Patsy and Hedy #61

A beach day turns into a battle of sharp wit on Al Hartley's sun-drenched cover, where a red-haired Hedy sits confidently in a pink swimsuit while Patsy kneels nearby in a blue one — surrounded by a small crowd of onlookers trading catty remarks about each other's outfits. The speech bubbles crackle with the kind of breezy, good-natured rivalry that made this Atlas-era series such a delight in 1958, with one jab about a "lovely bathing suit" and another zingers questioning whether Halloween is over. Stan Lee and Al Hartley were clearly having fun, and that infectious energy jumps right off the ten-cent cover.