The Complete Chester Gould's Dick Tracy

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The Complete Chester Gould's Dick Tracy
Publication information
Publisher previous: IDW Publishing
current: The Library of American Comics
Schedulebiannual
FormatHardcover
Genre Crime
Detective fiction
Action
Publication date2006
Main character(s) Dick Tracy
Creative team
Written by Chester Gould
Artist(s) Chester Gould
Editor(s)Vol. 1 - 6: Ted Adams

Vol. 7 - onwards: Dean Mullaney

The Complete Chester Gould's Dick Tracy (also known as The Complete Dick Tracy) is a series of 29 hardcover books published by The Library of American Comics, an imprint of IDW Publishing, that bring together every Dick Tracy comic strip in chronological order, both black-and-white dailies and Sunday strips, written and drawn by Chester Gould from its premiere on October 4, 1931, until December 25, 1977. [1]

Contents

Format

Volumes 1–6

These volumes measure 9.5 inches x 7 inches (242 mm × 178 mm) with approximately 350 pages per volume. The books were edited and designed by Ted Adams, with cover design by Ashley Wood and introductions by Max Allan Collins. The books feature an interview with the creator, Chester Gould, conducted by Max Allan Collins. [2] [3]

Volumes 7–29

These later volumes measure 11 x 8.5 inches, (280 mm × 216 mm) with about 250-300 pages per volume. They are edited and designed by Dean Mullaney, with introductions by Max Allan Collins [4] and essays by Jeff Kersten.

After the publication of the first six volumes of the series, it was handed over by its editor and the CEO of IDW Publishing, Ted Adams, to the IDW imprint The Library of American Comics (LoAC). Dean Mullaney became the new editor of the Dick Tracy reprint series. As this transition happened, it was decided that the size of the volumes would be increased to match the other LoAC book lines. Even though this meant that the Sunday strips were printed 40 percent larger in this new iteration of the series, the daily strips were actually printed smaller compared to the size they had in the first six volumes, since there were now three strips to a page instead of two. A new cover design was also introduced, the introductory essays grew to become broader and more extensive, delivering a more complete history of the strip and its creator Gould. Contact was established with the Gould family, the Dick Tracy Museum and the Shel Dorf collection to obtain more archival material, such as art and photographs. [5] Jeff Kersten began to contribute afterword essays which place the Dick Tracy strip in historical context and elaborates on its cultural impact. [6] [7]

Volumes

Volumes
VolumeRelease dateTitlePeriodPage countISBN
12006-?The Complete Chester Gould's Dick Tracy: Dailies & Sundays - Vol. 11931–1933364 978-1-60010-036-9
22007-05-08The Complete Chester Gould's Dick Tracy: Dailies & Sundays - Vol. 21933–1935380 978-1-60010-037-6
32007-12-01The Complete Chester Gould's Dick Tracy: Dailies & Sundays - Vol. 31935–1936352 978-1-60010-038-3
42008-05-06The Complete Chester Gould's Dick Tracy: Dailies & Sundays - Vol. 41936–1938344 978-1-60010-039-0
52008-08-15The Complete Chester Gould's Dick Tracy: Dailies & Sundays - Vol. 51938–1939352 978-1-60010-201-1
62009-01-29The Complete Chester Gould's Dick Tracy: Dailies & Sundays - Vol. 61939–1941346 978-1-60010-283-7
72009-05-26The Complete Dick Tracy: Dailies & Sundays - Vol. 71941–1942288 978-1-60010-395-7
82009-08-17The Complete Dick Tracy: Dailies & Sundays - Vol. 81942–1944264 978-1-60010-463-3
92010-01-26The Complete Dick Tracy: Dailies & Sundays - Vol. 91944–1945266 978-1-60010-532-6
102010-06-22The Complete Dick Tracy: Dailies & Sundays - Vol. 101945–1947266 978-1-60010-578-4
112011-02-15The Complete Dick Tracy: Dailies & Sundays - Vol. 111947–1948266 978-1-60010-579-1
122011-10-25The Complete Dick Tracy: Dailies & Sundays - Vol. 121948–1950276 978-1-61377-057-3
132012-05-29The Complete Dick Tracy: Dailies & Sundays - Vol. 131950–1951252 978-1-61377-198-3
142013-01-15The Complete Dick Tracy: Dailies & Sundays - Vol. 141951–1953256 978-1-61377-507-3
152013-07-09The Complete Dick Tracy: Dailies & Sundays - Vol. 151953–1954256 978-1-61377-668-1
162014-04-08The Complete Dick Tracy: Dailies & Sundays - Vol. 161954–1956276 978-1-61377-864-7
172014-10-14The Complete Dick Tracy: Dailies & Sundays - Vol. 171956–1957276 978-1-63140-077-3
182015-05-12The Complete Dick Tracy: Dailies & Sundays - Vol. 181957–1959276 978-1-63140-241-8
192015-11-24The Complete Dick Tracy: Dailies & Sundays - Vol. 191959–1961276 978-1-63140-401-6
202016-05-31The Complete Dick Tracy: Dailies & Sundays - Vol. 201961–1962272 978-1-63140-605-8
212017-01-31The Complete Dick Tracy: Dailies & Sundays - Vol. 211962–1964272 978-1-63140-794-9
222017-06-27The Complete Dick Tracy: Dailies & Sundays - Vol. 221964–1965288 978-1-63140-901-1
232017-12-19The Complete Dick Tracy: Dailies & Sundays - Vol. 231966–1967264 978-1-68405-023-9
242018-05-22The Complete Dick Tracy: Dailies & Sundays - Vol. 241967–1969296 978-1-68405-235-6
252019-01-15The Complete Dick Tracy: Dailies & Sundays - Vol. 251969–1970296 978-1-68405-367-4
262019-06-11The Complete Dick Tracy: Dailies & Sundays - Vol. 261970–1972296 978-1-68405-471-8
272020-01-14The Complete Dick Tracy: Dailies & Sundays - Vol. 271972–1974296 978-1-68405-573-9
282020-06-23The Complete Dick Tracy: Dailies & Sundays - Vol. 281974–1976288 978-1-68405-690-3
292020-12-08The Complete Dick Tracy: Dailies & Sundays - Vol. 291976–1977288 978-1-68405-752-8

Upcoming volumes

The six initial volumes published by IDW which were published in a smaller format are planned to be reissued in a reformatted version to match the larger format of the later volumes in the series, to make a fully coherent book suite. [8]

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