User:TommyNGunn/Mrs. Chin Chillar

Mr. and Mrs. Chin Chillar are fictional characters in the comic strip Dick Tracy, created by Chester Gould.

This page is about the comic strip. For other uses, see TommyNGunn/Mrs. Chin Chillar (disambiguation).

The Chin Chillars
Author(s)	Chester Gould (original)
Current status/schedule	Running
Launch date	June 12, 1967
Syndicate(s)	Tribune Media Services
Genre(s)	Action, Adventure

Description

Mrs. Chin Chillar is a Dick Tracy villain who first appeared in the daily comic strip on June 12, 1967. She is the widow of George Chin Chillar, and sister of Purdy Fallar, also deceased. She is a young woman who wears a skimpy, strapless black costume, high heel boots, large dangling earrings, feathery necklace with matching bracelets, a dagger tucked into her bustier, and upswept blonde hair. She also has a small blonde beard on her chin, as did her husband. Her maiden name was Notteema Fallar, but she went by Notta Fallar, a funny play on words because of her beard. She married George Chin Chillar at the age of sixteen, and he often called her "Doll" and "Baby." She was last seen in prison on July 22, 1968, and will reportedly return as a featured villain in a new Dick Tracy story in 2012.

Mr. Chin Chillar also first appeared in the Dick Tracy strip on June 12, 1967. He wore a short sleeve shirt and trousers, large earrings, and a small beard on his chin. He was an expert technician and space coupe pilot for Diet Smith while he and his wife lived on the moon. His first name was George, and his wife often called him "Baby." He was killed in a shootout with Dick Tracy on January 21, 1968.

Original Story 6/12/1967 - 11/07/1967

The Chin Chillars conspired with Mr. Bribery (a gruesome villain who collected shrunken heads) to steal a police space coupe and salvage $100,000 that was orbiting the Earth. After rescuing Bribery from prison and installing a wire bird cage on one end of the space coupe, the trio successfully captured the money. After this, the Chin Chillars got Bribery drunk and killed him by dropping him from a great height back into the prison from which he had been freed. The couple was then chased by Dick Tracy and Diet Smith, who followed them in another space coupe. The Chin Chillars escaped their pursuers, but they also lost the $100,000 when it burned up in the atmosphere during the high speed chase.

Desperate for food and water, the Chin Chillars fled to the moon and raided a Diet Smith emergency shelter for provisions. After a brief respite, they sought asylum on Piggy Butcher's "farm" (actually a front for a stolen car operation). Instead, Piggy took them prisoner and made them sleep in his stables. Piggy took a fancy to the flirtatious Mrs. Chin Chillar and made her his personal slave and lover. She cooked his meals and dutifully fulfilled his needs no matter the time of day. Piggy forced Mr. Chin Chillar to use the stolen space coupe to hijack an armored car. This caught the attention of Dick Tracy and served to intensify the search for the space coupe. Piggy became increasingly obsessed with his "housemother" (the nickname he gave Mrs. Chin Chillar), though he didn't like her beard. He eventually ordered his men to shave it off, but he stopped them when she cried out in pain, leaving her with two beards.

Meanwhile, Tracy and Sam finally tracked the missing space coupe to Piggy's farm. They were doing air surveillance when the Chin Chillars spotted them. The couple flagged down Tracy and Sam and agreed to work for them to spy against Piggy. Tracy gave them a wrist TV to communicate with the police, but Piggy's henchman found the device and brought it to Piggy. Piggy was infuriated by his "housemother's" betrayal and forced her and Mr. Chin Chillar to hang by their hands in his bedroom until they agreed to get the wrist TV to work. The couple was finally rescued when Moon Maid and Tracy invaded Piggy's farm, captured Piggy, and arrested the Chin Chillars.

Revenge against Piggy 12/22/1967 - 01/28/1968

The Chin Chillars were eventually released on bail, whereupon they tracked down and captured a very drunk Piggy, who was also free on bond. They dragged Piggy back to their apartment but accidentally strangled him before they could torture him as they had intended. Tracy and Sam arrived at the apartment just at this point, and a panicked Mr. Chin Chillar opened fire on them. Mr. Chin Chillar was killed in the ensuing gunfight, and his wife was arrested and sent to prison.

Follow up Appearances 02/03/1968 - 07/22/1968

Mrs. Chin Chillar made several more appearances during the subsequent case involving her brother Purdy Fallar. Brother Purdy (a murderer and thief) was captured by Dick Tracy, but he committed suicide by running out into the extreme cold of the moon, where he was quick frozen in a standing position. A mad scientist named Dr. Klippoff later claimed to revive Purdy from his deep freeze, but this was exposed as a hoax when Mrs. Chin Chillar confirmed that Purdy was dead.

Dick Tracy's popularity reached its zenith (800+ newspapers, its highest circulation) in the winter of 1967, in the midst of the Chin Chillar story. In a 1968 NBC television documentary, Chester Gould identified Mrs. Chin Chillar as one of the most popular characters in the history of the Dick Tracy strip.

References

The Dick Tracy Encyclopedia, by Vic Weichert, pp. 95, 410-411

External links

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DickTracy/message/13218 - Circulation statistics for Dick Tracy