(April 1952)

Harvey, 1949 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.10 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
every other month
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Harvey Publications, Inc.
Brand
Harvey Comics H
Editing
Leon Harvey
Color
color
Dimensions
standard Silver Age US
Paper Stock
glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding
saddle-stitched
Publishing Format
was ongoing series

Issue Notes

Parts of this issue are reprinted:

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Little Max / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
children
Characters
Little Max; Casey
Reprints
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[Little Max Contents April No. 16] (Table of Contents: 1)

table of contents / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
Characters
Little Max; Alice

Little Max Sambo (Table of Contents: 2)

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

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
children
Characters
Little Max; Alice
Synopsis
While waiting for Alice to buy some butter, Max imagines himself in the story of Little Black Sambo.
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Light Lunch (Table of Contents: 3)

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

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?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
children
Characters
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.
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Game Page (Table of Contents: 4)

Little Max / activity / 1 page (report information)

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?
Pencils
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Inks
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Colors
?
Letters
?
Characters
Little Max
Synopsis
Max needs to go from Island 1 to Island 4 by crossing each of the 15 bridges once.
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The Mysterious Shadow (Table of Contents: 5)

Little Max / text story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
? (illustration); typeset (story)
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.
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Size Isn't Everything (Table of Contents: 6)

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

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
children
Characters
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.
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On the Bottom of the Sea (Table of Contents: 7)

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

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
nature
Characters
Little Max
Synopsis
Little Max is shown swimming among different ocean creatures, with rhyming captions describing them.

On the Beam (Table of Contents: 8)

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

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?
Pencils
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Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
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.
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The Piper (Table of Contents: 9)

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

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
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.
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Wouldn't It Be Funny! (Table of Contents: 10)

cartoon / 1 page (report information)

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Inks
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Colors
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Letters
?
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).
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Hot Dip (Table of Contents: 11)

Humphrey / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
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.
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Peter, the Singer (Table of Contents: 12)

text story / 0.83 page (report information)

Script
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Pencils
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Inks
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Colors
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Letters
?
Genre
animal
Characters
Peter Puppy; Rufus Dog; Stevie Puppy; Oswald
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.

Indexer Notes

last 1/6 page is the statement of ownership, management and circulation

Funny Face (Table of Contents: 13)

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

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
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
Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Little Max
  2. 1. [Little Max Contents April No. 16]
  3. 2. Little Max Sambo
    Little Max
  4. 3. Light Lunch
    Little Max
  5. 4. Game Page
    Little Max
  6. 5. The Mysterious Shadow
    Little Max
  7. 6. Size Isn't Everything
    Little Max
  8. 7. On the Bottom of the Sea
    Little Max Rhymes With Reason
  9. 8. On the Beam
    Little Max
  10. 9. The Piper
    Little Max
  11. 10. Wouldn't It Be Funny!
  12. 11. Hot Dip
    Humphrey
  13. 12. Peter, the Singer
  14. 13. Funny Face
    Little Max
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