'Mazing Man #5

DC's delightfully offbeat slice-of-life series hits issue five with a cover that says it all — 'Mazing Man in his yellow helmet and polka-dot shorts strains against a massive concrete block literally labeled "WRITER'S BLOCK," while scattered papers, a typewriter, and a little cartoon dog pile up around him. Onlookers peer over the top of the obstacle with varying degrees of dismay, and the whole scene bursts with the warm, cartoony charm that Stephen DeStefano pencils and Karl Kesel inks deliver so well. If you've been looking for a superhero comic that trades punching robots for genuinely funny everyday struggles, this 1986 gem from Bob Rozakis and DeStefano is exactly that kind of fun.