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Punch Comics #20
An anthology issue featuring multiple stories: "Happy" depicts a military officer's misadventures attempting to court a soldier named Matilda through elaborate romantic gestures that consistently backfire. "Whiz Crackers" is a humorous strip about barnyard birds engaged in comedic mishaps and racing. "Seven Furlongs for Bombshell" by Bill Harr tells of the Pipp Boys—Manny, Moe, and Jack—who unwittingly thwart a Nazi sabotage plot when they use a horse named Bombshell as a racing selector, with the horse's name coinciding with coded spy messages about a bridge to be destroyed, ultimately leading them to capture enemy agents.