num_pages: 276
description: Chief Brandon steps down and wait 'til you see who's the new Chief! Then Sam Catchem joins the force Sparkle Plenty charms everyone and two major characters tie the knot! And the villains? Well Chester Gould continues to invent one grotesque evil bad guy after another as Wormy Pearshape Big Frost Sleet Talcum Freely Sketch Paree and Mousey make life miserable for Tracy and company. Plus the first-ever color reprinting of The Black Bag Mystery which only appeared in a single newspaper in 1949! -The Library of American Comics is the world's #1 publisher of classic newspaper comic strips with 14 Eisner Award nominations and three wins for best book. LOAC has become the gold standard for archival comic strip reprints...The research and articles provide insight and context and most importantly the glorious reproduction of the material has preserved these strips for those who knew them and offers a new gateway to adventure for those discovering them for the first time. - Scoop -
language: English
title: The Complete Dick Tracy Volume 12: 1948-1950
publisher: IDW Publishing