Binky #81

Summer on the lake goes sideways in this cheerful November 1971 issue of DC's teen humor series, Binky. The cover tells the whole story with a grin: a red-headed boy in a Hawaiian shirt pulls up alongside a blonde girl in a bikini aboard a motorboat, calling out "Hi ya, beautiful!" — only for the boat's wake to drench him with a wall of water as he paddles his yellow canoe. With its breezy lakeside comedy and bright, sunny colors, this 25-cent issue is a fine snapshot of DC's lighthearted slice-of-teen-life charm at the turn of the decade.