I love this story.

My first (known) encounter with the work of Alex Toth was this story. It was only later I learned that Toth had been one of the major character designers at Hanna-Barbera from the 60s through the 70s, designing on Space Ghost, the Heculoids, the 3 Musketeers, Scooby Doo, The Super Friends, and hundreds of others. He is one of the few worthy of the title 'genius'.