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| Name | Little Max Comics 22 | Published |
| Publication | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 36 | Frequency: bi-monthly |
| Notes | "A Joe Palooka Magazine for Children". Alfred Harvey (President); Leon Harvey (Vice-President and Editor); Robert B. Harvey (Vice-President and Business Manager) |
| Cover | 1 page |
| Synopsis | Casey and Little Max are sledding downhill. Their sled hits a rock and sends them flying. |
| Genre | Humor; Children |
| Characters | Casey; Little Max |
| Notes | Distributor's typeset initials PDC appear under the title. The words "By Ham Fisher" appear. Fisher was the creator of the Joe Palooka newspaper strip in which Little Max first appeared, but most likely the artwork is by assistants or licensees. |
| Advertisement | Daisy Air Rifles / Daisy B-B Guns (1 page) |
| Letters | typeset |
| Characters | Bill; Bill's dad; mayor; editor |
| First Line | Bill starts an air rifle club. |
| Notes | Ad for Daisy Defender Repeater air rifle (BB gun) from Daisy Manufacturing Company. Coupon for booklet on "How to Start a Junior Air Rifle Club" booklet. Part of the ad is a comic story featuring Bill and his supporters starting their club. Inside front cover. |
| Comic Story | Funny Bunny / Little Max (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | Little Max dresses in a bunny costume for Joe Palooka's Easter party, given for neighborhood children. Max, who never speaks, surreptitiously arranges for his good friend Alice to find the golden egg and win a prize. |
| Genre | Humor; Children |
| Characters | Little Max; Joe Palooka; Ann Palooka; Alice |
| Notes | Max is a mute or "mime" character; readers follow his thought balloons, including childishly mixed-up words. |
| Advertisement | MoToR's Auto and Truck Repair Manuals (1 page) |
| Letters | typeset |
| Characters | W Schrop; C Auberry |
| First Line | How to fix any part of any car |
| Notes | Ad, with order coupon, for motor vehicle repair books from MoToR Book Dept. |
| Comic Story | See Worthy / Little Max (2 pages) |
| Synopsis | Alice lends Little Max an umbrella, but he needs to hold it so low that he can't see. He collides with another pedestrian and tears a hole in the fabric. Now he has a window so he can see without getting wet. |
| Genre | Humor; Children |
| Characters | Little Max; Alice |
| Comic Story | Water Boy / Little Max (2 pages) |
| Synopsis | Casey and Little Max agree to water the animals in exchange for circus tickets. Casey says he'll do Max a favor and take the horses as there are more of them -- but the camels, of course, need many more buckets to satisfy them. The ringmaster says Casey must be at work every night, but Max is excused; camels go without water for a week. |
| Genre | Humor; Children |
| Characters | Little Max; Casey; ringmaster |
| Text Story | Humphrey at the Fair / Humphrey (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Humphrey and his sister go to the fair, where Humphrey consumes gargantuan amounts of food. He naively tries a rigged weight-lifting game and wins easily because of his huge size. The crowd recognizes that the game is rigged; they chase off the barker and his accomplice, and give Humphrey all the prizes. He just wants to get home because he's hungry. |
| Letters | typeset |
| Genre | Humor |
| Characters | Humphrey; Pruney; barker; Lou |
| Notes | Spot illustration of Humphrey at the fair. Humphrey and his sister speak in comic "rustic" dialect. |
| Comic Story | Strictly from Hunger / Humphrey (2 pages) |
| Synopsis | Humphrey eats massive amounts of food, then dreams he's eating a three-foot stack of pancakes. |
| Genre | Humor |
| Characters | Humphrey; Pruney |
| Notes | Comic book published in 1953, but wall calendar says 1950. |
| Advertisement | Dubble Bubble Gum |
| Synopsis | Pud's friends bet that he can't make his way through the maze in five minutes. He gives them all Dubble Bubble gum, then threads his way through by listening to the sound of their bubbles popping. |
| Characters | Pud; Pud's friends |
| Pencils | Ray Thompson (signed) |
| Inks | Ray Thompson (signed) |
| First Line | Here's the maze of mirrors, Pud -- |
