Archie's Joke Book Magazine #64

A perfect slice of early-'60s beach humor, this August 1962 issue of Archie's Joke Book Magazine delivers its punchline right on the cover: a red-suited scuba diver in flippers stands wide-eyed on the shore as two green, antenna-sporting aliens — apparently fresh from their red flying saucer — declare him "one of our own kind," while a crown-wearing fellow in swim trunks looks on with amusement. The gag lands beautifully, playing the diver's bulky gear against the extraterrestrials' equally outlandish appearance for a joke that needs no caption beyond the speech bubble. With a story inside called "Date Bait," this issue promises the kind of lighthearted, snappy comedy that made Archie's Joke Book a summertime staple.