Pat the Brat #16

From the Archie Series comes this delightfully goofy slice of mid-1950s humor, as Pat — red cap, toy gun, and all — sets sail across a flooded bathtub in a yellow bucket, utterly convinced those thumping sounds mean he's approaching land with native drums. The cover's punchline lands perfectly: a kid's imagination transforming mundane bath time chaos into a grand seafaring adventure, water splashing everywhere while the door rattles with a resounding "THUMP! THUMP! THUMP!" At just ten cents in 1956, Pat the Brat #16 delivers the kind of warm, broadly funny comedy that made Archie's humor line a staple of the era.