Nutsy Squirrel #72

Rube Grossman's cover for this 1957 DC humor title captures a perfectly timed gag: Nutsy Squirrel, decked out in a feathered cap and clutching a bow, innocently asks "Robert, did you see where my arrow landed?" — while poor Robert the rabbit stands nearby with that very arrow skewered clean through his hat, fuming silently. It's the kind of deadpan comic timing that made funny animal books a dime-well-spent (literally, at ten cents), and Grossman's expressive character work makes every detail land with charm.