Dick Tracy: The Collins Case Files, Volume 3

Dick Tracy: The Collins Case Files #3

by Max Allan Collins, Dick Locher

In the third year's run of Dick Tracy, writer Collins pits the famed detective against the nerfarious villains that put Tracy on the map. See Tracy match wits with Art Dekko, Breakdown, and Torcher. Not to be missed! In this strips from 1980.

Genres: Comics

180 pages, Paperback

First published November 1, 2004

About the author

Received the Shamus Award, "The Eye" (Lifetime achievment award) in 2006.

He has also published under the name Patrick Culhane. He and his wife, Barbara Collins, have written several books together. Some of them are published under the name Barbara Allan.

Book Awards
Shamus Awards Best Novel winner (1984) : True Detective
Shamus Awards Best Novel winner (1992) : Stolen Away
Shamus Awards Best Novel nominee (1995) : Carnal Hours
Shamus Awards Best Novel nominee (1997) : Damned in Paradise
Shamus Awards Best Novel nominee (1999) : Flying Blind: A Novel about Amelia Earhart
Shamus Awards Best Novel nominee (2002) : Angel in Black

Japanese: マックス・アラン・コリンズ
or マックス・アラン コリンズ

Reviews

[John Yingling]

Dick Tracy gets back to his roots in this volume with some good, solid policework, teaming up with the people in his department to fight crime. The storylines are riveting, about a crooked art dealer, a man out for revenge after being fired from a prominent position, and about crooked landlords and the arsonist they employ. There is the usual cast of colorful characters, and it's nice to see old friends return, in Diet Smith and Vitamin Flintheart. The artwork does justice to the legacy that Chester Gould established. A first-rate volume in every way.

[Read1000books]

An entire year's worth of Tracy's adventures (originally published in the newspaper Jan. 6, 1980-Jan. 17, 1981) featuring three new villains: Art Deco, Breakdown, and Torcher. Perhaps not as good as those from the Chester Gould era, but entertaining none the less.