LIST OF DICK TRACY VILLAIN DEBUTS

The following is a list of ''Dick Tracy'' villain debuts. One of the appeals of the ''Dick Tracy'' comic strip is its unique villains.^[1] Many had bizarre deformities including The Blank (1937), Little Face Finney (1941), Pruneface (1943), The Brow (1944), Shakey (1945), and Pear Shape (1949).^[2] Chester Gould wrote these villains for his reader's righteous condemnation, without exploring moral gray areas. This was emphasized by depicting the heroes as attractive and the villains as grotesque.^[3]

Contents

1930s

1940s

1950s

1960s

1970s

Notes

References

1930s

Character / Team	Year Created	Creator/s	First Appearance
Big Boy	1931	Chester Gould	Dick Tracy 10-12
Pinkie the Stabber	1931	Chester Gould	Dick Tracy 10-04
Broadway Bates, Belle	1932	Chester Gould	Dick Tracy 02-22
Steve "The Tramp" Brogan	1932	Chester Gould	Dick Tracy 09-08
Count Gordon	1932	Chester Gould	Dick Tracy 05-30
Kenneth Grebb	1932	Chester Gould	Dick Tracy 08-01
Larceny Lou	1932	Chester Gould	Dick Tracy 11-28
Dan "The Squealer" Mucelli	1932	Chester Gould	Dick Tracy 10-13
"Truffa" Dolan	1933	Chester Gould	Dick Tracy 11-09
Boss Jim Herrod	1933	Chester Gould	Dick Tracy 09-11
Old Mike "The Smuggler"	1933	Chester Gould	Dick Tracy 08-03
"Stooge" Viller	1933	Chester Gould	Dick Tracy 01-02
Jimmy White	1933	Chester Gould	Dick Tracy 12-09
Boris, Zora Arson	1934	Chester Gould	Dick Tracy 11-01
Doc Hump	1934	Chester Gould	Dick Tracy 05-07
Giorgio Spaldoni	1934	Chester Gould	Dick Tracy 02-25
"Bookie" Joe	1935	Chester Gould	Dick Tracy 05-24
"Cut" Famon	1935	Chester Gould	Dick Tracy 09-26
"Lips" Manlis	1936	Chester Gould	Dick Tracy 02-27
Mimi, Toyee	1936	Chester Gould	Dick Tracy 05-12
The Purple Cross Gang	1936	Chester Gould	Dick Tracy 09-21
The Blank	1937	Chester Gould	Dick Tracy 10-07
Stud Bronzen	1938	Chester Gould	Dick Tracy 01-07
Karpse, The Mar,, Doc	1938	Chester Gould	Dick Tracy 09-09
Jojo Nidle	1938	Chester Gould	Dick Tracy 07-09
Johnny Ramm	1938	Chester Gould	Dick Tracy 05-10
Rono "Nails" Wolley	1938	Chester Gould	Dick Tracy 12-06
Whip Chute	1939	Chester Gould	Dick Tracy 04-04
Prof. Emire	1939	Chester Gould	Dick Tracy 10-25
John Lavir	1939	Chester Gould	Dick Tracy 07-05
Mr. Natnus	1939	Chester Gould	Dick Tracy 09-27
Nuremoh	1939	Chester Gould	Dick Tracy 07-05
Scardol	1939	Chester Gould	Dick Tracy 03-11

