The Fox and the Crow #83

A perfectly timed basketball gag sets the tone for this January 1963 DC humor title, as the hapless Fox launches himself skyward only to send a tremendous arc of water shooting across the cover — while the Crow, cool as ever in his top hat, dunks the Fox's own head right through the hoop. It's the kind of cheerful slapstick that made Fox and the Crow a reliable laugh for young readers, with the Crow's smug satisfaction radiating from every panel of this brightly illustrated cover.