(December 1959)

Harvey, 1955 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.10 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
bi-monthly
On-sale Date
1959-09-15
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Harvey Publications Inc.
Brand
Harvey Comics [Stamp]
Editing
Leon Harvey (credited) (editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from 1959 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.

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Little Lotta / cover / 1 page (report information)

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Genre
children
Characters
Lotta Plump [Little Lotta]; strongman; audience members
Synopsis
Lotta is lifting a "strongman" performer, who is in turn lifting a 1,000 pound barbell, to the amazement of the audience.
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Little Lotta / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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First Line of Dialogue or Text
All right girls! Let's practice a pyramid!
Genre
children
Characters
Lotta Plump [Little Lotta]; Miss Perkins; gym students
Synopsis
Lotta's gym teacher is going to fail her if she does not participate in the human pyramid, but Lotta finds a way to join without over-burdening her classmates.
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Masquerade Party (Table of Contents: 2)

Little Lotta / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

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Genre
children
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Lotta Plump [Little Lotta]; Dot Polka [Little Dot]; Janie Higgins; party guests; Lottie Plump; Lottie's mother; Mrs. Plump
Synopsis
Lotta and Dot go to a masquerade party dressed as each other.
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Little Lotta / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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First Line of Dialogue or Text
Wow! That's a 500-pound barbell the strong man is lifting!
Genre
children
Characters
Lotta Plump [Little Lotta]; Lottie Plump; strong man; audience
Synopsis
At a carnival sideshow, the tall crowd is blocking Lottie's view of the strong man's performance, so Lotta lifts him up into Lottie's view.
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4)

Jerry the Jinx / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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The wind's so strong today—I'll bet it can blow me uphill on my skates, Percy!
Genre
children
Characters
Jerry; Percy
Synopsis
Percy's calculations as to whether or not the wind can blow Jerry up a hill come a little too late.
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Worse Luck (Table of Contents: 5)

Little Lotta / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

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Genre
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Characters
Lotta Plump [Little Lotta]; hot dog stand patron; cat owner; Mr. Plump
Synopsis
After reading a book about superstitions, Lotta tries to avoid anything that causes bad luck. But every time she does, some misfortune still occurs.
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The Strange Liquid (Table of Contents: 6)

Little Lotta / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

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Lotta Plump [Little Lotta]; Red; unnamed children; Mr. Foley; Dizzy Dugan; ranger; reporter; Mr. Plump
Synopsis
Due to her fear of heights, Lotta is afraid to join the search for a boy who is lost in the mountains. Consoling herself with an ice cream soda at the local pharmacy, the druggist hears of her fear of heights and gives her a special liquid which is supposed to make one lose all fear. No longer afraid of heights, Lotta scales the mountain and rescues the boy, becoming the town hero in the process. She later learns that the "special liquid" that she drank was only cherry soda.
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The Bullfight (Table of Contents: 7)

text story / 1 page (report information)

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Genre
children
Characters
Pepe
Synopsis
Pepe watches a matador in a bullfight and is inspired to become one himself one day.
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The Little Monster (Table of Contents: 8)

text story / 0.75 page (report information)

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First Line of Dialogue or Text
Daddy, could I talk with you?
Genre
children
Characters
Bartholomew Johnson. Mr. Johnson; Mrs. Johnson
Synopsis
Mr. Johnson doesn't want to spend time with his son because he is "a little monster".
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Portrait of Richie (Table of Contents: 9)

Richie Rich / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

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Richie Rich; Mr. Van Dauber; unnamed children; Regina Rich
Synopsis
Richie has his portrait painted, but as he carries home the wrapped (but still wet) painting, he has several mishaps.
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Little Lotta
  2. 1. ["All right girls! Let's practice a pyramid!"]
    Little Lotta
  3. 2. Masquerade Party
    Little Lotta
  4. 3. ["Wow! That's a 500-pound barbell the strong man is lifting!"]
    Little Lotta
  5. 4. ["The wind's so strong today—I'll bet it can blow me uphill on my skates, Percy!"]
    Jerry the Jinx
  6. 5. Worse Luck
    Little Lotta
  7. 6. The Strange Liquid
    Little Lotta
  8. 7. The Bullfight
  9. 8. The Little Monster
  10. 9. Portrait of Richie
    Richie Rich
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  • Jean-Francois Masse
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Craig Richardson
  • Len Wolinsky
  • Charles Yeaman
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