For Laughing Out Loud #15

Dell's digest of humor and gags arrives in fine form for spring 1960, with a cover by Michael Berry that sets the comedic tone immediately — a glamorous, red-haired woman in a green swimsuit reclines on a red chair, coolly holding up a high heel while a flustered, bow-tied gentleman kneels at her feet amid a scatter of shoes. The teaser "Lover Types (Female): How to Recognize Them — see page 12" promises the kind of breezy, knowing humor that made these Dell humor digests a quarter well spent. Berry's clean, expressive linework gives the scene a cheerful wit that feels right at home in 1960s comic comedy.