All Funny Comics #12

A cheerful slice of postwar comedy from DC's humor lineup, this July–August 1946 issue sets the tone right on its cover, where a well-dressed gentleman in a top hat is being held up by a gruff armed robber while a small wide-eyed kid cowers nearby — and a deadpan fellow in a pinstripe suit sits to the side, dreamily imagining a hamburger and lamenting, "Times are sure tough, Oxie! Nothing for a couple of good detectives to do!" Win Mortimer's clean, expressive linework brings the gag to life with warm cartoon energy that makes the absurdity of the scene instantly inviting. For a dime in 1946, this was exactly the kind of lighthearted escape readers were happy to find on newsstands.