Freddy #18

Charlton's teen comedy series delivers a wonderfully chaotic April 1959 cover by Jon D'Agostino, showing Freddy getting yanked in opposite directions — pulled by a laughing Army sergeant toward the U.S. Army Recruiting Center door while a blonde girl in red tugs him the other way, all as a classic "I Want You" poster looks on approvingly. The gang of friends peering down from the masthead — including a girl in a polka-dot hat, a bespectacled pal, and several others — seem equal parts amused and horrified by the whole spectacle. At just 10 cents, this issue pairs D'Agostino's lively, expressive linework with a "Doubled Date" story promise that suggests Freddy's social calendar may be every bit as tangled as the cover implies.