In Volume 16 - reprinting strips from October 25, 1954 through May 13, 1956 - Chester Gould presents an amazing number of memorable characters- grotesques such as the murderous Rughead and a 467-lb. killer named Oodles, health faddist George Ozone and his wild boys named Neki and Hokey, the despicable "Nothing" Yonson, the amoral teenager Joe Period, and the introduction of nightclub photog-turned policewoman Lizz. Plus, for the first time, Gould brings back an old villain- Mumbles, who was thought drowned in 1947. And finally, he introduces what may be his most mature story of the 1950s - starring none other than Flattop Jr.!
Author Biography
The son of a newspaperman, Chester Gould was born in Pawnee, Oklahoma in 1900. He produced a pair of forgettable comic strips before creating "Plainsclothes Tracy" - changed to "Dick Tracy" - in 1931, and continued as its mastermind for an astonishing 46 years, until his retirement in 1977.
