originally plainclothes tracy), a tough and intelligent police detective created by chester gould. The strip made its debut on october 14, 1931, in the detroit mirror. It was distributed by the chicago tribune new york news syndicate. Gould wrote and drew the strip until 1972. Since that time, various artists and writers have continued the strip, which still runs in newspapers today. Dick tracy has also been the hero in a number of films, notably one in which warren beatty played the crime fighter in 1990. Writer tom de haven praised gould's dick tracy as "a weird, demented, and (no kidding) outrageously funny american gothic", while comics historian brian walker described dick tracy as a "ghoulishly entertaining creation" which had "gripping stories filled with violence and pathos"._

_Creation and Early Years_
_gould drafted an idea for a detective named "plainclothes tracy" and sent it to joseph medill patterson of the chicago tribune new york news syndicate. Patterson suggested changing the hero's name to dick tracy, and also put forward an opening story line in which tracy joined the police after his girlfriend's father was murdered by robbers. Gould agreed to these ideas, and dick tracy was first published on october 4, 1931. The strip was instantly popular, and was soon appearing in newspapers across the united states. The strip's popularity also resulted in the creation of numerous dick tracy merchandise, including novelizations, toys, and games. In april 1937, a poll of adult comic strip readers in fortune voted dick tracy their third favorite comic strip after little orphan annie and popeye. However, dick tracy was also attacked by some journalists as being too violent, a criticism that would dog gould throughout his time on the strip._

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