num_pages: 352
description: Presenting the fifth volume of IDW Publishing's deluxe hardcover collection of Chester Gould's timeless comic strip Dick Tracy Volume Five once again contains over 500 comic strips from the series' early years this time covering material that originally ran from January 1938 through July 1939. Included in this collection are Tracy story arcs such as Chief Shellberry Karpse Scardol and Whip Chute. -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 5: 1938-1939
publisher: IDW Publishing