Dick Tracy is an
American comic strip featuring
Dick Tracy (originally Plainclothes Tracy), a tough and intelligent police detective created by
Chester Gould. The strip made its debut on October 4, 1931 in the
Detroit Mirror. It was distributed by the
Chicago Tribune New York News Syndicate. Gould wrote and drew the strip until 1977. Since that time, various artists and writers have continued the strip, which still runs in newspapers today. Dick Tracy has also been the hero in a number of films, notably one in which
Warren Beatty played the crime fighter in 1990.