Junior Miss #38

Billed as "Radio's Most Popular Teen-Agers," Junior Miss #38 from Marvel captures all the breezy, blush-worthy charm of postwar teen comedy in a single delightful cover scene. A mortified young girl in a red jacket and yellow shorts tries to order the soda fountain's "Lover's Kiss Sundae" — and keeps dissolving into embarrassed blushes mid-sentence — while a bemused soda jerk leans over the counter and a friendly dog wanders nearby, perfectly indifferent to the drama. With a dime price tag and stories like "Something About a Soldier!," this 1950 issue is a warm snapshot of small-town teen life at its most endearingly awkward.