Hello Buddies #42

A full 100 pages of cartoons, jokes, and fun awaits in this 1949 Harvey humor digest, its breezy cover setting the scene in a showgirl dressing room where two blonde performers — one seated at a vanity surrounded by cosmetics, the other standing nearby — share a moment captured by the caption: "I MUST be crazy about him — sometimes I hardly think of his money!" The gag lands with a wink, perfectly in tune with the lighthearted, wisecracking spirit that made Hello Buddies a go-to for readers who wanted a good laugh. At 25 cents for a hundred pages, issue #42 was genuinely hard to beat.