Famous Funnies #62

When a lightning storm threatens the homestead, Jitter springs into action to protect the property—but things don't go quite as planned in this quick dose of barnyard chaos. Arthur Pointer delivers the kind of slapstick trouble that makes for perfect comic relief.

When the boss brings along the office loafer to the company outing at the lake, his coworkers Sam Smithers and the boss are convinced he'll be nothing but dead weight. But when their boat springs a leak during an excursion on the water, this "useless piece of furniture" gets a surprising chance to prove his worth.

Mescal Ike rushes to deliver a hat to Miss Sally from the Cactus Hat Shoppe, but a mishap leaves him holding the wrong one—though he thinks it's actually an improvement. When he arrives at Pa Piffle's place to sort things out, a mouse in the kitchen and a complaint from Miss Sally about Pa's howling dog create a comedy of crossed purposes that spirals into confusion.

Jitter finds himself in a wild chase when a mysterious "contact" sends things spiraling into chaos, complete with explosive sound effects and frantic sign language attempts. This one-page romp from 1939 captures the manic energy of classic animal humor comics, as our protagonist scrambles to keep up with the mayhem unfolding around him.