After enjoying this release, I also wanting to watch Warren Betty’s take on this detectvie and swoon over Madonna again. This hero made his debut in the early 30s, and I’m reasonably sure writers since then have rewritten or retconned his early life. In this latest, he’s a war veteran turned police detective. And it seems some of his past has arrived to haunt him. While his bosses say the war is over, the trauma he’s faced and everything that defines him now is worse than a ghost knocking at his door!
A mob war is raging, and it’s up to Tracey to man up and do what he can to curb the slaughter going on. Although the first issue doesn’t quite hit its mark in getting the action going, that’s because the 24 pages can only offer so much. It’s not until the second issue where this series finds its footing, and I’m engrossed. When Emil Trueheart turns up dead, it’s up to Dick Tracy to figure out whodunit. And by the fourth, that’s when the action gets amped up. When the mob boss thinks he’s “Unstoppable,” I knew it was time to play the soundtrack to Brian de Palma’s The Untouchables to get me in the mood! The finale really does a great job at the reveals, including revealing who was on the take, and taking down this criminal empire won’t be easy after another hit takes down another thug!
Fans of detective fiction will enjoy what’s offered as this story written by the team of Alex Segura, Michael Moreci, and Chantelle Aimée Osman has enough hard-boiled elements to make this world feel seedy. Even Geraldo Borges‘ art is fantastic because Mark Englert‘s colouring job honours the style which made the strips what they were. Anyone who has missed out on getting the early issues don’t have to worry. A trade paperback collecting these issues will be on shelves November 2024!
4 Stars out of 5
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