Buzzy #74

This December 1956 DC teen comedy finds Buzzy and his date Susie seated in the eye-catching pink-and-white-striped "Candy Cane Room," where a looming waiter has just presented what appears to be a very hefty bill — Buzzy's wide-eyed "GULP! It's not the big stripes, Susie, it's the BIG CHECK!" says it all. Graham Place renders the scene with breezy, expressive charm, capturing that timeless teenage panic of a dinner date gone wallet-crushingly wrong. Light, fun, and genuinely funny, this issue is a warm snapshot of mid-1950s humor comics at their most relatable.