Sad Sack Comics #121

Harvey's long-running "Loved by Millions" everyman returns in this September 1961 issue, with George Baker's cover delivering a perfectly timed slapstick moment: Sad Sack has just swung a tennis racket so hard it's now wrapped around his opponent's head, stars flying in all directions, while a small dog looks on from the sidelines. With a tennis ball rolling away and the word "WHACK" scrawled at their feet, the scene sets up the kind of cheerful calamity that made this series a staple of Harvey Comics throughout the early '60s.