(November 1960)
Harvey,
1949 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly
- On-sale date
- 1960
- 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); ? (actual)
- Color
- color
- Dimensions
- standard Silver Age US
- Paper Stock
- glossy cover; newsprint interior
- Binding
- saddle-stitched
- Publishing Format
- was ongoing series
The Friendly Balloon
Little Max / comic story / 4 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- ?
- Inks
- ?
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- children
- Characters
- Little Max; Betsy; Betsy's mother; anthropomorphic balloon
- Synopsis
- Max "saves" a dying balloon by blowing it back up, and then he and the balloon have fun playing with each other and a little girl.
Beat the Band
Little Max / comic story / 4 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- ?
- Inks
- ?
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- children
- Characters
- Little Max; Casey; Max's friends; Alice; marching band; parade spectators; mayor; Joe Palooka
- Synopsis
- Max and his friends put together a marching band so that they can participate in a parade.
Little Max Meets the Farm Animals
Little Max / activity / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- ?
- Inks
- ?
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Characters
- Little Max
- Synopsis
- Max presents several riddles about farm animals.
Flying High
Little Max / comic story / 2 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- ?
- Inks
- ?
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- children
- Characters
- Little Max; anthropomorphic balloon
- Synopsis
- Max and a talking balloon help a baby bird learn to fly.
[no title indexed]
Rags Rabbit / comic story / 0.5 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- ?
- Inks
- ?
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Look at this contest - $500 for each daring action photo - come on Pesty, that's for us!
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Rags Rabbit; Pesty
- Synopsis
- Rags wants to win $500 in a photo contest, so he and Pesty use a camera to snap a variety of pictures. But when they go to submit to photos, Pesty points out that the camera never had film.
[no title indexed]
Rags Rabbit / comic story / 0.5 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- ?
- Inks
- ?
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Ohhhh -- my aching tooth!
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Rags Rabbit; Pesty
- Synopsis
- Pesty helps Rags pull out an aching tooth, but ends up pulling the wrong one.
Humphrey Eats Again!
Humphrey / text story / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Letters
- ?; typeset
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Humphrey; Clem; Zeke Coon; Percy Coon; Prunella; Hiram; Max
- Synopsis
- Humphrey helps rid the town of two troublemakers by besting them in an eating contest.
Sweet and Powerful
Little Lotta / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- ?
- Inks
- ?
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- children
- Characters
- Lotta Plump [Little Lotta]; candy factory representatives; railroad workers
- Synopsis
- Two representatives of a candy factory ask Lotta if she would like to try their new chocolates. Of course, Lotta accepts, and when they invite her to help herself to more, she eats the entire box of samples. They then watch Lotta as she performs several feats of strength and conclude that the candy must be giving her extra strength and vitality.
The Case of the Missing Pennies
text story / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Letters
- ?; typeset
- Characters
- King Bosco; the Grand Chancellor; Sparrow Cape
- Synopsis
- The King's Grand Chancellor is concerned that money has been stolen from the royal treasury. He accuses Sparrow Cape of being the culprit, but the clever Sparrow proves his innocence and someone else's guilt.
Bobbit Rabbit
text story / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Letters
- ?; typeset
- Characters
- Bobbit Rabbit; Mama Bunny; Farmer Black
- Synopsis
- Bobbit Rabbit loves watermelon, and tries to think of a way to sample some of the watermelons in Farmer Black's garden.
- Reprints
-
from Little Dot (Harvey, 1953 series) #17 (May 1956)
-
The Picnic
Richie Rich / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- ?
- Inks
- ?
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- children
- Characters
- Richie Rich; Gloria Glad; Jeeves; members of the Rich estate staff; Mrs. Glad
- Synopsis
- Gloria invites Richie to join her for a picnic in the park, for which her mother will prepare a picnic basket. Richie agrees, but dreads eating the ham sandwiches and hard boiled eggs that everyone always seems to bring on picnics. He arranges for Jeeves to switch the food in the basket for a meal prepared by the Rich chefs, and the Rich staff take care of other inconveniences during the picnic. However, Gloria discovers the switch when she gets home and insists that Richie join her for another picnic immediately to eat the food her mother prepared.
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Table of Contents
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0.
[no title indexed]
Little Max -
1.
The Friendly Balloon
Little Max -
2.
Beat the Band
Little Max -
3.
Little Max Meets the Farm Animals
Little Max -
4.
Flying High
Little Max -
5.
["Look at this contest - $500 for each daring action photo - come on Pesty, that's for us!"]
Rags Rabbit -
6.
["Ohhhh -- my aching tooth!"]
Rags Rabbit -
7.
Humphrey Eats Again!
Humphrey -
8.
Sweet and Powerful
Little Lotta -
9.
The Case of the Missing Pennies
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10.
Bobbit Rabbit
-
11.
The Picnic
Richie Rich
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- Craig Richardson
- Jean-Francois Masse
- Keith Alan Morgan
- Warren Zeigler
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- James Ludwig
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