A Date with Judy #4

Based on the beloved NBC radio program, this 52-page DC humor comic captures the lighthearted teenage comedy of 1948 in fine style. Graham Place's cover depicts a boy in a full pirate costume — complete with cutlass raised high — escorting a girl in an elegant red ruffled gown under a crescent moon, while a bemused truck driver looks on from his red vehicle. It's the kind of cheerfully absurd romantic mix-up that made A Date with Judy a coast-to-coast favorite on radio and on the comics page alike.