Dick Tracy #4

Name: Dick Tracy #4
Brand: Blackthorne

Jan 1986 · Blackthorne · 5.95 USD

In Dick Tracy #4 (1986), Chester Gould delivers another sharp, character-driven installment as Junior Tracy launches the Dick Tracy Crime Stoppers, stepping into the spotlight to guide a wayward youth toward redemption. Amid the joy of Gravel Gertie welcoming her daughter Sparkle Plenty, the story quietly underscores the fragile line between triumph and peril, all rendered in Gould’s unmistakable, razor-edged style—both in story and on the cover by Barbara Marker and Chester Gould.

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writer, artist, inker Chester Gould · cover Barbara Marker, Chester Gould

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Cast · 11 characters

B.O. Plenty Chief Brandon Chief Patton Dick Tracy Gravel Gertie Junior Tracy Pat Patton Sparkle Plenty Stooge Viller Tess Trueheart Zora Arson

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writer, artist, inker Chester Gould

cover pencils, inks Barbara Marker

cover pencils, inks Chester Gould

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Junior Tracy forms the Dick Tracy Crime Stoppers and takes the lead in reforming a young hoodlum. Gravel Gertie gives birth to Sparkle Plenty amid universal rejoicing, but almost loses her life in the process.

Plot details indexed by the Grand Comics Database (CC BY-SA).