Set of 4 Dick Tracy Facsimile Comic Strips The Purple Cross Gang Parts One & Two (Sept. 21,1936 to December 13 1936) and December 14,1936 to March 7,1937) Three Dangerous Dolls, (March 8, 1937 to May 30, 1937) and "A Spoiled Brat" May 31, 1937 to August 22, 1937 AS NEW

Demy table, [8.5 by 11.75inches], paperbound with pictorial covers. . Please feel free to inquire as to particulars and/or additional photographs. . In 1931, Gould was hired as a cartoonist with the Chicago Tribune and introduced Dick Tracy in the Detroit Mirror on Sunday, October 4, 1931. The original comic was based on a New York detective Gould was interested in. The comic then branched to the fictional character that became famous. He drew the comic strip for the next 46 years from his home in Woodstock, Illinois. . From 1991 until 2008, the art and artifacts of Gould's career were displayed in the Chester Gould-Dick Tracy Museum that operated from the Woodstock, Illinois, Old Courthouse on the Square. Visitors to the Museum saw original comic strips, correspondence, photographs, and much memorabilia, including Gould's drawing board and chair. In 2000, the Museum received a Superior Achievement Award from the Illinois Association of Museums, and in 2001, it was given an Award of Excellence from the Illinois State Historical Society. The museum continues today as a virtual museum online. Fascimilie Copy of the Chicago Tribune Originals.…