Little Max Comics #16

(April 1952)

[Little Max Contents April No. 16] (Table of Contents: 1)

table of contents / 1 page (report information)

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Characters

Little Max; Alice

Reprints

• in Little Max Comics (Harvey, 1949 series) #34 (April 1955)

Little Max Sambo (Table of Contents: 2)

Little Max / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

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Genre

children

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Little Max; Alice

Synopsis

While waiting for Alice to buy some butter, Max imagines himself in the story of Little Black Sambo.

Reprints

• in Little Max Comics (Magazine Management, 1955 series) #1 (February 1955)
• in Little Max Comics (Harvey, 1949 series) #34 (April 1955), #53 (June 1958), #71 (July 1961)

Light Lunch (Table of Contents: 3)

Little Max / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

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Genre

children

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Little Max; Casey

Synopsis

Little Max and Casey go hiking; Max wonders what Casey has in his big, heavy lunchbox, and it turns out to be a watermelon.

Reprints

• in Little Max Comics (Magazine Management, 1955 series) #1 (February 1955)
• in Little Max Comics (Harvey, 1949 series) #34 (April 1955), #53 (June 1958), #71 (July 1961)

Game Page (Table of Contents: 4)

Little Max / activity / 1 page (report information)

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Little Max

Synopsis

Max needs to go from Island 1 to Island 4 by crossing each of the 15 bridges once.

Reprints

• in Little Max Comics (Magazine Management, 1955 series) #1 (February 1955)
• in Little Max Comics (Harvey, 1949 series) #34 (April 1955), #53 (June 1958), #71 (July 1961)

The Mysterious Shadow (Table of Contents: 5)

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Genre

children

Characters

Little Max; Bobo; Alice (illustration only)

Synopsis

Someone is following Little Max; it turns out to be a monkey, whose owner gives Max a dollar for finding.

Reprints

• in Little Max Comics (Magazine Management, 1955 series) #1 (February 1955)
• in Little Max Comics (Harvey, 1949 series) #34 (April 1955), #53 (June 1958), #73 (November 1961)

Size Isn't Everything (Table of Contents: 6)

Little Max / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

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Genre

children

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Little Max; Casey

Synopsis

Casey is mystified when Max takes home two slippers from the junkyard; it turns out he wants them to put flowers in.

Reprints

• in Little Max Comics (Magazine Management, 1955 series) #1 (February 1955)
• in Little Max Comics (Harvey, 1949 series) #34 (April 1955), #53 (June 1958), #71 (July 1961)

On the Bottom of the Sea (Table of Contents: 7)

Little Max Rhymes with Reason / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

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Al Avison

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Al Avison

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Genre

nature

Characters

Little Max

Synopsis

Little Max is shown swimming among different ocean creatures, with rhyming captions describing them.

Indexer Notes

Avison credit from Michael Rhode, GCD Main mailing list, 22 September 2020.

On the Beam (Table of Contents: 8)

Little Max / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

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Genre

children

Characters

Little Max; Casey; Joe Palooka; Ann Howe

Synopsis

Max and Casey play at an empty construction site; Max gets his pants stuck on a nail, but Joe comes along and rescues him.

Reprints

• in Little Max Comics (Harvey, 1949 series) #34 (April 1955), #53 (June 1958), #72 (September 1961)

The Piper (Table of Contents: 9)

Little Max / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

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Genre

children

Characters

Little Max; Joe Palooka; Alice

Synopsis

Joe is told that Max is the "piper" for the basketball game in the vacant lot; it turns out that that means he's the only one small enough to crawl into a pipe when the ball rolls in it.

Reprints

• in Little Max Comics (Harvey, 1949 series) #34 (April 1955), #53 (June 1958), #72 (September 1961)

Wouldn't It Be Funny! (Table of Contents: 10)

cartoon / 1 page (report information)

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Genre

humor

Synopsis

Series of five illustrated wordplay jokes (example: "If ducks really had BILLS!" with a drawing of a duck at a desk, surrounded by bills to pay).

Reprints

• in Little Max Comics (Magazine Management, 1955 series) #1 (February 1955)
• in Little Max Comics (Harvey, 1949 series) #34 (April 1955), #71 (July 1961)

Hot Dip (Table of Contents: 11)

Humphrey / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

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Genre

humor

Characters

Humphrey Pennyworth; Ichabod

Synopsis

Humphrey sees Ichabod running and runs with him; they fall into the water, enabling Ichabod to show Humphrey that it's warm enough to go swimming.

Reprints

• in Little Max Comics (Harvey, 1949 series) #34 (April 1955), #53 (June 1958), #72 (September 1961)

Peter, the Singer (Table of Contents: 12)

text story / 0.8 page (report information)

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Genre

animal; anthropomorphic-funny animals

Characters

Peter Puppy; Rufus Dog; Stevie Puppy; Oswald the daschund

Synopsis

Peter has trouble singing with his friends because his voice has changed while theirs haven't, but when they learn a new song that requires a deeper voice he is redeemed.

Reprints

• in Casper the Friendly Ghost (Harvey, 1952 series) #44 (May 1956)
which is reprinted
• in Wendy, the Good Little Witch (Harvey, 1960 series) #3 (December 1960)
• in Casper's Ghostland (Harvey, 1959 series) #5 (April 1960)
• in Wendy Witch World (Harvey, 1961 series) #13 (June 1965)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 13)

statement of ownership / 0.2 page (report information)

Script

Robert Harvey (credited as Robert B. Harvey)

Letters

typeset

Funny Face (Table of Contents: 14)

Little Max / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

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Genre

children

Characters

Little Max; Alice; Joe Palooka

Synopsis

Joe shows the kids the spear, shield and mask he was given by an African chief; Max tries them on and scares himself.

Reprints

• in Little Max Comics (Harvey, 1949 series) #34 (April 1955), #53 (June 1958), #72 (September 1961)