Little Max Comics #70

(May 1961)

Puppy Parade (Table of Contents: 1)

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

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Genre

humor; children

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Little Max; unnamed dog owners

Synopsis

Max starts a dog-walking business and quickly has more dogs to walk than he can handle at one time. However, he has an idea that allows him to walk many dogs at once without issues.

Reprints

• from Little Max Comics (Harvey, 1949 series) #18 (August 1952)

Waisted Energy (Table of Contents: 2)

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

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Genre

humor; children

Characters

Little Max; unnamed pedestrians; Casey; Joe Palooka

Synopsis

Max overhears two men discussing that they need to lose weight and decides he should do the same. He spends the entire day doing exercises that he has seen Joe Palooka do when losing weight for a boxing match, wearing himself out in the process. Joe invites him and Casey out to dinner, and Max is so hungry from all of his exercise that he eats much more than usual. In the end, he has gained two pounds, but Joe tells him that it is healthy for a boy his age to gain weight.

Reprints

• from Little Max Comics (Harvey, 1949 series) #40 (April 1956)
which is reprinted
• from Little Max Comics (Harvey, 1949 series) #15 (February 1952), #15 (February 1952)

Wouldn't It Be Funny! (Table of Contents: 3)

cartoon / 1 page (report information)

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Genre

humor

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Anthropomorphized animals and objects

Synopsis

Five one-panel jokes.

Humphrey Whips the Cyclone (Table of Contents: 4)

Humphrey / text story / 0.75 page (report information)

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Genre

humor

Characters

Humphrey Pennyworth; Prunella Pennyworth; picnickers and residents of West Wokkington Falls

Synopsis

Humphrey battles a cyclone with a mind of its own.

Reprints

• from Joe Palooka (Harvey, 1955 series) #93 (January 1956)
which is reprinted
• from Joe Palooka Comics (Harvey, 1945 series) #52 (January 1951)

Statement of Ownership, Management and Circulation (Table of Contents: 5)

statement of ownership / 0.25 page (report information)

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Indexer Notes

Statement showing the ownership, management and circulation of Little Max Comics. Annual circulation listed as 159,566.

Babysitter Jitters (Table of Contents: 6)

Humphrey / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

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humor

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Humphrey Pennyworth; Mrs. Gooberfooful; Mrs. Gooberfooful's baby; grocery store shoppers

Synopsis

Humphrey agrees to watch a baby while the baby's mothers does some shopping. He panics when the baby cries, not knowing how to comfort him. Running inside, he finds the mother, who tells him that the baby was just hungry, a condition with which Humphrey is all too familiar.

Reprints

• from Little Max Comics (Harvey, 1949 series) #40 (April 1956)

Make-It Shop (Table of Contents: 7)

activity / 1 page (report information)

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Synopsis

Instructions for making a puppet from a paper bag.

Cooling System (Table of Contents: 8)

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

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Genre

humor; children

Characters

Little Max; Alice

Synopsis

Max searches for ways to cool off Alice on a hot summer day.

Reprints

• from Little Max Comics (Harvey, 1949 series) #37 (October 1955)

Hide and Seek (Table of Contents: 9)

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

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Genre

humor; children

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Little Max; Casey

Synopsis

Max keeps Casey guessing during a game of hide and seek.

Reprints

• from Little Max Comics (Harvey, 1949 series) #50 (December 1957)
which is reprinted
• from Little Max Comics (Harvey, 1949 series) #15 (February 1952)

The Champ (Table of Contents: 10)

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

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Genre

humor; children

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Lotta Plump [Little Lotta]; Mrs. Plump; Mr. Plump; Dot Polka [Little Dot]; Mr. Polka; Lotta's friends; Happy Hash judges; contestants; contest spectators; Bernie Watkins; Happy Hash chef; WCAX cameraman; WCAX reporter; Dr. Brown

Synopsis

Lotta's friends and family cheer her on during a hash eating contest. Her chief competitor, Bernie Watkins, gives her a good run for her money, but she still manages to eat more hash than him, winning the contest. Hearing that she has eaten 26 plates of hash, her family arrange for the doctor to be there when she gets home, but she is more concerned about eating dinner when she arrives.

Little Max Goes to School (Table of Contents: 11)

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

Script

Ham Fisher

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Ham Fisher (signed)

Inks

Ham Fisher

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Genre

humor; children

Characters

Little Max; Joe Palooka; Alice; soda jerk; Alice's mother; school principal

Synopsis

Max doesn't want to go to school until he learns that another boy is carrying Alice's books for her.

Reprints

• from Joe Palooka Comics (Harvey, 1945 series) #19 (April 1948)
which is reprinted
• from newspaper strips

Wintry Whiz (Table of Contents: 12)

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

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Genre

humor; children

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Richie Rich; Gloria Glad; Reggie Van Dough; Cleeves; mountain climbers

Synopsis

Reggie is determined to ruin Richie and Gloria's day in the mountains, and tries to one-up them while skating, sledding and, finally, while skiing with a jet-pack. As usual, he ends up making himself miserable.