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Issue Details

Issue #[nn]
Published 1871
Cover Price [none]
Pages 76
Editing ?
Notes Best known Wilhelm Busch book; Katzenjammer Kids ripped off from Max and Maurice at order of William Randolph Hearst.

Cover Details - "Max and Maurice"

Characters Max; Maurice
Genre humor
Pencils Wilhelm Busch
Inks Wilhelm Busch
Colors hand coloured
Letters Wilhelm Busch
Notes Best known Wilhelm Busch book; Katzenjammer Kids ripped off from Max and Maurice at order of William Randolph Hearst.
Reprinted book translated & reprinted from the German language "Max und Moritz", published in 1865.

9 page Max and Maurice story "Trick First"

Characters Max; Maurice
Synopsis Max and Maurice set up a trick which ends up killing a widow's hens and crow.
Genre humor
Script Wilhelm Busch
Pencils Wilhelm Busch
Inks Wilhelm Busch
Colors hand coloured
Letters Wilhelm Busch
Notes Victorian style comic -- text above/below pictures, no word balloons
Reprinted translated & reprinted from the German language "Max und Moritz", published in 1865.

7 page Max and Maurice story "Trick Second"

Characters Max; Maurice
Synopsis The widow sets the birds on a fire to cook. Max and Maurice fish them away via hooks down her chimney.
Genre humor
Script Wilhelm Busch
Pencils Wilhelm Busch
Inks Wilhelm Busch
Colors hand coloured
Letters Wilhelm Busch
Notes hybrid between highly illustrated children's story & victorian style comic story
Reprinted translated & reprinted from the German language "Max und Moritz", published in 1865.

7 page Max and Maurice story "Trick Third"

Characters Max; Maurice
Synopsis Max and Maurice sabotage a bridge to collapse when someone crosses it.
Genre humor
Script Wilhelm Busch
Pencils Wilhelm Busch
Inks Wilhelm Busch
Colors hand coloured
Letters Wilhelm Busch
Notes Victorian style comic -- text above/below pictures, no word balloons
Reprinted translated & reprinted from the German language "Max und Moritz", published in 1865.

7 page Max and Maurice story "Trick Fourth"

Characters Max; Maurice
Synopsis Max and Maurice put gunpowder in a minister's smoking pipe.
Genre humor
Script Wilhelm Busch
Pencils Wilhelm Busch
Inks Wilhelm Busch
Colors hand coloured
Letters Wilhelm Busch
Notes hybrid between highly illustrated children's story & Victorian style comic story
Reprinted translated & reprinted from the German language "Max und Moritz", published in 1865.

9 page Max and Maurice story "Trick Fifth"

Characters Max; Maurice
Synopsis Max and Maurice stick a bag full of insects into their Uncle Fritzy's bed.
Genre humor
Script Wilhelm Busch
Pencils Wilhelm Busch
Inks Wilhelm Busch
Colors hand coloured
Letters Wilhelm Busch
Notes Victorian style comic -- text above/below pictures, no word balloons
Reprinted translated & reprinted from the German language "Max und Moritz", published in 1865.

8 page Max and Maurice story "Trick Sixth"

Characters Max; Maurice
Synopsis Max and Maurice, who have fallen into a vat of dough while trying to steal pretzels, are caught by the baker, who shoves them into his oven. The outer dough bakes, but they eat their way out and escape.
Genre humor
Script Wilhelm Busch
Pencils Wilhelm Busch
Inks Wilhelm Busch
Colors hand coloured
Letters Wilhelm Busch
Notes Victorian style comic -- text above/below pictures, no word balloons
Reprinted translated & reprinted from the German language "Max und Moritz", published in 1865.

7 page Max and Maurice story "Last Trick"

Characters Max; Maurice
Synopsis Max and Maurice slice a farmer's bags so his grain falls out when he picks them up. The farmer catches them, sticks them in a hopper, and grinds them to bits which are eaten by ducks. The town rejoices.
Genre humor
Script Wilhelm Busch
Pencils Wilhelm Busch
Inks Wilhelm Busch
Colors hand coloured
Letters Wilhelm Busch
Notes Victorian style comic -- text above/below pictures, no word balloons
Reprinted translated & reprinted from the German language "Max und Moritz", published in 1865.

8 page advertisement

Notes Ads for books by Louisa May Alcott, Susan Coolidge, and Louise Chandler Moulton, each with full page illustrations