Complete Chester Gould's Dick Tracy Volume 3 [Hardcover]

Max Allan Collins (Author), Chester Gould (Author, Artist), Ashley Wood (Author)

Book Description

Series: Complete Chester Gould's Dick Tracy | Publication Date: December 11, 2007

Presenting the third volume of IDW Publishing's deluxe hardcover collection of Chester Gould's timeless comic strip, Dick Tracy. Volume Three once again contains over 500 comic strips from the series' early years, this time covering material that originally ran from January 1935 through June 1936. This special volume features an introduction from Consulting Editor and longtime Tracy writer Max Allan Collins. Each volume will feature book design from award-winning designer/artist Ashley Wood.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 352 pages
• Publisher: IDW Publishing; Reprint edition (December 11, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1600100384
• ISBN-13: 978-1600100383
• Product Dimensions: 7.4 x 9.8 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.9 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #738,876 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars dailies ***** sundays *, January 22, 2008

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A. Grossman (Florence, Oregon USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Complete Chester Gould's Dick Tracy Volume 3 (Hardcover)

A great comic strip that holds up beautifully. Once you start you are hooked. There is a major drawback, though.

The sundays are almost impossible to read as they are cruelly reduced in size. An owl would have trouble. You must somehow enlarge them to appreciate them.

Still, a 5 star book as are all Tracy books. And most of the great stories - and villains - are on the horizon in volumes 4 and 5.

This is the Golden Age of early (pre 1940) comic strips. Also highly recommended are...
Terry and the Pirates
Little Orphan Annie
Krazy Kat
Gasoline Alley - possibly the greatest comic strip
Moon Mullins - published by a small publisher but worth the trouble

Hopefully we may soon see The Gumps, Ella Cinders, Bringing Up Father, Polly and Her Pals and Barney Google.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Dick Tracy - Remembering when..., July 15, 2008

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Frank Auletti "Reminisce" (Florida, USA) - See all my reviews
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Back to the days of the Sunday Funnies and comic books, Of characters who lived in your memories, before television took hold of everyone. Flat-top, Pruneface, Big Boy...Tess Truehart and the Kid... The fun and memories are all here in Dick Tracy - Volume3. Now I have to go and get Volumes 1,2,4 and whatever else they have. If you remember the days of comics and funny papers, or to introduce your son or daughter,or grandchild, I recommend this highly....Dick Tracy...The 'Bulldog' Jaw.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Calling Dick Tracy, February 1, 2009

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Johnny Heering "trivia buff" (Bethel, CT United States) - See all my reviews
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This is the third volume of the series that proposes to reprint the complete run of the Dick Tracy comic strip. This particular volume prints the strips from January 30, 1935 to July 12, 1936. Some of the notable events in this volume include: Junior reuniting with his mother, Boris Arson escaping from jail, Dick Tracy temporarily becoming police chief of a small town and Tracy attempting to reform "Lips" Manlis. This is great, exciting stuff, which I recommend to anyone who enjoys vintage adventure comic strips.