A Date with Judy #35

Teen comedy at its most delightfully chaotic — this 1953 DC issue of A Date with Judy finds a young man buried under an avalanche of pink frozen custard as his machine goes hilariously out of control, all while a concerned Judy and her friend look on in disbelief. He insists through a speech bubble that the job will pay for their prom date, which makes the custard catastrophe all the more endearing. The rotund shop owner watches from behind the counter with a knowing smirk, and even Judy herself peeks in from the cover's corner, making this a wonderfully warm snapshot of 1950s teen-life humor.