A Date with Judy #12

Judy's breezy confidence takes center stage in this 1949 DC charmer, where the cover's four-panel comic strip shows her cheerfully seizing the wheel of a red convertible while poor Oogie sits beside her with his arm in a sling — her silver lining in his misfortune. The gag unfolds with delightful inevitability: a loud "BANG!" from a blown tire suggests Judy's enthusiasm behind the wheel may be greater than her skill, leaving the two of them stranded roadside. At 10 cents for 62 pages, this radio-famous coast-to-coast favorite offers the kind of light, good-natured humor that made A Date with Judy a staple of postwar teen comics.