Terry-Toons Comics #27

Terry-Toons Comics #27 hits the gridiron in grand December 1944 style, with a turtle footballer desperately tossing the ball to a smaller duck-billed pal — calling out "Here Sourpuss, you be the hero!" — while a pair of hulking, snarling animal opponents bear down on them with fists raised. It's a wonderfully chaotic football cover that captures the rubber-hose energy Terrytoons fans loved, all for a dime. With H. H. Arnold's "Gandy and Sourpuss — Detectives" inside, this issue delivers a full dose of the animated-cartoon charm that made this series a staple of wartime newsstands.