Dick Tracy Sunday (feat. 2-way Wrist Radio!) — Chester Gould (1947)

I love Dick Tracy, and if you haven’t read the old original strips, you should. This is a nice Sunday featuring the villain Influence that was published on 2/2/47, exactly a year after Tracy’s famous 2-way wrist radio was first introduced (on 1/13/46). The watch plays a critical role in the strip’s plot, saving Patton from a burning ice box (typical gruesome Tracy story line). Check out that second panel, which shows a close-up of how the watch works - I love it!

Typical large Sunday art format (27” x 18). Four of the 12 story panels are original stats used in production (the left-most three and the middle one on the right). All else is original art, including the watch panel.