Character Spotlight: Cueball

A character who's been around as long as Dick Tracy is bound to have some canon immigrants, so I don't know why it took me this long to learn about them. But I found a few that we'll talk about over the next several weeks.

This week: Cueball!

Cueball is a criminal that first appeared as the eponymous villain in the movie Dick Tracy vs. Cueball (1946), portrayed by Dick Wessel. He was a diamond thief who killed people by strangling them with a leather hatband.

He didn't appear in the comic strip until all the way in July (10th) 2011, as seen below. The comic gave him a brother named Screwball.

He continued to appear until his death in January 2012. I don't know how Dick Tracy handles death, so maybe he'll be back? Either way, you should be back next Wednesday, because the Dick Tracy bonanza is just getting started!