Little Max Comics #64

Dates

Cover date

May 1960

On sale

1960

Pages

36

Editions and covers

• Original edition

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Creators

Stories

• Tale of a Tail · 1 pages

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

• Just for Laughs · 4 pages

  Joe takes Max and his friend to the carnival, where they decide to try out the fun house. When they start going through it, it's more scary than fun, and Max finds himself wondering when the fun part begins. However, once they are out, Max wants to go back through again.

• Untitled · 0.5 pages

  Hector goes fishing in a barrel.

• Untitled · 0.5 pages

  When Rumpus asks his girlfriend Maizie to marry him and change her name to his, she says she prefers Maizie to Rumpus.

• Let's Play Doctor · 2 pages

  Humphrey agrees to let his fan club practice first aid on him, but Prunella thinks he is really injured.

• The Brush Off · 2 pages

  Max is sweeping the floor in his house when the baby brother of the North Wind comes to play tricks on him. After the wind blows the dust he has swept in several directions, Max tricks the wind into blowing the dust out the door.

• Untitled · 1 pages

  Lotta tries her hand at the track and field hammer throw. When she releases the hammer, it flies behind some bushes, hiding it from view. Simultaneously, another athlete's hammer falls in front of her, prompting her to believe that she has thrown hers around the world.

• Little Dot Meets Uncle Drowsy · 5 pages

  Dot's Uncle Drowsy comes to visit for his vacation. Dot finds him sleeping in an armchair and is determined to wake him up so that he doesn't waste his whole vacation sleeping. She tries several tactics to wake him, including making him a peppy sports shirt and playing rock music. But each time, her efforts only succeed in making him even drowsier. She finally decides to bake some ginger cookies, hoping the spice will perk him up. The cookies do the trick, and Uncle Drowsy is ready to go out and have fun, but by this time Dot has worked so hard to waken him that she is drowsy herself.

• Secret Formula · 0.75 pages

  Using a chemistry set, Jimmy accidentally discovers formula XXQ9456Y, which transports him to another planet. One of the inhabitants of that planet tells him that since he has discovered them, he can never return home. He does indeed return home, and manages to bring back a small piece of evidence from his trip, but decides to stick to easy chemistry experiments in the future.

• The Little Tyrant · 0.75 pages

  Bartholomew and his father are at odds, and Bartholomew proves himself to be quite a nuisance.

• Sir Richie · 5 pages

  Richie's father tells him a story of one of his ancestors, Sir Richie, the youngest squire to ever become a knight, and who happened to have looked just like Richie. The young squire had been more interested in chemistry than combat. The evil Sir Sly had attempted to steal the family fortune while Sir Richie was alone in the castle. However, Sir Richie used his knowledge of chemistry to save the day.

Characters

Reprinted in

Little Dot (1953), Richie Rich Money World (1972)