VOL. 1 Someone Who Could Have Stepped Right out of the Front Page—To Create a Comic Strip Like Red Barry That Could Compete with Not Only Dick Tracy, but Warner Bros

“Red Barry is the one successful detective comic strip and the only one worthy of consideration, from my scholarly viewpoint.” — ANTHONY BOUCHER “I will not tolerate such disgusting violence on my comics pages!” — WILLIAM RANDOLPH HEARST “Why don’t you leave him alone? He knows what he’s doing. And it’s goddammed good stuff!” — DASHIELL HAMMETT FROM THE INTRODUCTION BY BRUCE CANWELL— It took a talented artist and writer who was also a fast-talking, hard-living newspaperman— VOL. 1 someone who could have stepped right out of The Front Page—to create a comic strip like Red Barry that could compete with not only Dick Tracy, but Warner Bros. crime movies, and real-life headlines of murder and mayhem. That is why Will Gould was perfect for the job. $49.99 • LIBRARYOFAMERICANCOMICS.COM STORY AND ART WILL GOULD ISBN: 978-1-63140-722-2 ART ASSISTANT WALTER FREHM First Printing, August 2016 Distributed by Diamond Book Distributors EDITOR AND DESIGNER DEAN MULLANEY 1-410-560-7100 ASSOCIATE EDITOR BRUCE CANWELL ART DIRECTOR LORRAINE TURNER Published by: STRIP RESTORATION JOSEPH KETELS, LORRAINE TURNER, DEAN MULLANEY IDW Publishing a Division of Idea and Design Works, LLC SCANNING JACKSON GLASSEY PUBLISHED BY TED ADAMS 2765 Truxtun Road, San Diego, CA 92106 www.idwpublishing.com Assembling a complete set of Red Barry strips has eluded researchers and scholars for decades. Although no single source holds the entire run, we have Ted Adams, Chief Executive Officer/Publisher Greg Goldstein, Chief Operating Officer/President been able to compile this complete collection thanks to the generosity and Robbie Robbins, EVP/Sr. Graphic Artist help of the following: Tony Raiola, Jeffrey Lindenblatt, David Armstrong, Chris Ryall, Chief Creative Officer/Editor-in-Chief Matthew Ruzicka, CPA, Chief Financial Officer James D. Flanagan, George Hagenauer, and the San Francisco Academy of Dirk Wood, VP of Marketing Comics Art Collection at the Ohio State University’s Billy Ireland Cartoon Lorelei Bunjes, VP of Digital Services Jeff Webber, VP of Licensing, Digital and Subsidiary Rights Library and Museum. Jerry Bennington, VP of New Product Development Additional thanks to Bill Spicer, whose 1970 feature-length interview with Will Copyright © 2016 King Features Syndicate. ™ Hearst Holdings, Inc. Gould has enriched our knowledge of Gould and the times in which he lived. The Library of American Comics is a trademark of The Library of American Comics LLC. All rights Publisher’s note: These comic strips were created in an earlier time and include reserved. Introduction © 2016 Bruce Canwell. With the exception of artwork used for review purposes, none of the contents of this publication may be reprinted without the permission of the racial stereotypes; we reproduce them with the understanding that they reflect a publisher. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form, electronic or bygone era. mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher. Printed in Korea. 16 • March 19-21, 1934 March 22-24, 1934 • 17 18 • March 26-28, 1934 March 29-31, 1934 • 19 20 • April 2-4, 1934.

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