Mutt & Jeff #34

This June–July 1948 issue of Mutt & Jeff delivers a perfectly timed bit of rural comedy straight from the cover, where the tall, lanky Mutt scrambles up a tree in a panic shouting "Run! Here comes a bull!" — while the short, top-hatted Jeff stands calmly below, holding a cow on a lead and coolly replying that the bull won't come near because this cow is his mother-in-law. Sheldon Mayer's cover art captures the classic contrast between the two mismatched pals with loose, expressive linework that makes the gag land instantly. At 52 pages for just a dime, this DC publication offers a generous helping of Al Smith's Mutt & Jeff comedy in a package that feels like a genuine bargain from a golden era of newspaper-strip humor comics.