Patsy Walker #40

Patsy Walker #40 delivers a full 52 pages of teenage romance and rivalry for just a dime, with Al Jaffee handling both the writing and art throughout. The cover sets up the social tension perfectly: a dark-haired girl watches with barely concealed frustration as a young man and the red-headed Patsy walk off together, her exasperated thought bubble — "I'm rich and good looking… what's SHE got that I haven't?" — answered by a single emphatic "BOYS!!" Co-star Hedy Wolfe gets a banner callout alongside Patsy in the header, promising that this issue has plenty of the witty girl-versus-girl competition that made this series a staple of 1952 romance-comedy comics.