Buzzy #73

DC's teen humor gem delivers a perfectly sunny slice of 1956 suburban comedy in Buzzy #73. Graham Place's cover captures the chaos beautifully — a grinning older fellow hangs from a tree rigging up a backyard water sprinkler, soaking a startled Buzzy and a red-haired girl in a polka-dot swimsuit who warns him he's "in hot water." It's a breezy, good-natured gag that makes this issue — which also includes details for a Giant 5000 Prize Contest — a genuinely fun snapshot of mid-fifties funny-book charm.