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Dick Tracy. "Yes, this is the place, driver"
| Content Provider | Library of Congress - Photographs |
|---|---|
| Description | Four panel comic strip shows Lizz the policewoman alighting from a cab and approaching a shabby house. She reflects that Dick Tracy and his partner Sam Catchem will be covering her from their AirCars. Meanwhile, the two detectives fly over in wastebasket-like vehicles that are billed as "The newest product of science from the moon! The one-man magnetic air-car, silent, fast and crash-proof." Gould created the comic strip about the tough but honest detective in 1931. The strip was known for its hard-boiled stories, its grotesque villains, and its reliance on technological devices including Tracy's famous two-way wrist radio (later upgraded to a wrist television and then a wrist computer). In the 1960s, Gould's characters went to the moon and extra-terrestial characters and inventions were introduced, but the end of the decade put an end to the "Space Period," when the Apollo 11 mission proved that the moon was uninhabited. |
| File Format | JPG / JPEG |
| Language | English |
| Part of Series | Miscellaneous Items in High Demand |
| Requires | HTML5 supported browser |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Inventions--1960-1970. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Detectives--1960-1970. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Aircraft--1960-1970. |
| Content Type | Image |
| Resource Type | Photograph |
