Terry-Toons Comics #25

This October 1944 entry in the Terry-Toons Comics run serves up a delightfully screwball wartime scene: two cartoon characters float aloft in barrage balloons marked "U.S. #7" and "U.S. #8," cheerfully calling down to a scowling, green-faced military villain on the ground below — "How about going for a ride, Sarge?" The grumpy sergeant-type, hands on hips and clearly unimpressed, anchors the gag perfectly against a warm sunset sky and a tidy little rural landscape. It's the kind of breezy, good-humored wartime silliness that made Terry-Toons a welcome bit of fun for young readers in 1944.