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Chester Gould Dick Tracy Daily Comic Strip Original Art dated 3-16-34 (News Syndicate, 1934). Dick Tracy puts a few slugs into a racketeer in this classic Tracy scenario titled "Through the Hand". Nice film noir graphic effects and crosshatching by a master storyteller on this strip from within the first three years of the strip's start. The ink over graphite on Bristol board image area measures 16.5" x .5". There is moderate toning, pinholes, marginal notes, and a few small stains. A modern type replacement paste-up is in the third panel. Signed and inscribed "To the boys at Hoboken Y.M.C.A. with best wishes, Chester Gould" at the upper right. The piece is in Very Good condition.

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Apr-May, 2020
30th-3rd Thursday-Sunday
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Sold on May 1, 2020 for: $3,120.00
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