Gay Comics #23

This cheerful Spring 1946 humor anthology captures the season's wintry tail end with an energetic sledding scene: a blonde young woman in a green sweater, striped scarf, and pompom hat rockets down an icy hillside on a red sled, her hair streaming behind her, while a young man tumbles helplessly in her wake and another figure spills head-over-heels further up the slope. The cover's bright, breezy energy sets a perfectly lighthearted tone for a book promising fun — including the amusingly titled interior story "Buzzy Goes Fishing." At just ten cents, Gay Comics #23 delivered exactly the carefree entertainment its cover promises.