My Girl Pearl #7

Pearl, "America's Dizziest Teen-Ager," is already in hot water on Stan Goldberg and Sol Brodsky's cheerful cover for this 1960 Atlas charmer — a stern, blue-clad teacher leans across her desk waving a test paper and demanding to know how Pearl managed just 20%, while Pearl's wide-eyed, ponytailed blonde responds with breezy confidence: "I've been studying real hard!!" The surrounding classmates can barely contain their amusement, making the whole scene a perfectly timed snapshot of Pearl's endearing, hopeless optimism. With stories scripted by Stan Lee and a Comics Code seal of approval, My Girl Pearl #7 is a delightful slice of early-'60s teen humor comics at their most fun.