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Issue: Little Max Comics #40 Public Domain
Publication Date: April 1956
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Issues: #40 of 73 Issues
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Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagHarvey
Brand: Harvey Comics [Stamp]View Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: Harvey Publications, Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 11 (9 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Leon Harvey
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Silver Age US
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, humorous
Feature(s): Little Max
Character(s): Little Max
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Pages: 1
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Funny Bunny

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Genres: childrens, humorous
Feature(s): Little Max
Character(s): Little Max; Joe Palooka; Ann Palooka; Alice
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.
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Max is a mute or "mime" character; readers follow his thought balloons, including childishly mixed-up words.
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See Worthy

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Genres: childrens, humorous
Feature(s): Little Max
Character(s): Little Max; Alice
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.
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Water Boy

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Genres: childrens, humorous
Feature(s): Little Max
Character(s): Little Max; Casey; ringmaster
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.
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The U.S.S. Humphrey

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Humphrey
Character(s): Humphrey Pennyworth; Elmer Fuddle; Lem Tyler; Mayor Toops; Pruney Pennyworth [also as Prunella]
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Statement of the Ownership, Management and Circulation

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Strictly from Hunger

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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Humphrey
Character(s): Humphrey; Pruney
Synopsis: Humphrey eats massive amounts of food, then dreams he's eating a three-foot stack of pancakes.
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The Funny Mummy

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Genres: childrens, humorous
Feature(s): Little Max
Character(s): Little Max; Alice; Joe Palooka
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.
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Babysitter Jitters

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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Humphrey
Character(s): 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.
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Waisted Energy

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Genres: childrens, humorous
Feature(s): Little Max
Character(s): 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.
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Fishin'

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Genres: childrens, humorous
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