Popular Jokes #1

This August 1961 humor digest from Marvel sets the comedic tone immediately with Jo Albistur's lively cover illustration: a bewildered businessman sits behind a desk bearing a "Secretary Wanted" sign while a crowd of glamorously dressed women in vivid yellows, reds, blues, and greens vies for his attention — all punctuated by the caption "I've been recommended to you by your wife!" The scene captures the breezy, exaggerated style of early-'60s gag humor that made magazines like this a staple of the era. With interior work by Jack Cole, Popular Jokes #1 promises a full helping of the witty, irreverent comedy that defined the genre.