Blondie #153

Chic Young's beloved domestic comedy duo is in full comedic collision on this August 1962 Harvey Comics cover, where Blondie — dressed smartly in red — recoils in wide-eyed alarm as Dagwood goes flying, stars bursting around his feet, with a scattered pile of household clutter tumbling across the floor. It's the kind of perfectly timed slapstick chaos that made this strip a household institution, rendered here entirely by Young himself as writer, artist, and inker. With a 12-cent cover price and the Comics Code stamp of approval, Blondie #153 is a cheerful snapshot of early '60s funny-page humor at its most charmingly unhinged.