DICK TRACY V OLUME 23: 1966 –1967 STORIES AND ART BY CHESTER GOULD THE LIBRARY OF AMERICAN COMICS EDITED AND DESIGNED BY Dean Mullaney ASSOCIATE EDITOR Bruce Canwell • ART DIRECTOR Lorraine Turner INTRODUCTION BY Max Allan Collins CONSULTING EDITOR AFTERWORD BY Jeffrey Kersten ASSOCIATE EDITOR STRIP RESTORATION ASSISTANT 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. LibraryofAmericanComics.com Published by: IDW Publishing a Division of Idea and Design Works, LLC 2765 Truxtun Road, San Diego, CA 92106 www.idwpublishing.com 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 Dick Tracy ® and © 2017 Tribune Content Agency, LLC. All rights Matthew Ruzicka, CPA, Chief Financial Officer • Laurie Windrow, Senior VP of Sales and Marketing reserved. The Library of American Comics is a trademark of Library of Lorelei Bunjes, VP of Digital Services • Jerry Bennington, VP of New Product Development American Comics, LLC. All rights reserved. Introduction © 2017 Max Allan Collins. Afterword © 2017 Jeff Kersten. With the exception of Distributed to the book trade by Penguin Random House artwork used for review purposes, none of the comic strips in this Distributed to the comic book trade by Diamond Book Distributors publication may be reprinted without the permission of Tribune Content Agency, LLC. No part of this book may be reproduced or ISBN: 978-1-68405-023-9 First Printing, November 2017 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. Opposite: Chester Gould’s December 1966 contribution to the U.S. Treasury Department’s savings bond campaign. December 27-29, 1965 12 December 30, 1965 - January 1, 1966 13 January 2, 1966 14.