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The following is a list of Dick Tracy villain debuts. One of the appeals of the Dick Tracy comic strip is its unique villains. [1] Many had bizarre deformities, including the Blank (1937), Little Face Finny (1941), Pruneface (1943), the Brow (1944), Shaky (1945), and Pearshape (1949). [2]
Villains. One of the appeals of the Dick Tracy comic strip is its unique villains. Many had bizarre deformities including The Blank, Little Face Finny, Pruneface, Flattop, Shaky, and Wormy. Chester Gould often wrote these villains to invoke his readers' righteous condemnation, without exploring moral gray areas.
May 19, 2023 · During his career as a pulp detective, Dick Tracy has encountered some of the strangest villains in comic strips, from the Brow to the Kitten Sisters.
In 1931, before even joining the police, he had captured his first villain Pinkie the Stabber. While leading a posse against the Arsons and Cutie Diamond, Tracy is seen in a police uniform and not his regular plainclothes. He served as a lieutenant (senior grade) in US Navy Intelligence during World War II.
Chester Gould, in over nearly a half-century of writing and drawing the Dick Tracy strip, created perhaps the most formidable list of villains in American literature. The first was BIG BOY, whose gang killed Emil Trueheart and kidnapped Tess.
A freelance hitman and one of the most popular and recognizable Dick Tracy villains.
Flattop Jones, Sr. is a fictional villain created by Chester Gould for the Dick Tracy comic strip. His nickname comes from his large head that is perfectly flat on the top.
