Candy #10

Candy #10 from Quality Comics delivers the breezy teen humor this series does so well, with a cover gag that lands perfectly. Candy — decked out in a striped top, cowboy hat, and denim shorts — is gleefully steering a plow with reins attached to a very unhappy Ted, who's been harnessed up in his football gear and is clearly regretting his boast: "Well, Ted, you said you felt as strong as a horse!" Harry Sahle's clean, expressive linework gives the whole scene a warm, slapstick charm that makes this 1949 issue an enjoyable snapshot of postwar funny-teen comics at their lightest.