Sad Sad Sack #30

Harvey's long-running Giant Size humor series delivers a perfectly timed holiday gag on this 1971 cover by George Baker: a weary, ho-ho-hoing Santa seated on his throne is handing out assignments from his bag — labeled "Santa's Bag" and stuffed with slips reading "Guard Duty," "K.P.," and "Extra K.P. Duty" — while a line of very unhappy soldiers shuffles past the Orderly Room door. Sad Sack, Sarge, The General, Muttsy, and Sadie Sack are all spotlighted in the cover's character panels, promising the full cast of lovable Army misfits inside. It's a cheerfully cynical twist on the season's giving spirit, exactly the kind of deadpan military comedy that made this series a staple of the Harvey Comics lineup.