Rogues' Gallery: Dick Tracy's Top Ten Enemies

A hero is defined by their villains, and comic books are filled with some of the scariest and silliest bad guys around. Rogues’ Gallery aims to settle the score and determine who is the true arch-nemesis for some of our favorite heroes, and we need your help to do it!

You voted to see who the ultimate Dick Tracy enemy was, and we’ve tabulated the results and assembled a video counting down the definitive top 10. Did your favorite make this list? There’s only one way to find out!

Show notes:

While usually we just link to a character's most notable stories on Comixology, tracking down key Dick Tracy stories to read is a bit of a trickier proposition. Chester Gould's entire run is collected into beautiful hardcovers, so we've listed where characters were first introduced and what volume is can be found.

Big Boy was introduced in October 1931, collected in The Complete Chester Gould's Dick Tracy Volume 1.
Zora Arson was introduced in November 1934, collected in The Complete Chester Gould's Dick Tracy Volume 2.
The Blank was introduced in October 1937, collected in The Complete Chester Gould’s Dick Tracy Volume 4.
Little Face was introduced in August 1941, collected in The Complete Chester Gould’s Dick Tracy Volume 7.
The Mole was introduced in September 1941, also collected in Volume 7.
Pruneface was introduced in September 1942, collected in The Complete Chester Gould’s Dick Tracy Volume 8.
Flattop was introduced in December 1943, also collected in Volume 8.
The Brow was introduced in May 1944, collected in The Complete Chester Gould’s Dick Tracy Volume 9.
Breathless Mahoney was introduced in May 1945, also collected in Volume 9.
Mumbles was introduced in October 1947, collected in The Complete Chester Gould's Dick Tracy Volume 11.