Patsy Walker #7

Patsy Walker #7 brings the cheerful chaos of teen comedy to a delightful October 1946 cover by Al Jaffee, depicting a "Riverdale Charity Drive" kissing booth where a glamorous Patsy in a red dress looks on with wide-eyed surprise as two young men scramble and jostle each other — apparently a little too eager to part with a dollar. The sign reading "Kisses $1" and the top hat collecting the donations set the perfectly wholesome yet wonderfully flustered scene. It's a warm, funny snapshot of postwar small-town America rendered with Jaffee's sharp comic sensibility.