Dick Tracy #9
In "Dick Tracy and the Case of the Ice-Cold Killer," the fugitive Sleet, wounded and on the run, seeks shelter with a widow whose late husband was a taxidermist—only to be cornered by a terrifying creature in her home. With Tracy and Sam closing in, Sleet’s desperate flight leads to a crumbling water tower, where the truth of her final stand is revealed. Written by Chester Gould and illustrated by Gould with inks by Joe Simon, this gripping tale blends suspense and classic noir tension in a 6d comic from the Streamline series.
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Still running from the law, Sleet is injured by a sheet of falling glass and takes refuge with an older lady whose husband had been a taxidermist. When Tracy and Sam track her down, Sleet attacks her with a hatchet and flees to a locked room where she encounters the woman's pet gorilla. Escaping the gorilla with help from Tracy and Sam, Sleet jumps to a water tower roof, but the wooden roof is rotten. Sleet gets stuck in the water tower roof, and Sam and Tracy catch her and take her to jail.
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