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There she meets Junior's long-lost mother, who gives Junior a Scotty pup named Oscar and Tracy a way to bring villainous Boris Arson to justice.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eChester Gould's high-octane stories set pulses racing and hearts beating faster in the reformatted, super-sized, all-action \u003cem\u003eThe Complete Dick Tracy\u003c\/em\u003e Volume 2!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47487583191276,"sku":"9781951038779","price":120.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/0f56ddeccbc1c4f956980983956bc780.jpg?v=1775773429"},{"product_id":"the-complete-dick-tracy-by-mr-chester-gould-9781951038793","title":"The Complete Dick Tracy","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFaceless foes bookend the stories in \u003cem\u003eDick Tracy Volume 4\u003c\/em\u003e, the latest entry in the Clover Press\/Library of American Comics reissue of the original six \u003cem\u003eDick Tracy\u003c\/em\u003e volumes in the larger format that became the series standard. The intrepid detective and his friends tackle invisible enemies when they square off against the notorious Purple Cross Gang and their masked leader.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eLater, Tracy and Pat Patton come to grips—and blows!—with The Blank, whose look predates The Question, whose name predates \u003cem\u003eThe Shining\u003c\/em\u003e, and whose unmasked face harkens back to Lon Chaney as Quasimodo!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSandwiched between those two tales, Tracy is caught in a web of intrigue along with three amoral young girls, millionaire wastrel Johnny Mintworth and his mother, plus the powerful mobs fronted by \"Collie\" Vinsso and Danny Supeena.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eChester Gould puts menace in every shadow and death around every corner in \u003cem\u003eDick Tracy Volume 4\u003c\/em\u003e!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47559026311404,"sku":"9781951038793","price":120.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781951038793-the-complete-dick-tracy.jpg?v=1776927215"},{"product_id":"the-complete-dick-tracy-by-mr-chester-gould-9781951038816","title":"The Complete Dick Tracy","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe 1930s give way to the '40s, and Chester Gould makes things personal in this sixth volume of the \u003cem\u003eDick Tracy\u003c\/em\u003e series. First comes a story of broken hearts and wilted flowers, as Tess Trueheart jilts her detective boyfriend for an ex-ballplayer who schemes to inherit millions, and he'll kill anyone who gets in his way: including Tess! An encounter with a small-time dognapper puts Tracy on the trail of a gang of fur thieves.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThen, hardened criminal Stooge Viller softens up, thanks to his young daughter, but not before he drops Dick Tracy into a dastardly death trap! The detective, meanwhile, crosses paths with an abandoned infant and an amnesiac chanteuse. He sees that crime is for couples when the diminutive Jerome and his hulking bride, Mamma, sew death and destruction from city streets to the western plains, while the suave mastermind Krome decides to part ways with his traitorous girlfriend by permanently parting her hair!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis book paves the way for the debut of The Mole and the Great Grotesque Villains who follow. 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