Leading Screen Comics #69

A delightful slice of 1954 DC humor, this issue of Leading Screen Comics starring Peter Porkchops opens with a perfectly timed gag: a wolf-like character admires what he thinks is a splendid new Indian headdress, while Peter — perched on a stepladder with hedge clippers — is busily snipping it away from a tall bush, feathers flying with a satisfying "CLIP!" A wolf peeking over the top of the title and a goggle-eyed dog round out the comedic cast watching the chaos unfold. Otto Feuer's clean, expressive linework brings the slapstick to life with the kind of cheerful timing that made funny-animal comics genuinely irresistible in the mid-1950s.