Little Lizzie #3

This charming October 1949 Marvel humor comic finds the black-haired, red-sweatered Lizzie in a delightfully clever fix — when told she can't go to the movies until she's watered the lawn and practiced her clarinet, she's rigged the garden hose to do both at once, sending musical notes floating through the sprinkler spray. Her wide-eyed companion in the argyle cap and yellow sweater can only stand there speechless as Lizzie grins with obvious self-satisfaction. Promising "all brand new stories created especially for this magazine," this issue delivers the kind of breezy, kid-friendly comedy that made Little Lizzie a cheerful corner of early postwar comics.