Dick Tracy

Alright so today I'm going to blog about one of the most recognizable fictional detectives in the funny pages, Dick Tracy. Created by Chester Gould and first appearing in October 1931 in the pages of the Chicago Tribune, Dick Tracy has been fighting the good fight for the past 80 years. Over the years he has fought against many enemies, all of whom have made up his rouges gallery, including, Flattop Jones, 88 Keys, Itchy, Big Boy Caprice, the Brow, Breathless Mahoney etc. Dick has been primarily a plainclothes detective, but also had stints as a G-Man (Federal agent), Lt. Second Grade in the Naval Reserve during WWII, working for the Navy Department tracking down enemy spies. Over the years Tracy has made many friends in his adventures, many of whom have stayed with him since the early days, including his girlfriend Tess Trueheart whom he married on Christmas Eve 1949, Dick Tracy Jr. a young orphan Dick took in as his sidekick and later adopted, Police Chief Brandon, who retired after the death of Brilliant, a young inventor who was under the departments protection, after retiring the role of Chief went to Dick's first partner Pat Patton, who just recently retired the position to Policewoman Liz Grove and Sam Catchem, Dicks partner after Pat became police chief. His popularity has spread over into comic books, a radio show during the late 1930's, multiple movie serials, cartoons, and the 1990's movie starring Warren Beatty as the famous detective. IDW Publishing has recently been reprinting the classic Chester Gould Dick Tracy strips in a series of volumes, with each book containing three years of comic strips, both dailies and Sundays. So if you want to see what the character of Dick Tracy has grown to become over the years, get out there and read, watch and listen to all of the classic Dick Tracy material today!