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Chester Gould - Dick Tracy "Double Villain" Sunday Comic Strip Original Art, dated 6-2-40 (Chicago T

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Chester Gould - Dick Tracy  Double Villain  Sunday Comic Strip Original Art, dated 6-2-40 (Chicago T
<B>Chester Gould - Dick Tracy "Double Villain" Sunday Comic Strip Original Art, dated 6-2-40 (Chicago Tribune, 1940).</B></I> This <I>Dick Tracy</B></I> Sunday page is unusual in that it features not one, but two villains! From the previous story line, we have "Cut Glass Mamma" appearing in panel four, while the villain known as "the Midget" is featured in the following eleven panels. The Midget cleverly escapes from Tracy throughout this page, taking advantage of his diminutive stature. The 1940s produced <I>Dick Tracy</B></I>'s greatest villains, who became the main draw of the strip with wild names like Pruneface, Flattop, Little Face Finney, The Brow, Shakey, Pear Shape, and many, many more. Original Tracy pages from this era are tough to find, and are eagerly snapped up by collectors. This page has an image area measuring approximately 19" x 26"; the art is in Excellent condition. <BR><BR><B>Important notice:</B> Heritage usually auctions material at the rate of 200-250 lots per hour. On some occasions eBay Live bid software or the Internet may not be able to keep up with the pace of the auction. We recommend placing a realistic absentee bid now as insurance to avoid disappointment. Occasionally the auctioneer may eliminate or reject an eBay Live bid, and the auctioneer may also reopen a lot after the close of the eBay live bidding (usually because we missed an audience bid), and may reject your bid even if it shows you as the winning bidder. By bidding via eBay Live, you agree that Heritage may award the lot to another bidder at its sole discretion under the circumstances described above or any other reasonable circumstances. Since eBay bids are not shown to us until we open the lot on the floor, we treat those bids just like floor bids. In most cases the floor responds before the eBay bid is presented to us, due to Internet lag time, so for consistency we have made it a policy that floor bids are always considered first over tie eBay live bids. Also please note that all Heritage lots purchased through eBay Live carry a 20% Buyer's Premium. Please make sure you read the Terms and Conditions before you bid.