Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Volume 2 | 2004 | Max Allan Collins | Buy |
| 2 | Volume 3 | 2004 | Max Allan Collins | Buy |
| 3 | Volume 4 | 2005 | Max Allan Collins | Buy |
| 4 | Volume 1 | 2003 | Max Allan Collins | Buy |
Dick Tracy: The Collins Case Files is a four-volume series that collects Max Allan Collins’ work on the Dick Tracy comic strip. Published between 2003 and 2005, these trade paperback volumes preserve the storylines Collins wrote during his years scripting the daily strip. Collins took over writing duties on Dick Tracy in 1977 and continued until 1993, making him one of the longest-running writers in the strip’s history.
The four volumes gather Collins’ Dick Tracy strips into a convenient format for readers and collectors. Collins brought a crime fiction sensibility to the strip, drawing on his experience as a mystery novelist. For fans of Dick Tracy and classic newspaper comics, these collected editions are a way to read through an important period of the character’s run.