Chili #23

Marvel's lighthearted Chili series delivers another dose of sharp comic timing in this June 1973 issue, with a cover by Stan Goldberg that perfectly captures the absurdity of a shoe-store disaster. A frazzled salesman struggles under a teetering mountain of shoeboxes while our red-haired heroine sits serenely amid total chaos, explaining that she's not hunting for the right pair of shoes — she's simply waiting for the rain to stop, as glimpsed through the store window where a blonde woman strolls by under an umbrella. At just 20 cents, it's a breezy slice of early-'70s humor that shows why Chili's mix of wit and everyday mischief kept readers coming back.