Four Color #1185

From Dell's charming humor line comes this 1961 installment of Sweetie Pie, featuring the dark-haired, hat-wearing Sweetie Pie and a grinning blond boy whose toaster has apparently just launched a tiny rocket straight into the air — a wonderfully absurd bit of backyard-inventor mischief. The cover's breezy, clean cartoon style captures the playful energy that made Dell's kid-friendly comics a staple of early '60s newsstands. At just 15 cents, it's a delightful snapshot of the era's lighthearted comic strip humor.