Carl Anderson's Henry #14

Carl Anderson's beloved silent comic-strip kid comes to life in this cheerful 1950 Dell offering, packed with 52 pages of all-comics fun. The cover centers on Henry — round-headed and wide-eyed in his red shirt — facing off in what looks like a tense (or perhaps just curious) standoff with a scrappy, freckle-faced boy in a green cap and striped tank top, the two kids squared up against a sunny urban backdrop. Surrounding the central scene, smaller vignettes of Henry in various athletic poses add a lively, energetic frame to the whole package.