Joker Comics #11

This October 1943 issue of Joker Comics serves up a cheerful street scene straight from the wartime funny-pages: a smartly dressed servicewoman in full military uniform strides confidently along the sidewalk while two big-nosed, grinning cartoon characters in blue police-style uniforms crash their pink squad car right into a "Danger Dynamite" sign — with smoke puffing and chaos erupting all around them. The contrast between her composed elegance and their gleeful disaster is exactly the kind of warm, absurdist humor that made Timely's humor titles a welcome escape during the war years. At just ten cents, issue #11 promises a full dose of that lighthearted, anything-goes energy the series was built on.