Atom the Cat #11

This 1958 Charlton gem packs a generous 68 pages of all-new fun at just 15 cents, and the cover — penciled and inked by Maurice Whitman — sets the tone perfectly: a wide-eyed, jowly basset hound looks thoroughly put-upon while Atom the Cat clings triumphantly to a rope above him, green eyes gleaming with mischief against a rocky cliffside backdrop. The cat-and-dog dynamic practically leaps off the cover, promising the kind of lighthearted comic chaos that made funny animal titles so charming in the late '50s.