Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies Comics #53

This cheerful 1946 Dell issue arrives just in time for Valentine's Day, with cover art by Dan Gormley showing a grinning Bugs Bunny seated at an easel, paintbrush in hand, having just finished a big red heart-shaped valentine — signed "From Bugs" — featuring a delighted Petunia Pig popping right out of the card. The sunny yellow background and warm holiday charm make this one of the more endearing covers in the long-running Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies Comics run. Interior stories feature the work of Tom McKimson, rounding out a package that captures the playful spirit of Warner Bros.' beloved cartoon characters at their mid-1940s peak.