Comic Cavalcade #34

A sunny beach day turns into a comedy of errors in this 76-page DC anthology, where the Crow — perched atop a lifeguard tower with a beach umbrella — cheerfully apologizes to Foxie for skipping a rescue because it's his lunch hour, while a soggy fox and a crowd of animal beachgoers scramble around a red barrel below. Cover art by Rube Grossman perfectly captures the breezy, laugh-out-loud spirit of the three featured series — The Fox and the Crow, The Dodo and the Frog, and Nutsy Squirrel — making this 1949 summer issue a delightful snapshot of DC's lighter, funnier side.