Marmaduke Mouse #53

Quality Comics' little charmer is in top form on this September 1955 cover, where Marmaduke Mouse — decked out in his signature red gloves, red shoes, and diaper — rides a massive leaping fish across a brilliantly colored sea, reins in hand like a tiny aquatic cowboy. The fish's wide-eyed expression perfectly matches the sheer absurdity of the situation, while Marmaduke waves cheerfully as if surfing a giant catch is just another Tuesday. For a dime, this issue promises the kind of sunny, slapstick fun that made Quality Comics' funny-animal titles such a delight in the mid-1950s.