All-American Comics #10

In "null," young Skippy finds himself on the receiving end of a tough inning during a stick ball game, but he's oddly cheerful—counting his runs as a victory, even as the others pile on. With a grin, he’s convinced that staying below three figures means he’s already ahead, and that the game’s momentum will soon leave his opponents behind.

In "A Nutcracker," Northrup stumbles upon a pair of long tongs in the City Dump and, with a mischievous grin, sets out to use them to carefully extract candy from a bag—only to find the tongs utterly useless. Frustrated, he grabs a hammer and starts pounding away, determined to make them work.

In "null," Beansy’s curiosity gets the better of him when he hears the word “curiosity” and asks Skippy what it means—only to be warned it’s trouble. With Skippy’s playful dare, Beansy follows him past a mysterious hole in the fence marked “Don’t Look Inside,” but can’t resist turning back to peek… only to get drenched in mud.