Li'l Genius comic books issue 15
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Issue #15
Published Nov 1957 by Charlton Comics Group.$3.80
Cover by Frank Johnson. Stories and art by Frank Johnson and others. Ollie Orwell is as much trouble as his better-known counterpart, Dennis the Menace. Ollie gets a job as water boy for a circus, but that's more work than he expected. Uncle John has to watch Ollie for a few days after an earthquake strikes the city. Li'l Tomboy decides to make a cake for her mother's birthday, with predictable results. Plus a note from Alfred Fago, the Executive Editor of Charlton, attesting to the "good taste" and so forth of Code-approved comics. Water, Water!; Lil Tomboy: The Ribbon; Earthquake; Speak to the Squirrels; Lil Tomboy: Rough Day at the Beach; Rock and Rollo: We Can Too; Beware: Loud Drum; Li'l Tomboy: Mother's Helper; Shadow: Somebody Crazy. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
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Issue #15
Published 1962 by Charlton Press.This item is not in stock at MyComicShop. If you use the "Add to want list" tab to add this issue to your want list, we will email you when it becomes available.
Stories and art by Jon D'Agostino and Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio. Charlton presented this version of the mischievous Ollie Orwell as a promotional item for Blue Bird Comics, handed out at kids' shoe stores as a free giveaway. Ollie takes in a lost dog over his mother's protests. It turns out to be a wealthy woman's lost poodle, and getting him back to her is the challenge, in an issue-length story. Plus a comics biography of American patriot Nathan Hale. Another Boarder; The Hippo Twins; Words of Advice; Lest We Forget: Nathan Hale. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.
