Little Max Comics #71

(July 1961)

Tale of a Tail (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Script

Ham Fisher

Pencils

Ham Fisher

Inks

Ham Fisher

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

humor; children

Characters

Little Max; unnamed shoe-shine customers; unnamed dog

Synopsis

A stray dog interferes with Max's shoe-shine business until Max finds a way to make the dog an asset.

Reprints

• from Joe Palooka Comics (Harvey, 1945 series) #54 (March 1951)

Little Max Sambo (Table of Contents: 2)

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

Script

?

Pencils

Al Avison ? (sourced)

Inks

Al Avison ? (sourced)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

humor; children

Characters

Little Max [as himself and Little Max Sambo]; Alice; Little Max Sambo's mother; three talking tigers

Synopsis

While Alice goes into a store to buy some butter for her mother, Max imagines himself as the protagonist of the story of Little Sambo (see notes).

Reprints

• from Little Max Comics (Harvey, 1949 series) #16 (April 1952)

Indexer Notes

The story in which Max imagines himself, written in 1899 as "Little Black Sambo", was very popular for a good half-century but now both the story and the term "sambo" are considered by many to be racially offensive. More detail on the story and its controversial history can be found at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Story_of_Little_Black_Sambo]. Presumably, public sentiment against the story was not yet widespread enough for the Harvey editors to be aware of it when the story was first adapted for Little Max in 1955 and reprinted again in 1961.

Light Lunch (Table of Contents: 3)

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

Script

?

Pencils

Al Avison ? (sourced)

Inks

Al Avison ? (sourced)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

humor; children

Characters

Little Max; Casey; unnamed pedestrian

Synopsis

Max and Casey decide to pack lunches and go for a hike. Each goes home to pack their lunch, and upon rejoining, Max is surprised to see Casey lugging a heavy suitcase with his. When they finally stop to eat, Max is surprised by what Casey has packed for lunch.

Reprints

• from Little Max Comics (Harvey, 1949 series) #16 (April 1952)

Game Page (Table of Contents: 4)

Little Max / activity / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Al Avison ? (sourced)

Inks

Al Avison ? (sourced)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

humor; children

Characters

Little Max

Synopsis

Max presents a maze puzzle.

Reprints

• from Little Max Comics (Harvey, 1949 series) #16 (April 1952)

Wouldn't It Be Funny! (Table of Contents: 5)

cartoon / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

humor

Reprints

• from Little Max Comics (Harvey, 1949 series) #16 (April 1952)

Indexer Notes

Five one-panel puns.

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

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

Script

?

Pencils

Al Avison ? (sourced)

Inks

Al Avison ? (sourced)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

humor; children

Characters

Little Max; Casey

Synopsis

Max and Casey visit the town dump to see what they can salvage. Casey is perplexed when Max finds an old slipper and searches for its mate, since the slippers are much too large for Max. Max finds the second slipper, then rushes home, collecting some dirt and discarded flowers along the way. The perplexed Casey follows along to see what Max is up to and can't believe Max's ultimate goal - creating a small indoor garden by nailing the slippers to the wall as plant holders.

Reprints

• from Little Max Comics (Harvey, 1949 series) #16 (April 1952)

The Magic Mirror (Table of Contents: 7)

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

Script

?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

humor; children

Characters

Lotta Plump [Little Lotta]; Attol; three unnamed boys

Synopsis

While looking at items in her attic, Lotta finds an old mirror. Falling asleep in a comfortable chair, she dreams that the mirror is magic and that she can step through it and visit her reflection, whose name is Attol (Lotta backwards). Attol is the opposite of Lotta in every way and does not approve of Lotta's unladylike demeanor. Her comments begin to frustrate Lotta and eventually they come to blows. Lotta steps back through the mirror to where she is sleeping, and upon awakening, she is relieved to see that the mirror is not really magic - or is it?

Billy's Present (Table of Contents: 8)

text story / 0.75 page (report information)

Script

?

Letters

?; typeset

Genre

humor; children

Characters

Billy; Mary; department store staff; Mary's birthday party attendees

Synopsis

Billy receives an invitation to Mary's birthday party, but worries that he has almost no money and and won't be able to give her a present that will compare with those from the other children attending the party. After a disappointing trip to the department store, he comes up with an idea for a present that costs him nothing. Will Mary like it?

Reprints

• from Chic Young's Dagwood Comics (Harvey, 1950 series) #22 (September 1952)

Mr. Sleep (Table of Contents: 9)

text story / 0.75 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?; typeset

Genre

humor; children

Characters

Bobby Brown; Mrs. Brown; Mr. Sleep

Synopsis

Bobby wishes he could avoid sleep indefinitely, but when he has a dream in which exactly that happens, it changes his perspective.

Reprints

• from Chic Young's Dagwood Comics (Harvey, 1950 series) #21 (August 1952)

Jealous Gloria (Table of Contents: 10)

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

Script

?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

humor; children

Characters

Richie Rich; Gloria Glad; Richie's cousin Nancy; Billy Bruce

Synopsis

When Gloria sees Richie's cousin Nancy kissing him goodbye, she becomes jealous and refuses to see him or listen to his explanations. Richie tries disguising himself as the electric meter man in order to have another chance to explain, but the disguise fails and she kicks him out again. Gloria eventually softens and decides to be more understanding on their next meeting. She next answers the door for Billy Bruce, who looks just like Richie with glasses. Gloria invites him in, thinking it is Richie in another disguise, but Richie sees her with Billy, making him the angry one this time.