Sad Sack Comics #77

Harvey's beloved everyman soldier returns in this December 1957 issue, with a cover by George Baker that captures his signature slapstick perfectly. Sad Sack has clearly fumbled a birthday cake — now splattered squarely across an irate General's face, complete with lit candles and the words "Happy Birthday General" — while our hapless hero tumbles upside-down mid-air, shoe flying, bracing for the inevitable consequences. It's the kind of wonderfully chaotic military misadventure that earned this series its "Loved by Millions" tagline, and this issue promises more of the same inside with the story "The Riot.