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COVER DETAILS
Characters:
Little Max
STORY DETAILS
Title:
Tail of a Tail
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.
Pages:
1.000
Title:
Little Max Sambo
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).
Pages:
6.000
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.
Title:
Light Lunch
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.
Pages:
2.000
Title:
Wouldn't It Be Funny!
Pages:
1.000
Notes:
Five one-panel puns.
Title:
Size Isn't Everything
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.
Pages:
2.000
Title:
The Magic Mirror
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?
Pages:
5.000
Title:
Billy's Present
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?
Pages:
1.000
Letters:
?; typeset
Title:
Mr. Sleep
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.
Pages:
1.000
Letters:
?; typeset
Title:
Jealous Gloria
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.
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