Comedy Comics #19

Comedy Comics #19 brings the laughs in full force with this wonderfully chaotic September 1943 cover — a white rabbit and a rotund little pig go tumbling across the railroad tracks as a steam locomotive ("Toot! Toot!") barrels past, while two scrappy animal characters trade punches in the foreground amid flying hats and a conspicuous can of dynamite. The bright primary colors and slapstick energy capture exactly the kind of all-ages fun that made wartime funny-animal comics such a treat, and with a story titled "Puffy Pig Battles 'Jolly Red' the Pirate," the hijinks clearly don't stop at the cover.