Dilly #2

Dilly Duncan — billed right on the cover as "America's Funniest School Hero" — looks absolutely thrilled as he and a red-haired girl charge toward the finish line, sharing a big red sack in what is clearly a three-legged-style sack race, with rival pairs scrambling behind them and a bewildered frog watching from below. Charles Biro's cover art is loose and energetic, perfectly capturing that breathless, last-jump excitement as Dilly shouts "Oh, boy! One more jump and we're in!" Lev Gleason's 1953 humor series delivers exactly the kind of breezy, school-days fun its premise promises — and this second issue suggests the laughs are only picking up speed.