Real Screen Comics #45

The Crow's latest scheme is on full display in this 1951 DC funny-animal gem — he's sold Foxie the planks right out from under his own house, leaving the little structure teetering on bare stilts while he cheerfully insists it's "nuttin' but da best" firewood. Bill Schreiber's cover captures the duo's lopsided dynamic with loose, lively linework, with Fox peering out from his wobbling home and Crow scurrying off with a stack of lumber under his wing. It's the kind of breezy, good-natured swindle that made Real Screen Comics a reliable ten-cent treat for readers of any age.