Chic Young's Dagwood Comics #36

Dagwood Bumstead trades his sandwich for sneakers on this cheerful 1953 Harvey cover, where he's decked out in athletic gear — jersey number 4, shorts, and track shoes — doing his best to outrun a rattling, out-of-control power mower that clearly has other ideas. The "R-R-R-R" sound effects and Dagwood's wide-mouthed, arms-flailing panic say everything you need to know about how his "Track Meet" is going. Warm, funny, and utterly relatable, this ten-cent gem captures the everyman charm that made Chic Young's creation a household name.