Homer, the Happy Ghost #9

Homer, the Happy Ghost #9 brings the grinning, halo-sporting little specter to a sunny backyard baseball game, where he phases right through a wooden fence to snag a fly ball in his mitt — much to the delight of a kid on one side and the wide-eyed alarm of a gentleman batter on the other. Dan DeCarlo's cover art is full of breezy, good-natured charm, capturing Homer mid-flight with that irresistible grin that made this 1956 Atlas title such a treat. With "All Brand-New Stories" promised inside, this ten-cent issue is a cheerful slice of mid-fifties comics fun.