Sugar & Spike #28

Sheldon Mayer's cover for this May 1960 DC charmer captures the irresistible chaos that made Sugar and Spike such a delight — blonde Sugar and red-haired Spike are barreling headlong across a grassy hill, with Spike clutching the rope of a runaway wagon that's clearly in no hurry to follow. The speech bubble says it all: "Sit back and RELAX! Who's pulling this wagon ANYHOW?!?" — a perfectly absurd bit of toddler logic that sets a wonderfully funny tone for the issue's story, "Sugar & Spike Meet a Strange Creature." At just ten cents, this is Silver Age all-ages comedy at its most endearing, drawn with Mayer's signature warmth and playful energy.