Character Spotlight: Gordon Tracy

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: Gordon Tracy!

Gordon Tracy first appeared in the original Dick Tracy Republic serial (1937), where he was Dick's brother and a lawyer. Gordon hired Dick to investigate a murder, but during the course of the serial, Gordon was captured and brainwashed by the bad guy - who has like three different names, it's not important - to do his bidding. During a fight with Dick, he runs off the road and gets injured, recognizing his brother right before he died.

Gordon has been mentioned exactly once in the comic strip, on November 10, 2013. Dick is being interviewed on tv and runs through his family members. Gordon is mentioned as being deceased, so it's possible the serial - or some version of it - is canon to the show. Or based on the verbage, it's possible Gordon became evil but never died. PS. Every other name is the family of Chester Gould, Dick Tracy's creator. A fitting tribute!

We're not even halfway through the Dick Tracy characters, so come back next Wednesday for more!