Peter the Pooch-Victor Pazmino-1942

Pioneering comic book artist PAZ aka VEP provides some downright goofy artwork here.

Spud and Bud-Master Comics-1949

Not Abbott and Costello! No, seriously. Look! It's Bud but not Lou. And a different Bud. No relation! 

Leif the Lucky-Charles Nicholas-1947

We just got a new dog a couple weeks back--a lot smaller than Leif, here--so I thought I'd run a dog story, one of so very many that dotted early comics. 

Wildcat-Joe Gallagher-1945

When I first encountered Wildcat, he was being drawn to look as much like Batman as possible. He also teamed with Batman endlessly in B&B which flummoxed young me because Wildcat was supposedly on Earth TWO! Well, here he is in his glory days, complete with requisite goofy sidekick that all the AA characters (and some of the DC ones, too) had!

Yank Wilson-Jack Farr-1939

Here's an early attempt at a serious strip by the usually humorous Jack Farr, already with his recognizable title lettering and colorful--if slightly wordy here--panels. 

Freddy Fixit-Nutty Comics-1947

Yet another wholesome, wacky, violent funny animal story. 

Jughead-1965

Jughead works well as Sad Sack in this, one of the odder Jughead stories out of a series that prides itself on odd stories.