Pat the Brat #19

From the Archie Series comes this delightful slice of mid-century mischief — Pat the Brat #19, dated March 1957. The cover says it all: a thoroughly mud-splattered father stumbles through the front door, briefcase in hand, clearly having just discovered the "swimming pool" his cheerful, red-overalls-clad son dug in the yard — and young Pat couldn't look more pleased with himself. It's the kind of warm, exasperated parent-versus-pint-sized-schemer humor that made this series a genuinely fun ten-cent treat.