Candy #49

This Quality Comics gem from 1954 puts "America's Favorite Teen-Age Girl" right in the middle of a wonderfully chaotic moment — a dark-haired girl in a bold harlequin skirt cheerfully calls Ted to the door while, behind her, blonde Candy has clearly just tumbled over a couch, sending a lamp crashing to the floor in pieces. The cover's comic timing is pitch-perfect: Ted's stunned expression at the doorway, the breezy "Come in, Ted! We were just talking about you!" speech bubble, and the wreckage at Candy's feet tell a whole story without a single page being turned. A charming slice of 1954 teen humor that shows exactly why this series had such warm, lasting appeal.