Timmy the Timid Ghost #13

Poor Timmy sits slumped on a stool wearing a dunce cap, arms crossed and looking thoroughly miserable in front of a chalkboard that reads "I'm Afraid to Scare People!" — a perfectly charming distillation of everything that makes this little ghost so endearing. Charlton's comedy series finds its sweet spot here, pairing Timmy's delightful self-pity with Pat Masulli's pencils and Jon D'Agostino's inks to deliver a cover that's as funny as it is sympathetic. With a story titled "Timmy Goes to Hollywood" waiting inside, this January 1959 issue promises the kind of gentle, good-natured fun that made Timmy a fixture on spinner racks.