Shmoo Hard Candy

Al Hartley, Bob Wickersham, and Edmond Good brought Al Capp's beloved Shmoo to American Comics Group in this whimsical 24-issue series (1948–1953). The comic follows the endlessly adaptable, pear-shaped creatures whose cheerful cooperation with humans often leads to gentle, humorous chaos. A lighthearted spinoff of Capp's Li'l Abner, this title stands as a charming artifact of postwar comics' embrace of cute, marketable characters.