Sugar and Spike and Spike" series...is the most charming thing I've ever seen in comics." DC attempted to license "Sugar and Spike" as a syndicated newspaper strip but was unsuccessful. Sales on the "Sugar and Spike" issues of "The Best of DC" were strong enough that DC announced plans for a new ongoing series featuring the characters. The project was never launched for unknown reasons. Mayer had an agreement with DC that no one else could write Sugar and Spike. However, they have occasionally made cameo appearances in modern comic books. They are rescued by the underwater heroine Dolphin in "Showcase" #100. They
Silver Age of Comic Books literary classics, with the likes of "Frankenstein" alongside "Don Quixote" and "Oliver Twist"; Classics Illustrated Junior reprinted comic book versions of children's classics such as "The Wizard of Oz", "Rapunzel", and "Pinocchio". During the late 1950s and the 1960s, Dell, which had published comics in 1936, offered licensed TV series comic books from "Twilight Zone" to "Top Cat", as well as numerous Walt Disney titles. Its successor, Gold Key — founded in 1962 Western Publishing started its own label rather than packaging content for business partner Dell — continued with such licensed TV series and movie adaptations, as well as