Volume Six contains over 500 "Dick Tracy" comic strips from the series" early years, this time covering material that originally ran from July 1939 through January 1941. This volume also includes an introduction by Max Allan Collins and other historical material. The Library of American Comics is the world"s publisher of classic newspaper comic strips, with 14 Eisner Award nominations and three wins for best book. "LOAC has become the gold standard for archival comic strip reprints...The research and articles provide insight and context, and most importantly the glorious reproduction of the material has preserved these strips for those who knew them and offers a new gateway to adventure for those discovering them for the first time". ("Scoop").