Li'l Jinx #13

From the Archie Series comes this charming slice of childhood mischief: Joe Edwards's cover for Li'l Jinx #13 captures the pigtailed Jinx playing doctor with her long-suffering pup as her patient — complete with a Doctor's Play Kit, candy pills, and a reflex hammer — while her exasperated father storms in holding an ice skate, demanding a word about the hazard left on the steps. Jinx's deadpan response, that Dad will need to make an appointment because she's very busy with a patient, is exactly the kind of kid logic that made this Archie Series strip such a delight in 1957. Edwards's warm, expressive linework sells every bit of the comedy, and the story inside promises more of the same with the title "Hot and Cold.