Tom & Jerry Comics #85

Tom is in full comedic meltdown on this Harvey Eisenberg cover, recoiling as the telephone receiver gets tangled right in his whiskers, while Jerry — cool as can be — lounges at the base of the phone looking thoroughly pleased with himself. Dell packed a generous 52 pages of all-comics fun into this August 1951 issue, and with Eisenberg's wonderfully expressive linework capturing every frazzled whisker and smug mouse grin, it's easy to see why this cat-and-mouse duo kept readers coming back month after month.