What long running comic strip character, created by Chester Gould, is described as a hard-hitting, fast-shooting and intelligent police detective with a love of trench coats and fedoras?
Dick Tracy (character) Dick Tracy (character) Dick Tracy is a fictional police detective in the American comic strip "Dick Tracy" created by Chester Gould in 1931. Tracy is a tough and intelligent detective who uses forensic science, advanced gadgetry, and wits in his relentless pursuit of criminals. The "Dick Tracy" comic strip made its premiere on October 4, 1931, in the "Detroit Mirror". The strip was distributed by Chicago Tribune New York News Syndicate. Chester Gould both drew and wrote the comic strip until the year 1977. Since then other writers and artists have continued to produce the strip, which is still running
Chester Gould October 4, 1931. The original comic was based on a New York detective Gould was interested in. The comic then branched to the fictional character that became famous. He drew the comic strip for the next 46 years from his home in Woodstock, Illinois. In order to keep informed of police methods, Gould took courses in forensics and investigative procedures. He was later proud of having introduced in 1946, the two-way wrist radio for Tracy, and in 1947, the closed-circuit television, both of which were later invented, though in somewhat different forms. Gould's stories were rarely pre-planned, since he preferred