Sad Sad Sack #10

In this whimsical 1966 fantasy tale from *Sad Sad Sack #10*, a jealous witch, convinced she’s the ugliest in the land, learns to her dismay that someone else—Sadie Sack—might be worse. When the witch captures Sadie and traps her in a tower guarded by a dragon, it’s Sad Sack who stumbles upon the scene, defeats the beast, and delivers a surprisingly heroic kiss to wake the sleeping girl.

In "The Gingerbread Army," Sad Sad Sack and his troop stumble upon a peculiar gingerbread house during a war game, only to find it inhabited by the same witch who’s turned their comrades into candy soldiers. When the witch’s magic mirror declares Sack the ugliest, she quickly dumps him—just as he’s about to be her boyfriend—leaving him to return to camp, where his friends regain their normal forms and claim victory.