Junior Miss #24

A charming April 1947 snapshot of teen life, this issue of Junior Miss features a wide-eyed, red-haired girl caught mid-moment — clutching a Life Romances magazine and a small object while a young man in a sport coat gestures behind her to the sound of "Honk! Honk!" The cover captures that wonderfully flustered, comedic energy that made teen humor comics so appealing in the postwar years. Promising "Comics, Stories, Features, Teen-Types, Screen Stars, and Articles," this ten-cent package delivers a full slate of fun — all under the pen of Al Jaffee, whose sharp cartooning is already very much in evidence here.