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Action-adventure, crime. Dick Tracy is an American comic strip featuring Dick Tracy, a tough and intelligent police detective created by Chester Gould. It made its debut on Sunday, October 4, 1931, in the Detroit Mirror, [1] and was distributed by the Chicago Tribune New York News Syndicate.
Dick Tracy became a policeman to avenge the murder of Emil Trueheart, the father of Tracy’s longtime love interest, Tess. Tracy was portrayed as an incorruptible plainclothes detective in a Midwestern city that resembled Chicago. He was jut-jawed and eagle-nosed and usually wore a fedora, a dark suit, a white shirt, and a necktie.
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- IT WAS ORIGINALLY CALLED PLAINCLOTHES TRACY. After taking art correspondence courses as a teenager, Pawnee, Oklahoma native Chester Gould decided that one way to get rich would be to create a comic strip that would be syndicated all over the country.
- IT DEPICTED THE FIRST COMIC STRIP MURDER. Strips of the early 20th century were almost exclusively humorous in nature; even police were depicted as slightly buffoonish.
- THE STRIP WAS CRITICIZED FOR BEING TOO VIOLENT. Even people unfamiliar with Dick Tracy have at least some passing knowledge of its colorful library of villains: Pruneface, Flyface, the Mole, Flattop, the Brow.
- GOULD IMMERSED HIMSELF IN POLICE TECHNIQUES. While much of Tracy was sensational in nature—few actual cops relied on video watches or almost exclusively hunted disfigured crooks—Gould still wanted to portray police work as accurately as he could.
Dick Tracy is a fictional police detective in the American comic strip Dick Tracy created by Chester Gould in 1931. [1] Tracy is a tough and intelligent detective who uses forensic science, advanced gadgetry, and wits in his relentless pursuit of criminals. The Dick Tracy comic strip made its premiere on October 4, 1931, in the Detroit Mirror. [2]
Dick Tracy. Dick Tracy has been called America's most famous detective, but his fame does not stop in this country. With his chiseled countenance and tough-guy morality, Tracy has become recognizable throughout the world. When Chester "Chet" Gould created the character—the first Dick Tracy comic strip ran on October 4, 1931—he could not ...
Jan 23, 2024 · Alex Segura and Michael Moreci Celebrate Dick Tracy's Return. In 1931, Chester Gould introduced comic strip readers to a trench coat-clad, fedora-wearing, intrepid police detective named Dick Tracy. Tracy’s hard-nosed sense of justice, colorful collection of rogues, and inventive gadgets captured the imagination of readers and allowed him to ...
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Dick Tracy is a 1990 American action crime film based on the 1930s comic strip character of the same name created by Chester Gould. Warren Beatty produced, directed and starred in the film, whose supporting cast includes Al Pacino, Madonna, Glenne Headly and Charlie Korsmo, with appearances by Dustin Hoffman, James Keane, Charles Durning, William Forsythe, Seymour Cassel, Mandy Patinkin ...
