All Funny Comics #5

This 1944 DC humor anthology promises "12 Big Laugh Features!" and the cover by Stan Kaye sets the comedic tone perfectly — a mustachioed villain has strapped the wide-eyed, exclaiming ("ULP!") Genius Jones into an absurd deathtrap involving a spinning buzz saw, a bubbling cauldron on a crane hook, a bed of spikes, and a cannon, all while smugly taunting, "Figure your way out of THIS one, Genius Jones!" Henry Boltinoff handles the writing, art, lettering, and inking throughout the interior, making this a remarkably personal comic creation. It's a wonderfully goofy slice of wartime humor comics, full of cartoonish menace and the kind of cheerful absurdity that made DC's lighter fare such a delight in the 1940s.