Issue | #677 |
Published | February 1956 |
Cover Price | 0.10 USD |
Pages | 36 |
Editing | ? |
Notes | Indicia title is "THE LITTLE KING, No. 677". Code number is L.K.O.S. #677-562. Copyright 1955 by King Features Syndicate. Adapted from "The Little King" newspaper strip by O. Soglow. One major change from the newspaper strip is that the Little King talks in this comic book. In the newspaper strip he is always silent. |
Characters | Little King; Prime Minister; Diplomat |
Genre | humor |
Notes | Cover is signed "O.Soglow" but he may or may not have drawn it. |
Characters | Little King |
Synopsis | Bored by a diplomatic meeting, the Little King calls for his "top secret papers"--a pile of Dell comics. |
Genre | humor |
Notes | Inside front cover; black and white. |
Characters | Little King; Prime Minister; Captain of Guards; Chef; Royal Fool (jester); King Ookle |
Synopsis | After the jester beats the Little King at checkers 6,206 times in a row, the King tries to figure out the jester's winning move. He is interrupted when King Ookle declares war in response to the Little King forgetting to send him a birthday card. The two Kings engage in a sword fight throughout the castle for hours, then decide to decide the battle with a game of checkers. |
Genre | humor |
Script | John Stanley |
Notes | Script credit for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007) |
Characters | Little King; Prime Minister |
Synopsis | The Little King receives his weekly allowance--one dollar--which he decides to hide to save up for a bicycle. |
Genre | humor |
Script | John Stanley |
Notes | Script credit for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007) |
Characters | Little King; Prime Minister; Chef |
Synopsis | The Little King buys a castle at a bargain price, only to find it comes complete with a 16th century ghost. |
Genre | humor |
Script | John Stanley |
Notes | Script credit for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007) |
Characters | Little King; Prime Minister; Chef |
Synopsis | After failing to find number 100 of a baseball card set in cereal boxes of Snapples, the Little King embarks on a hunt to find the final card of the set, which entitles the owner to a baseball cap and tickets to the big baseball game. |
Genre | humor |
Script | John Stanley |
Notes | Script credit for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007) |
Characters | Little King; |
Synopsis | The Little King falls asleep while attending an opera and begins to snore. |
Genre | humor |
Notes | Inside back cover; black and white. Dell's "A Pledge to Parents" is the fourth panel, right in the middle of the eight-panel story. |
Characters | Little King; Chef |
Synopsis | The Little King hides in a suit of armor while being chased by the Chef for stealing a pie. |
Genre | humor |
Notes | Back cover. |