Chic Young's Dagwood Comics #65

Poor Dagwood is having another one of those days — the cover of this 1956 Harvey Comics issue captures him mid-tumble, red shoes flying upward as he crashes through what appears to be a rope barrier, a red board splintering away beneath him while a wide-eyed, curly-haired onlooker watches the chaos unfold in alarm. Chic Young's cartooning brings his signature rubber-limbed slapstick energy to every line, perfectly setting the stage for the story inside, "Fit to Burn." At just a dime, this is cheerful, all-ages comic mischief at its most charmingly frantic.