Sentence:  But unlike his peers who readily identified with the hard-boiled <WSD>superdicks</WSD> played by Humphrey Bogart and William Powell, Dyer found it easier to relate to the villains and supporting characters like Clifton Webb's prissy Waldo in Laura and Peter Lorre's scented sissy in The Maltese Falcon. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  A talented or famous detective.