Pat the Brat #23

From the Archie Series comes this November 1957 installment of Pat the Brat, with cover art by Joe Edwards that sets the comic tone perfectly. The circular cover scene finds a flustered man in a suit dragging a crying, tantrum-throwing Pat away from a U.S. Marine Corps Recruiting Center — a "The Marine Corps Makes Men / Join Now" sign standing nearby as a rather pointed punchline. It's a snapshot of brat-meets-authority chaos that promises the kind of mischievous humor this series does so well at a classic dime price.