Sugar & Spike #73

Sheldon Mayer's cover for this November 1967 DC charmer says it all: poor Spike is thoroughly trapped beneath an upturned wire wastebasket, weighed down by a stack of heavy books and a telephone, while Sugar watches from the doorway and an adult's heeled foot looms at the edge of the scene. Spike's exasperated speech bubble — "Stop saying 'Ooh, what a clever idea for a play-pen' — and DO something!" — captures the delightful baby-logic humor that made this series such a treat. The tagline promises that "Spike Finds His Trigger Finger!" turns a simple kids' game into a breath-taking adventure with plenty of laughs, and with Mayer handling every creative element, this is warm, witty comics-making at its most charming.