Top Cat #16

Ray Dirgo's cover for this 1973 Charlton/Hanna-Barbera issue captures Top Cat mid-slam-dunk, soaring past a dazed police officer — stars and impact bursts flying — as a basketball drops through the hoop above them. The collision of feline showmanship and bewildered law enforcement gives the scene an irresistible slapstick energy that feels perfectly at home in the world of T.C. and his alley gang. At just 20 cents, issue #16 promises Joe Gill's writing paired with Dirgo's lively linework in a story titled "Me and My Shadow.