For Laughing Out Loud #33

Dell's humor digest gets delightfully spooky for this December 1964 "Hilarious Monster Issue," with a cover by Gahan Wilson that sets the tone perfectly — a dour, cape-clad vampire sits brooding on a park bench, long receipt-like paper trailing from his hands, while a swarm of bats wheels through the eerie blue sky around him. Wilson's signature darkly comic style gives the whole scene a wonderfully deadpan absurdity that promises plenty of monster-themed laughs inside. If you're in the mood for comedy with a little fang, this one's hard to resist.