Gay Comics #20

This July 1945 humor anthology brings the summer chaos with a wonderfully lively beach scene — a muscular lifeguard in full sprint, a startled blonde in a floral two-piece swinging her shoes in alarm, and a hapless swimmer crying "Help! Help!" from the surf, while a little crab scuttles near her feet for good measure. The whole cover radiates the breezy, slapstick energy that made wartime funny books such a cheerful escape. At a dime a copy, Gay Comics #20 delivered exactly what its title promised.