1940s

Character / Team	Year Created	Creator/s	First Appearance
Black Pearl	1940	Chester Gould	Dick Tracy 09-18
Junky Doolb	1940	Chester Gould	Dick Tracy 03-11
Mr. Kroiwen	1940	Chester Gould	Dick Tracy 01-10
Krome	1940	Chester Gould	Dick Tracy 12-10
Mamma	1940	Chester Gould	Dick Tracy 04-21
Mason	1940	Chester Gould	Dick Tracy 03-11
Deafy Sweetfellow	1940	Chester Gould	Dick Tracy 10-04
Jerome Trohs	1940	Chester Gould	Dick Tracy 04-21
Yogee Yamma	1940	Chester Gould	Dick Tracy 07-14
Selbert Depool	1941	Chester Gould	Dick Tracy 02-25
Trigger Doom	1941	Chester Gould	Dick Tracy 05-17
Duke, Sugar	1941	Chester Gould	Dick Tracy 09-17
"Little Face" Finny	1941	Chester Gould	Dick Tracy 07-13
Jacques	1941	Chester Gould	Dick Tracy 12-26
The Mole	1941	Chester Gould	Dick Tracy 09-17
Mike Rennis	1941	Chester Gould	Dick Tracy 05-17
Amard	1942	Chester Gould	Dick Tracy 06-14
B.B. Eyes	1942	Chester Gould	Dick Tracy 01-29
Pruneface	1942	Chester Gould	Dick Tracy 09-24
Tiger Lily	1942	Chester Gould	Dick Tracy 07-08
Yollman, Clarke Van Dike	1942	Chester Gould	Dick Tracy 04-19
88 Keys	1943	Chester Gould	Dick Tracy 04-15
Flattop Jones	1943	Chester Gould	Dick Tracy 12-21
Nifty	1943	Chester Gould	Dick Tracy 02-04
Mrs. Pruneface	1943	Chester Gould	Dick Tracy 07-15
"Laffy" Smith	1943	Chester Gould	Dick Tracy 10-01
The Brow	1944	Chester Gould	Dick Tracy 05-21
Shakey	1944	Chester Gould	Dick Tracy 09-28
Irma	1945	Chester Gould	Dick Tracy 12-25
Breathless Mahoney	1945	Chester Gould	Dick Tracy 05-11
Measles	1945	Chester Gould	Dick Tracy 01-21
"Itchy" Oliver	1945	Chester Gould	Dick Tracy 09-11
Gargles	1946	Chester Gould	Dick Tracy 08-30
Nilon Hoze	1946	Chester Gould	Dick Tracy 03-24
Shoulders	1946	Chester Gould	Dick Tracy 06-05
Influence	1946	Chester Gould	Dick Tracy 11-15
Coffyhead	1947	Chester Gould	Dick Tracy 07-10
Hypo	1947	Chester Gould	Dick Tracy 03-06
Mumbles	1947	Chester Gould	Dick Tracy 10-16
Big Frost	1948	Chester Gould	Dick Tracy 09-16
Heels Beals	1948	Chester Gould	Dick Tracy 06-25
Brier Volts	1948	Chester Gould	Dick Tracy 05-01
Mrs. Volts	1948	Chester Gould	Dick Tracy 02-26
Wormy Marrons	1949	Chester Gould	Dick Tracy 12-30
Sketch Paree	1949	Chester Gould	Dick Tracy 07-05
Pearshape	1949	Chester Gould	Dick Tracy 04-06
Mousey Rattner	1949	Chester Gould	Dick Tracy 09-26
Sleet	1949	Chester Gould	Dick Tracy 01-01

1950s

Character / Team	Year Created	Creator/s	First Appearance
Blowtop	1950	Chester Gould	Dick Tracy 03-27
Dr. Plain	1950	Chester Gould	Dick Tracy 12-03
T.V. Wiggles	1950	Chester Gould	Dick Tracy 07-13
Crewy Lou	1951	Chester Gould	Dick Tracy 05-16
Spinner Record	1951	Chester Gould	Dick Tracy 11-12
Sphinx	1951	Chester Gould	Dick Tracy 05-16
Larry	1952	Chester Gould	Dick Tracy 01-24
Mr. Crime	1952	Chester Gould	Dick Tracy 04-27
Tonsils, Dude	1952	Chester Gould	Dick Tracy 03-28
3-D Magee, Pony	1953	Chester Gould	Dick Tracy 07-06
Odds Zonn	1953	Chester Gould	Dick Tracy 01-19
Dewdrop, Sticks	1954	Chester Gould	Dick Tracy 01-17
Open-Mind Monty	1954	Chester Gould	Dick Tracy 01-17
Rughead	1954	Chester Gould	Dick Tracy 07-17
Mambo	1955	Chester Gould	Dick Tracy 03-18
Oodles	1955	Chester Gould	Dick Tracy 08-03
George Ozone, Cinn Ozone	1955	Chester Gould	Dick Tracy 03-18
Nothing Yonson	1955	Chester Gould	Dick Tracy 08-03
Ivy	1956	Chester Gould	Dick Tracy 09-30
The Kitten Sisters	1956	Chester Gould	Dick Tracy 12-24
Joe Period	1956	Chester Gould	Dick Tracy 01-01
Flattop Jones, Jr.	1956	Chester Gould	Dick Tracy 01-01
The Clipso Brothers	1957	Chester Gould	Dick Tracy 04-10
Elsa Crystal	1957	Chester Gould	Dick Tracy 09-05
Pantsy	1957	Chester Gould	Dick Tracy 12-15
Cicory, The Dropper	1958	Chester Gould	Dick Tracy 03-18
Headache, Popsie	1958	Chester Gould	Dick Tracy 12-26
Miss Egghead	1958	Chester Gould	Dick Tracy 03-18
Willie the Fifth	1959	Chester Gould	Dick Tracy
Flyface	1959	Chester Gould	Dick Tracy
E. Kent Hardly	1959	Chester Gould	Dick Tracy
Rhodent	1959	Chester Gould	Dick Tracy

1960s

Character / Team	Year Created	Creator/s	First Appearance
Burpie Upp	1960	Chester Gould	Dick Tracy
Fresh	1960	Chester Gould	Dick Tracy
Spots	1960	Chester Gould	Dick Tracy

1970s

Character / Team	Year Created	Creator/s	First Appearance
Angeltop Jones	1977	Max Allan Collins	Dick Tracy

Notes

1. IDW Publishing Celebrates 75 Years of Dick Tracy with the Release of The Complete Chester Gould's Dick Tracy, Vol. 1 in October!
2. DICK TRACY
3. Dick Tracy: Morality in Black and White

References

★ Tracy's Sinister Villains Provide Personality to the Strip

★ Dick Tracy's life and times