| Notes | Ad, in comic story form, for Dubble Bubble Gum from Frank H. Fleer Corp. |
| Story | Terry and the Pirates |
| Letters | typeset |
| Genre | Adventure |
| Characters | Terry Lee |
| First Line | Hey Kids Free of Extra Cost Terry and the Pirates Comic Books |
| Notes | Ad for free Terry and the Pirates comic books in every carton of Canada Dry Ginger Ale. "Available Feb 2, 1953". "36-Page, Full-size Pocket Edition! All New, All in Color! Not Available Anywhere Else!" "There are 3 different books". Ad shows three books in horizontal format. |
| Publisher advertisement | No Title (1 page) |
| Characters | Blondie; Dagwood; Daisy; Little Audrey; Baby Huey; Little Max; Alice; Casper; Sad Sack; Horace; Joe Palooka |
| First Line | New Issues |
| Notes | Promo for Harvey titles: Dagwood; Blondie; Daisy; Little Audrey; Baby Huey; Little Max; Casper the Friendly Ghost; Sad Sack; Horace & Dotty Dripple; and Joe Palooka Comics (Joe Palooka's Adventures). |
| Advertisement | 70 Piece Space Patrol Kit (1 page) |
| Letters | typeset |
| First Line | Calling all space rangers! |
| Notes | Ad, with order coupon, for 70-piece Space Patrol play set from Space Squadron. |
| Advertisement | "Now you can fly a real jet plane!" / Jetex Jet Planes (1 page) |
| Letters | typeset |
| Notes | Ad, with order coupon, for Jetex Javelin working model jet airplane kit. |
| Comic Story | The Funny Mummy / Little Max (4 pages) |
| Synopsis | Little Max tries to catch a fly, but gets all wrapped up in fly tape. Posing as a mummy, he wins a prize at Alice's costume party. |
| Genre | Humor; Children |
| Characters | Little Max; Alice; Joe Palooka |
| Comic Story | Who's Who at the Zoo / Little Max (4 pages) |
| Synopsis | Joe takes Max and Alice to the children's zoo. |
| Genre | Humor; Children |
| Characters | Little Max; Alice; Joe Palooka |
| Comic Story | Sunday Coat / Little Dot (2 pages) |
| Synopsis | Dot drapes the dog around her neck to give her coat a fur collar. |
| Genre | Humor; Children |
| Characters | Little Dot; Dot's dog |
| Pencils | Vic Herman |
| Inks | Vic Herman |
| Notes | Later that same year Harvey introduced a redesigned Dot; that version is more familiar than the original as used here. |
| Activity | Little Max Makes Easter Eggs / Little Max (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Little Max demonstrates how to make Easter eggs. |
| Characters | Little Max |
| Text Story | The Jumping Frog |
| Synopsis | Bret Harte brings his champion frog to Nevada for a competition. Mark Twain helps a competitor fill the frog with birdshot. |
| Letters | typeset |
| Characters | Bret Harte; Mark Twain; Bill |
| Notes | Supposed background for Mark Twain's story, "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County." |
| Statement of Ownership | No Title |
| Letters | typeset |
| First Line | Statement of the Ownership, Management, and Circulation Required by the Act of Congress |
| Notes | Statement of Ownership. Leon Harvey (Editor); Alfred Harvey (Managing Editor); Robert B. Harvey (Business Manager). |
| Advertisement | Doubleday Dollar Book Club (1 page) |
| Letters | typeset |
| Characters | Zenobia; Queen Christiana; Indian captive |
| First Line | You'll learn the ways of women in love |
| Notes | Ad, with order coupon, for Doubleday Dollar Book Club. |
| Advertisement | Stravon Joke Books (1 page) |
| Letters | typeset |
| First Line | A Barrel of Fun! |
| Notes | Ad, with order coupon, for joke books from Stravon Publishers. |
| Advertisement | Scram! You Skinny scarecrow! / Jowett Institute of Physical Training (1 page) |
| Letters | typeset |
| Characters | Roger Hirsch; John Sill; Felipe Mendoza; Jobie Jackson; George F Jewett |
| Notes | Ad, with order coupon, for information on body building from Jowett Institute of Physical Training. The photographed body builders include Hispanic, African American, and white non-Hispanic. Inside back cover. |
| Advertisement | American Seeds (1 page) |
| Letters | typeset |
| Characters | Dick Tracy; Arthur Godfrey |
| First Line | Get prizes... make money |
| Notes | Ad, with order coupon, for selling seed packets from American Seed Co. Back cover. |
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