The Complete Dick Tracy Volume 16 contains the strips written and drawn by Chester Gould originally published in newspapers between the dates October 25th, 1954 and May 13th, 1956. It includes the following storylines: * Rughead * The Return of Mumbles * Oodles and the introduction of Lizz * Joe Period & Flattop Jones Jr. The Flattop Jr. storyline is concluded in the subsequent volume. The book also includes original supplemental material, including the essay "So Immense" by Jeff Kersten, the essay "Meet You at the Morgue!" by Max Allan Collins.