Chic Young's Dagwood Comics #57

Few things in life are as reliably funny as a tiny pest winning a big battle, and this cover delivers exactly that. Dagwood — eyes clenched, tongue lolling, face flushed red — is clearly getting the worst of an encounter with a very determined mosquito, who faces him down with almost comical confidence amid a tangle of what appears to be a folding chair or cot. Harvey Comics' 1955 entry in Chic Young's long-running series promises the kind of cheerful, domestic chaos that made Dagwood a household name, all for just a dime.