(May 1962)

Harvey, 1955 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.12 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
bi-monthly
On-sale Date
1962-02-15
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Harvey Publications Inc.
Brand
Harvey Comics [Jack-in-the-box]
Editing
Leon Harvey (credited) (editor, vice president); Alfred Harvey (credited) (managing editor, president)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from 1962 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Little Lotta / cover / 1 page (report information)

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Letters
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Genre
humor; children
Characters
Lotta Plump; Dot Polka

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1)

Little Lotta / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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First Line of Dialogue or Text
Lotta's making bread! I'm glad she's interested in baking!
Genre
humor; children
Characters
Mr. Plump; Lotta Plump
Synopsis
Lotta bakes herself a hamburger bun.

The Letter (Table of Contents: 2)

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

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Genre
humor; children
Characters
Mr. Plump; Lotta Plump; Harold Dentakleen; Miss Swan; Mr. Snood
Synopsis
Lotta's dad thinks he's sold an invention to the Dentakleen Corporation, so he writes an abusive resignation letter to his boss.
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3)

Bobbie the Baby Sitter / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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First Line of Dialogue or Text
Okay, okay! I'm coming!
Genre
humor; teen; children
Characters
Bobbie
Synopsis
Bobbie dreams that she's babysitting for the old woman who lived in a shoe.
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4)

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

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First Line of Dialogue or Text
Jerry, are you going to school without brushing your teeth!?
Genre
humor; children
Characters
Jerry; Mr. Brewster
Synopsis
Jerry has to find a substitute when he runs out of toothpaste.
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Prevention Intention (Table of Contents: 5)

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

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Genre
humor; children
Characters
Mrs. Plump; Lotta Plump; Tex
Synopsis
Lotta's mom tells her that an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure, so she goes out looking to prevent accidents.
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The Leader (Table of Contents: 6)

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

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Genre
humor; children
Characters
Lotta Plump; Gramps
Synopsis
Girl Scout Leader Lotta conducts a meeting just outside of town and gets lost.
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The Meeting (Table of Contents: 7)

text story / 0.75 page (report information)

Script
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Letters
typeset

Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Sammy Skunk
Synopsis
At a meeting, the skunks discuss giving up their scent so that the other animals will like them better.
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8)

statement of ownership / 0.25 page (report information)

Script
Robert Harvey (credited as Robert B. Harvey) (business manager)
Letters
typeset

The Super-Highway (Table of Contents: 9)

text story / 0.75 page (report information)

Script
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Letters
typeset

Genre
animal
Characters
Maurice Moose
Synopsis
Maurice Moose tries to evade what he thinks are hunters, but it turns out they want to help him.
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On His Own (Table of Contents: 10)

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

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Genre
humor; children
Characters
Richie Rich; Richard Rich; Freckles Friendly; Mr. Bosun; Mr. Snafoo (AKA Mr. Quimby)
Synopsis
Mr. Rich drops off Richie and Freckles on a vacant lot in a rural village to see if they can survive for a month.
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Indexer Notes

Richie greets "Mr. Snafoo" as he walks into a building whose sign reads "Snafoo Construction," but once inside we see that the sign on the man's desk reads "Mr. Quimby" and he is visualizing a scene with a sign reading "Construction by Quimby Co."

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Little Lotta
  2. 1. ["Lotta's making bread! I'm glad she's interested in baking!"]
    Little Lotta
  3. 2. The Letter
    Little Lotta
  4. 3. ["Okay, okay! I'm coming!"]
    Bobbie the Baby Sitter
  5. 4. ["Jerry, are you going to school without brushing your teeth!?"]
    Jerry the Jinx
  6. 5. Prevention Intention
    Little Lotta
  7. 6. The Leader
    Little Lotta
  8. 7. The Meeting
  9. 8. [no title indexed]
  10. 9. The Super-Highway
  11. 10. On His Own
    Richie Rich
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Joey Beretta
  • Steve Coates
  • Jean-Francois Masse
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Len Wolinsky