Alvin #19

Sheriff Alvin is on the case in this charming 1967 Dell outing, with the little chipmunk sheriff decked out in full Western regalia — red hat, badge, and all — crouching behind a barrel alongside two companions while a sneaky outlaw lurks behind another barrel in the background. A "Reward $5,000 Dead or Alive" wanted poster on the ground sets the stakes, and the cover's playful promise of "Outlaws and Badmen Beware — Sheriff Alvin Rides Again!" perfectly captures the lighthearted frontier fun waiting inside. With a story titled "The Gunfight at the Goof-Off Corral," this issue delivers exactly the kind of good-natured Western comedy that made Dell's funny-animal books such a delight throughout the 1960s.