Humphrey Comics #5

Harvey Comics serves up pure slapstick in this 1949 edition of Joe Palooka Presents the FUNsational Humphrey Comics, with cover art by Al Avison capturing the rotund, red-headed Humphrey in the middle of a very chaotic bath-time struggle — suds, water, and one very unhappy, squirming dog flying in every direction. The cover perfectly sets the tone for "Dog-Gone Disappointed" and the promise of all-new Humphrey stories inside. At just ten cents, this fifth issue delivers the kind of broad, good-natured comedy that made Harvey's humor line such a breezy treat in the postwar years.