Harvey Hits #109

Harvey Hits Magazine brings another round of nautical slapstick with this 1966 issue spotlighting Gabby Gob, Harvey's hapless sailor. Fred Rhoads's cover captures the gob in a genuinely dire predicament — caught in a red ladder that's being squeezed between two massive ship hulls, stars flying as a pair of shark fins lurk menacingly in the water below. It's the kind of cheerful, kinetic comedy that made Harvey's humor line such a delight, and with a story titled "Squeeze," things are clearly not going smoothly for our wide-eyed seafarer.