Mutt & Jeff #137

Harvey Comics brings Bud Fisher's beloved mismatched duo into an underwater adventure on this cheerful 1963 cover, where a giant grinning yellow octopus has both Mutt and Jeff thoroughly tangled up in its tentacles — the tall one tumbling upside-down while the short one gets a firm grip from below. Titled "The Singing Octopus," this issue promises the kind of good-natured slapstick that made this long-running strip a staple of American comics, and the octopus's self-satisfied smirk suggests it's having far more fun than its hapless victims.