Funny Folks #3

The big top comes alive on this 1946 DC humor title, with a startled cartoon elephant tumbling through the air in a circus ring while exclaiming "Well, well! My old friend, Sergeant Sweeney!" — a thought bubble revealing a chicken-laden daydream. Joining the chaotic fun are a dapper top-hatted character, a red-costumed fox on a trapeze, and a duck swinging on another bar, all rendered with Sheldon Mayer's cheerful, loose linework on the cover. At ten cents, Funny Folks #3 captures the breezy, anything-goes spirit of postwar funny-animal comics at their most delightfully absurd.