9Dick and Tess's house fire-bombed B.O. Plenty riddled with bullets Sam Catchum apparently crushed to death This volume's villains include Blowtop, T.V. Wiggles, Dr. Plain, and Empty Williams. Plus, a baby named Bonnie Braids is born, Vitamin Flintheart returns, and who's the mysterious woman named Crewy Lou? Contains all Dick Tracy strips from March 26, 1950 - September 15, 1951. -The Library of American Comics is the world's #1 publisher of classic newspaper comic strips, with 14 Eisner Award nominations and three wins for best book. LOAC has become "the gold standard for archival comic strip reprints...The research and articles provide insight and context, and most importantly the glorious reproduction of the material has preserved these strips for those who knew them and offers a new gateway to adventure for those discovering them for the first time." - Scoop -