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Issue Details

Issue #597
Published October 1954
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 36
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Notes Indicia title is "THE LITTLE KING, No. 597." Code number is L.K.O.S. #597-5410. Copyright 1954 by King Features Syndicate. Based on "The Little King" newspaper strip by Otto Soglow. Cover is signed "O. Soglow" but may or may not be by him. Second of three Little King Four Color issues.

Cover Details

Characters The Little King
Genre humor
Notes Indicia title is "THE LITTLE KING, No. 597." Code number is L.K.O.S. #597-5410. Copyright 1954 by King Features Syndicate. Based on "The Little King" newspaper strip by Otto Soglow. Cover is signed "O. Soglow" but may or may not be by him.

1 page The Little King story "Coin for chewing gum"

Characters The Little King
Synopsis The King has to borrow a penny from the Director of the Treasury in order to get some chewing gum.
Genre humor
Notes Inside front cover; black and white.

10 page The Little King story "The Little King, Detective"

Characters The Little King; Prime Minister; Royal Chef
Synopsis The Little King plays detective to find who's been stealing his strawberry tarts from the kitchen.
Genre humor

12 page The Little King story "The Little King and the Statue"

Characters The Little King; Prime Minister
Synopsis The King unveils a statue commemorating the signing of the peace treaty with Ooklevania. This reminds the King that the treaty must be signed each year and the treaty will run out at sundown. He goes to get King Ookle's signature, only to find that Ookle has been kidnapped and Ooklevania is now ruled by his evil twin brother.
Genre humor

10 page The Little King story "The Little King and the Dragon"

Characters The Little King; Prime Minister
Synopsis The Duke's daughter has been kidnapped by the Green Dragon. The Little King takes a fire engine to go rescue her.
Genre humor

1 page The Little King story "The Royal Painter"

Characters The Little King
Synopsis The Royal Painter paints a portrait of the Little King in a typical pose--taking a nap.
Genre humor
Notes Inside back cover; black and white.

1 page The Little King story "The Royal Hospital"

Characters The Little King
Synopsis After an accident while laying the cornerstone for the new hospital, the Little King becomes its first patient.
Genre humor
Notes Back cover.