Chic Young's Dagwood Comics #56

Poor Dagwood — he's waist-deep in water, sweating bullets, and being pinched on both ears simultaneously by a pair of very determined red lobsters, his expression one of pure, long-suffering resignation. It's the kind of gloriously absurd suburban misery that made Chic Young's Dagwood Comics a Harvey staple, and issue #56 from 1955 delivers that spirit in spades. Paul Fung Jr. handles the full creative duties here, bringing rubbery, expressive energy to a cover gag that promises the same warm, goofy humor waiting inside.