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DICK TRACY V OLUME 23: 1966–1967 STORIES AND ART BY

THE LIBRARY

OF

CHESTER GOULD AMERICAN COMICS

EDITED AND DESIGNED BY ASSOCIATE EDITOR

Bruce Canwell

INTRODUCTION BY

Dean Mullaney

• ART DIRECTOR

Max Allan Collins

AFTERWORD BY

Jeffrey Kersten

STRIP RESTORATION ASSISTANT

Lorraine Turner

CONSULTING EDITOR

ASSOCIATE EDITOR

Joseph Ketels

PUBLISHED BY ORIGINATING DICK TRACY SERIES EDITOR

Ted Adams

Special thanks to Jean Gould O’Connell, Ross Fletcher, Scott Cameron, the William Dozier Collection at the American Heritage Center’s Reference Department at the University of Wyoming in Laramie, Justin Eisinger, Alonzo Simon, Heritage Auctions, and Don McGregor.

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Dick Tracy ® and © 2017 Tribune Content Agency, LLC. All rights reserved. The Library of American Comics is a trademark of Library of American Comics, LLC. All rights reserved. Introduction © 2017 Max Allan Collins. Afterword © 2017 Jeff Kersten. With the exception of artwork used for review purposes, none of the comic strips in this publication may be reprinted without the permission of Tribune Content Agency, LLC. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information and retrieval system, without permission in writing from Tribune Content Agency, LLC. Printed in China.

Ted Adams, Chief Executive Officer/Publisher • Greg Goldstein, Chief Operating Officer/President Robbie Robbins, EVP/Sr. Graphic Artist • Chris Ryall, Chief Creative Officer • David Hedgecock, Editor-in-Chief Matthew Ruzicka, CPA, Chief Financial Officer • Laurie Windrow, Senior VP of Sales and Marketing Lorelei Bunjes, VP of Digital Services • Jerry Bennington, VP of New Product Development Distributed to the book trade by Penguin Random House Distributed to the comic book trade by Diamond Book Distributors ISBN: 978-1-68405-023-9 First Printing, November 2017

Opposite: Chester Gould’s December 1966 contribution to the U.S. Treasury Department’s savings bond campaign.

December 27-29, 1965

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December 30, 1965 January 1, 1966

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January 2, 1966

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