Fun Parade #42

A 100-page "Special Sweetheart Issue" from Harvey's long-running humor anthology, this 1949 edition promises jokes and cartoons by America's leading cartoonists — and the cover delivers the Valentine's spirit with a playful wink. A glamorous blonde in a red dress is shown in a cheeky upended pose, legs in the air, while a lively dancing figure cavorts in the upper corner, all framed by the tongue-in-cheek caption "Of Course Darling, I Love Only You!" At a quarter for a full hundred pages of romantic comedy and cartoon fun, Fun Parade #42 captures the lighthearted, flirtatious charm of late-1940s humor comics at its most entertaining.