Marmaduke Mouse #52

Marmaduke Mouse is in fine form on this 1955 Quality Comics cover, gleefully banging a big bass drum while a drowsy cat slumps helplessly behind him — clearly no match for the little mouse's one-rodent concert. Ernie Hart's bright, expressive artwork captures the cat-and-mouse rivalry at its most cheerfully lopsided, with Marmaduke's red gloves and oversized mallet making him look every bit the victorious performer. At just ten cents, this Comics Code–approved issue promises the kind of lighthearted fun that made the series a staple of mid-1950s funny-animal comics.