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Thursday, October 1, 2026

Dick Tracy


1939 Quaker premium 2.25-inch

1930s - Baltimore Sun papers. 1-7/8-inch : 2-inch Secret Service : 1930s Cleveland News 1.38-inch



1937 2.75-inch with leather pouch on reverse - 1937 Republic Pictures 1.38-inch
Quaker Oats Cereal Secret Service Patrol: 1937 Member 1.38-inch - 1938 Sergeant 2.78-inch - 1938 Inspector General 2.5-inch

1938 Captain 2.75-inch : 1939 Second Year Member 1.5-inch : 1939 Girls Division 1-inch





Crimestopper 1950 1.5-inch : NYPD 1950s 1.5-inch

c1937 Diamond Theatre 1.25-inch : 1938 US version 1.38-inch (Canadian version 1.25-inch) :  Sunday Post-Gazette 1950s 3-inch

Dick Tracy is an American comic strip featuring Dick Tracy, a tough and intelligent police detective created by Chester Gould. It made its debut on Sunday, October 4, 1931, in the Detroit Mirror, and was distributed by the Chicago Tribune New York News Syndicate. Gould wrote and drew the strip until 1977, and various artists and writers have continued it.
Dick Tracy had a long run on radio, from 1934 weekdays on NBC's New England stations to the ABC network in 1948.