Top Cat #10

Hanna-Barbera's beloved alley cat schemer is up to his usual tricks in this 1972 Charlton Comics entry, with cover art by Ray Dirgo showing Top Cat lounging against his trademark trash can, fishing line dangling into the water — directly beneath a "No Fishing" sign, naturally. A blue cat companion peeks out from the grass nearby while a hapless figure (a police officer, it seems) has tumbled face-first into the pond, blissfully unaware. Promising "All New Stories • All New Art," this issue delivers the kind of cheerful rule-bending comedy that made T.C. such an enduring cartoon personality.