Sugar & Spike #58

The "Big Spring Issue" of Sugar & Spike #58 delivers a wonderfully absurd scene courtesy of Sheldon Mayer: an enormous roaring lion fills the living room while plucky little Sugar faces it nose-to-nose, and a wide-eyed Spike desperately shushes everyone — all while a nearby newspaper headline announces "Circus Lion Escapes." The two-part story "Lion in the House!" promises the kind of warm, inventive comedy that made this DC series a delight in 1965. Mayer's expressive, rubbery linework turns what could be a terrifying moment into pure charming chaos.