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Title: Dick Tracy: The Collins Casefiles by Max Allan Collins ISBN: 0-9741664-2-1 Publisher: Checker Book Publishing Group Pub. Date: February, 2004 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (2 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Holy cow, this is good stuff!
Comment: I was never much of a Dick Tracy fan, but this collection has made me take notice of the classic comic strip detective. Collecting January through December of 1978, this is the first full year written by Max Alan Collins (Road to Perdition) and drawn by creator Chester Gould's assistant Rick Fletcher. It brings Dick Tracy into the "modern era", but it doesn't give him or his cast a makeover. Tracy is up against multiple antagonists: an old foe who is losing his influence, the vengeful descendants of other old foes, and the nosy reporter who portrays him as a relic of a more violent time. Collins' plotting and storytelling will keep you on your toes, and Fletcher's artwork, while extremely faithful to Gould's quirky renderings, is very stylized and clean. The best part is how Collins and Fletcher work together to present a masterful example of pacing. This collection is an excellent example of the narrative style of the serialized comic strip.
Rating: 5
Summary: not a collins fan, but I totally recommend this book
Comment: I am not a fan of much of Max Allan Collins' work, but this book is a great exception. The reprints of the first three storylines that Collins wrote are very entertaining and make for an enjoyable read.
The first storyline features Angeltop, the popular Flattop's daughter, and the son of the Brow. The next storyline revolves around the Two-Face type villain Haf-and-Haf. Both of these stories were already reprinted in other Dick Tracy books. The final storyline (and most interesting) has to do with an aged and dying Big Boy offering an open contract to kill Dick Tracy. Collins tips his hat to favorite Chester Gould villains and other characters and cleans up a few of Gould's (I hate to say it) mistakes like Moon Maid. Good story, well-paced, great artwork.
I look forward to the future volumes of this series. I am disappointed by the Dick Locher cover--a Fletcher cover would have seemed more appropriate.
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Title: Milton Caniff's Steve Canyon: 1948 by Milton Arthur Caniff ISBN: 0974166413 Publisher: Checker Book Publishing Group Pub. Date: December, 2003 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
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Title: Alex Raymond's Flash Gordon by Alex Raymond, Don Moore ISBN: 097416643X Publisher: Checker Book Publishing Group Pub. Date: June, 2004 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: The Complete Peanuts: 1950-1952 by Charles M. Schulz, Garrison Keillor, Seth ISBN: 156097589X Publisher: Fantagraphics Books Pub. Date: 03 May, 2004 List Price(USD): $28.95 |
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Title: Star Hawks: The Complete Series by Gil Kane, Ron Goulart ISBN: 1932563628 Publisher: Hermes Press Pub. Date: April, 2004 List Price(USD): $29.99 |
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Title: Winsor McCay: Early Works, Vol. 1 by Winsor McCay ISBN: 0974166405 Publisher: Checker Book Publishing Group Pub. Date: March, 2004 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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