Humphrey Comics #16

Perched atop a flagpole platform high above the rooftops, the rotund, insatiable Humphrey is frantically wolfing down food while birds scatter in every direction — one even making off with a sandwich — as someone below shouts up that he's "starvin' t'death!" Ham Fisher's creation gets a wonderfully chaotic showcase in this 1951 Harvey humor title, with the cover's slapstick energy perfectly setting up the interior story "The World's Greatest Stummick-Ake." At just a dime, it's a delightful slice of mid-century funny-book silliness that fans of all-out cartoon comedy will appreciate.