Private Eye of Venus-Carmine Infantino-1957

Comics lost one of its greatest stylists when Carmine Infantino moved into management at the end of the 1960s at the peak of his powers. Sadly, by the time he picked up his pencil again a decade or so later, he was  still good but past his prime. 

The Blue Lady-Frank Frollo-1941

Here we have one of the very few superheroines to have preceded Wonder Woman. This is her final appearance from late 1941.

Fourth of July Fun-Walt Disney-1943

Have a safe one!

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!