Mutt & Jeff #78

Perched high on a steel construction beam above a city skyline, the mismatched duo of Mutt and Jeff trade one of their trademark gags — tall, lanky Mutt offering to share a cup of tea, while the tiny, top-hatted Jeff delivers the perfectly timed punchline about there not being room for both of them in it. Sheldon Mayer's cover art captures the easy, breezy charm that made Bud Fisher's comic strip duo such enduring favorites, with bright yellow filling the background and the characters' expressive faces doing all the comedic heavy lifting. At just a dime in 1955, this issue of DC's long-running humor series is a cheerful snapshot of classic American funny-page comedy at its most relaxed and good-natured.