The theme for this week's contest is strippers, or, to put it more clearly, comic books with original stories based on and named for newspaper strips. So no reprint collections.

To repeat: the comic must be named for the strip, so no Famous Funnies or Sparkler. And the characters must have originated in newspapers, so no Mickey Mouse or Bugs Bunny.

(The one exception I'll make is for issues of Dell Four Color named for a strip.)

Here's on to get started:

The fine print:

- Post one, and only one, classic cover that fits the theme of the contest.

- Cover must be from a published comic book or collected volume published before March 2013.

- It's helpful if you include the title and the issue number of the comic in bold, in case some posters cannot see your image.

- Covers must be posted before voting begins.

- Voting takes place on Tuesday, March 28, beginning at 12:01am PST and ending at 11:59pm PST.

- Vote by posting the name of the poster whose cover best fits the theme or that you simply like the most in bold.

- The winner of the contest is the entrant with the most votes after the voting period ends.

- The winner chooses the theme for the next week's contest.

- If you don't think the cover fits the theme, don't vote for it; please don't post disparaging remarks about it.

- If a cover is more recent than the classic time frame (currently March 2013), kindly point it out to the poster, who may then choose an alternate before voting begins.

Enjoy the week!