Li'l Genius #43

Mar 1963 · Charlton · 0.12 USD

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The issue contains two stories. The first features a character named Ollie who gets stuck on a roof wearing a military helmet and parachute, leading to comedic chaos when he crashes into his house and breaks his father's airplane model. The second story, "Li'l Genius," follows a baby with a complicated family history: his mother and father struggled to settle on a name, eventually calling him Japheth Ambrose Maximillian Ichabod Erastus Davis, though the child's name becomes a major ordeal whenever anyone tries to address him formally.

Contains 2 stories

Woozy Wings

20 pp · Humor, Children

OLLIE, a young boy obsessed with airplanes, gets carried away at a fair, riding a spinning ride until he’s dizzy and disoriented. After a chaotic day of wild antics and mistaken identities—including a space suit mishap and a dramatic fire department call—he finally crashes into bed, only to wake up mid-dream and leap from his window as a "paratrooper," much to his parents’ alarm.

The New Name

5 pp · Humor

A young boy, burdened by an unwieldy name derived from every male relative in his family, struggles with being constantly mispronounced and overlooked—until his parents and relatives devise a clever solution that gives him a single, manageable name. The story humorously captures the boy’s frustration and eventual relief as his family transforms his full name into something far more practical.