Huckleberry Hound #17

Huckleberry Hound finds himself in a precarious spot on this 1962 Dell issue — the good-natured blue hound is clinging to a pair of stilts while a feisty little woodpecker pecks away at the base, threatening to send the whole wobbly affair tumbling. The cover perfectly captures that cheerful, easygoing chaos that made Hanna-Barbera's laid-back hero such a delight, and the story title "Loopy Leaper" promises the kind of slapstick scramble that fans of the era will find very familiar. A fun slice of early-'60s cartoon comedy translated beautifully to the comics page.