The Adventures of Jerry Lewis #55

The cover of this December 1959 DC issue says it all: Jerry Lewis, crouched on a diving board underwater, grins wide-eyed at a red-haired swimmer who's doing a handstand on top of him, with speech bubbles revealing his cheerfully illogical logic — "I like to dive, but I can't swim!" Bob Oksner's linework captures the rubbery, slapstick energy perfectly, filling the scene with cascading bubbles and Lewis's trademark goofy exuberance. For a dime, this issue promises the kind of warm, absurdist humor that made The Adventures of Jerry Lewis such a dependable delight on newsstands.