Wendy Wichel was a reporter who has served as an antagonist towards Dick Tracy in a non-criminal sense. She was slender woman, with dark hair, who usually wore a hat with a large floppy brim. Wendy was critical of Tracy's record, claiming that he consistently used excessive force and had killed more people in the line of duty than any other detective in the country. Wichel would often be the first to get an exclusive on any story related to Tracy and his latest case.