Chic Young's Dagwood Comics #99

Dagwood Bumstead's gift for domestic catastrophe takes to the skies in this April 1959 Harvey Comics entry — the cover shows the hapless suburbanite lifted clean off the ground by a giant red kite, clutching it wide-eyed in a panic while still gripping the string spool, his bow-tied shoes dangling helplessly in the air. Back on the ground, a blonde woman peers from a yellow house window, looking every bit as alarmed as Dagwood himself. Chic Young's breezy, expressive linework captures the cheerful chaos that made this series a staple of mid-century family comics, and at a dime a copy, issue #99 is a warm reminder of how much fun a simple backyard mishap could be.