Beep Beep #5

The desert Southwest never looked more mischievous than on this cheerful 1960 Dell cover, where Road Runner — paint bucket in hand — has apparently just applied a bold black-and-orange stripe across a thoroughly alarmed Wile E. Coyote standing on the railroad tracks. Pete Alvarado's cover art captures both characters in expressive, spot-on model form, with Road Runner wearing a sly grin while Coyote looks down in wide-eyed dismay at his freshly decorated predicament. A fun ten-cent slice of Looney Tunes energy, this issue promises the kind of delightful cartoon chaos that made Beep Beep the Road Runner such an entertaining Dell title.