Blondie Comics Monthly #21

Chic Young's beloved domestic comedy gets a soaking in this August 1950 Harvey Comics issue, as the cover captures a perfectly chaotic moment: a thoroughly drenched Dagwood stands holding a pair of trousers while a garden hose — wielded by the couple's young daughter — blasts him full in the face, with Blondie looking on in exasperated amusement. The story title "Just Like Pop!" hints at the generational mischief behind the mayhem, and the promise of "all-new stories special for this issue" makes it a fine snapshot of the wholesome, laugh-out-loud humor that kept this series a perennial favorite in 1950.