Plop! #12

DC's self-described "Magazine of Weird Humor" is in full, gloriously grotesque form with Plop! #12 (1975), featuring a Basil Wolverton cover that showcases "Messy Tessie" — a bulging-eyed, long-haired creature with an enormous toothy grin clutching a honeycombed object, surrounded by strange lumpy forms. The cover copy deadpans that Tessie holds the World's Record for "Going Steady," attributing her success with boys to her "distinctive features" — Wolverton's signature brand of cheerfully repulsive absurdity at its finest. If you've ever wondered what DC looked like when it fully leaned into surreal, stomach-churning comedy, this issue makes a pretty compelling case.