Millie the Model Comics #3

A delightful slice of 1946 postwar charm, this issue features Ken Bald's cover depicting the glamorous, red-dressed Millie striding confidently along the sidewalk while, behind her, a flustered police officer raises his baton at two wide-eyed men in a convertible — all amid a flurry of "HONK! HONK!" sound effects and a sign warning of a $500 Anti-Noise Campaign fine. The comic timing is pitch-perfect: Millie seems blissfully unaware of the chaos she's inspired, handbag in hand and every bit the poised model. With an interior story titled "The Jitterbug Daze," this early issue promises the kind of breezy, humor-forward storytelling that made Millie such a winning comics personality of her era.