Jim Dandy #3

Charles Biro's cover for this September 1956 issue is pure cheerful chaos — Jim Dandy brandishes a stick at a roaring lion while a smaller kid clings to the beast, a friendly little ghost floats in protest ("But I just got on!"), and a girl in the upper corner scolds someone for crowding her. It's a wonderfully busy snapshot of the lighthearted, all-ages humor that made The Unbelievable Jim Dandy such a fun corner of mid-1950s comics. At a dime a copy, this Lev Gleason title delivered big personality in a compact package.