Sugar & Spike #63

This charming 1966 Valentine's issue finds the mischievous toddler duo in a perfectly absurd predicament: Spike has stacked himself atop a scooter, a ball, and alphabet blocks to reach a heart-shaped box of Valentine Candy on a high shelf, while Sugar looks on with a speech bubble offering the completely reasonable toddler logic, "Stop worrying! If they didn't want us to eat their candy, would they leave it where we could reach it so easy?" Sheldon Mayer's cover art captures exactly the warm, gently funny spirit that made this series so endearing, with the wobbly tower of toys threatening to send the whole scheme tumbling. The issue also promises a two-part "Valentine's Day Adventure" and the tantalizing question "Why do youngsters' good intentions always make grown-ups angry?" — plus a special feature for making your own Sugar & Spike Valentine cards.