Janie Clark

A cheerful fixture of DC's postwar teen comedy scene, Janie Clark made her debut in the pages of A Date with Judy in 1951, right in the heart of the Golden Age when wholesome, slice-of-life humor comics were a staple of American newsstands. Her handful of appearances — spread across Leave It to Binky and A Date with Judy — put her in lively company alongside the likes of Binky Biggs, Allergy Biggs, and Peggy Baxter, the kind of colorful suburban cast that made these titles such breezy fun. She may be a rare find with only four catalogued appearances, but for collectors who love the warm, soda-fountain charm of early '50s DC humor books, Janie Clark is exactly the sort of hidden gem that makes digging through back issues so rewarding.