Horace & Dotty Dripple #26

Autumn leaf-burning goes hilariously wrong on this October 1952 Harvey cover, where a lanky, wide-eyed Horace leaps back in alarm as flames shoot up from a pile of raked leaves — apparently singed in a spot he'd rather forget. Little Dotty stands nearby holding a match with an innocent expression, a blonde girl in red looks on in dismay, and even the family dog seems skeptical of the whole operation. It's a perfectly timed slice of domestic comedy that captures exactly the kind of backyard chaos Horace and Dotty Dripple delivered month after month.