Leave It to Binky #17

DC's teen humor series delivers a perfectly timed sight gag on this 1950 cover, with Binky leaning proudly out of a battered, barely-there "Today's Special" used car while rattling off its supposed virtues — dual ignition, twin carburetors, high-compression head — as a stylish blonde looks on with the perfectly skeptical question, "Yes, Binky, but — er — will it run?" Bob Oksner's crisp linework captures every dent and missing panel of that gloriously decrepit jalopy, making the comedy land without a single word of interior story needed. Fifty-two big pages for a dime made this a terrific deal for fans of lighthearted suburban teen comedy in 1950.