Chester Gould's classic comic strip--dailies and Sundays--in black & white. Supplemental material in color.

From the publisher:

Introducing the lone square-jawed hero who holds the line against against the underworld. Meet Dick Tracy, his girlfriend Tess Trueheart, Chief Brandon, and Detective Pat Patton as they fight it out with gangsters such as Big Boy, Stooge Viller, Larceny Lu, and grifter Steve the Tramp, who's enslaved a young boy named "Junior" to be his criminal accomplice.

The first volume of this multi-year project will include the five sample strips that Gould used to sell his groundbreaking strip, as well as nearly 500 comic strips, encompassing the series' beginning, from October 1931-May 1933.

This special first volume features an overview and introduction from Consulting Editor and longtime Tracy writer Max Allan Collins, as well as an interview between Collins and creator Chester Gould. Each volume will feature book design from award-winning designer/artist Ashley Wood.