Sugar & Spike #36

Sheldon Mayer's beloved toddler duo meets the ocean in this September 1961 issue, and the cover captures their beach-day logic perfectly — Spike stands wide-eyed holding a red bucket as a massive wave curls overhead, while Sugar looks on, prompting his delightfully reasonable question about the most effortless way to fill a pail with water. With "The Big Giant Mystery" teased on the cover and a story titled "The Big Yacht Race" waiting inside, this issue promises the gentle, wonderfully funny world that made Sugar and Spike such a charming corner of DC's early-'60s lineup.