Leave It to Binky #68

Marching band chaos takes center stage on this September 1969 DC teen comedy issue, where a baton gone wildly off-course connects squarely with poor Binky's noggin — trumpet in hand, stars bursting around his dazed head — while a cheerful majorette and fellow bandmates carry on around him, completely unfazed. Henry Scarpelli's cover art captures that perfectly timed moment of comedic disaster with a light, expressive touch that made Leave It to Binky such a breezy read. With the gang peering down from the title banner above and "X Marks the Spot!" as the story's title, this issue promises the kind of good-natured teen humor DC did so well in 1969.