Funny Stuff #42

Fifty-two pages of DC's cheerful all-ages anthology arrive in this February 1949 edition, with Otto Feuer's cover delivering an uproarious band practice gone wrong — the Dodo crashes a pair of giant cymbals while a tiny bee hovers obliviously in between, the Frog blows his trumpet with gusto, and a little pig joins in on a smaller instrument below. It's a wonderfully chaotic musical moment that sets a warm, playful tone for everything inside, including the promised adventure "The Bravest Mouse in the World." Feuer's rounded, expressive character work makes this a genuinely fun snapshot of postwar funny-animal comics at their most lighthearted.