Lil Genius (1954) comic books

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Cover by Harry Betancourt. Stories and art by Rudy Cristiano and A. W. Nugent. Numbering continues from Super Brat (1954) #4, skipping issue #5; the character was still being billed in stories as Superbrat the Li'l Genius. Ollie is a terrible baseball player and the park attendant won't let him play, but luckily, Ollie's still got the tattered cape that gives him superpowers. Trying to rescue a drowning swimmer at the beach, Super Brat accidentally hauls in a marker buoy, and a ship runs aground. Super-powered Ollie is a baby-sitter's worst nightmare. Take Me Out to the Ballgame!; A Day at the Beach!; The Manager; The Dog Who Couldn't Bark; A Night Out!; Play Fun. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Harry Betancourt. Stories and art by Harry Betancourt and Frank Roberge. Ollie Orwell is as much trouble as his better-known counterpart, Dennis the Menace. When the family goes to the movies, Ollie tries to help the evening along with his superpowers. An airborne Super Brat is targeted by aerial civil defense jet fighters. Super Brat rescues a dog from the pound, but it turns out to be the sinister dogcatcher in a dog suit. Li'l Genius the Super Brat!; How Much Is That Mongrel In the Window?; Noodnik: The Trick Picture; Two-Bit the Wacky Woodpecker: Scout's Honor. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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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. Cartoonist Frank Johnson takes over the Li'l Genius character from creator Harry Betancourt. Consequently, Ollie forgets about the magic cape that gives him superpowers, and resembles Dennis the Menace even more strongly. When Ollie's hijinks result in his dad being splattered with house paint, a neighbor thinks he's got smallpox. Ollie causes mischief while wearing his space helmet in the grocery store. Spots Before Your Eyes; Ship-A Hooey!; Senor Tamale Buys a Farm; Market Madness; Pedro: Boy, Oh Boy Scout! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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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. A hidden Ollie torments his bobby-soxer baby-sitter and her boyfriend. When Dad falls in the plaster bucket, Ollie runs to get a doctor, but comes back with an undertaker instead. Ollie's parents try to prevent him from insulting wealthy Uncle Bundle. Plus a note from Alfred Fago, the Executive Editor of Charlton, attesting to the "good taste" and so forth of Code-approved comics. Rockabye Spacehog; A Paneful Tail; Cornered; The Plaster Bust; Wicky Burke: Beauty & the Beast; Money Mad; Paco and Pico; Quiz. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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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 tries to make sense of his friend's new baby sister. Ollie gets a visit from his cousin Li'l Tomboy, who is exactly as much trouble as him, but in girl form. Ollie is a terror while visiting his mother's friend Mrs. Brown. Plus a note from Alfred Fago, the Executive Editor of Charlton, attesting to the "good taste" and so forth of Code-approved comics. New Baby; On Wings of Song; Wicky Burke: Wicky Sees Stars; Li'l Genius and Li'l Tomboy; Li'l Buck. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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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 causes trouble between his dad and another bowler at the bowling alley. Ollie peppers his mom with questions while she's trying to clean the house. Ollie's girl cousin Li'l Tomboy causes a ruckus at a fancy restaurant. All Balled Up!; Beware of Dog; Mama's Helper?; Portrait of an Ogre; Big Brick; Li'l Tomboy: Almost a Day Off for Mom; Birthday Wise; Low Bridge. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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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' dad's day off is ruined when he has to take Ollie to the zoo. But when Dad's trying to put in a new cement sidewalk, Ollie finally pushes him too far. When Ollie's dad decides to run for town mayor, he should see what's coming next. Plus a note from Alfred Fago, the Executive Editor of Charlton, attesting to the "good taste" and so forth of Code-approved comics. Day of Rest; Li'l Tomboy; Concrete Mixer; Shadow Pictures; Napoleon and the Cannon Balls; A Guess Who Party; Unlucky Daze; Mayor-Ze Don'ts; Genius at Work. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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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's mom tries to get him to play quietly, but Ollie's dad knows better. Ollie invents the leaf blower, but he hasn't quite worked out all the kinks. A psychiatrist suggests that Li'l Tomboy's dad demonstrate that he can beat her at any sport...but he can't. Plus a note from Alfred Fago, the Executive Editor of Charlton, attesting to the "good taste" and so forth of Code-approved comics. Gimme a Bite; A Restful Day; The Easy Way; Leave It to Lil Genius; Mongo the Monkey; No Time for Balloons; Lil Tomboy: You Just Must Show Her; I Told Ya; The Fighter; Fishy: One of His Own; A Gift from Lil Genius. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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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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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. As the comic expands to 64 pages of material, new mischievous brats are introduced alongside Lil Genius and Li'l Tomboy, aka the Li'l Rascal Twins; Li'l Lumberjack, Li'l Farmboy, and Eddie Extra all cause their share of comic chaos. Ollie gets all his friends in on buying cereal boxes to win a horse in a contest. Ollie's plan to get even with a bully involves his Uncle John, a visiting circus strongman. In a very strange story, newsboy Eddie Extra stops a mobile counterfeiting ring, dodges a high-speed car chase, and witnesses a bank job, but his editor doesn't think it's exciting enough for the front page. Plus a note from Alfred Fago, the Executive Editor of Charlton, attesting to the "good taste" and so forth of Code-approved comics. Also featuring a vintage ad for a "Jet Rocket Space Ship." Lil Tomboy: She Who Laughs Last; My Box Top for a Horse; Uncle Sam; Eddie Extra: The Four Star Flash; No Wonder; A Christmas Surprise; Li'l Lumberjack: Good Hunting; One Part; Tough Patient; Eddie Extra: Jealous Kid; If I Had a Million; Monkeyshines; Li'l Tomboy: Who Needs a Doctor; Day in the Woods; Goofy; Whatta Ole Meanie. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.15.

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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's string collection is coming along so well, he now has a giant ball that fills the living room. But when he tries to get rid of it, it entangles the entire town. Ollie's anxious Uncle Jitter comes for an ill-timed visit. Plus a note from Alfred Fago, the Executive Editor of Charlton, attesting to the "good taste" and so forth of Code-approved comics. Also, a vintage ad for "Gigantic Dinosaurs," a set of inflatable toys. Stringing Along; Pop's Panic; Operation Nerves; Hold That Tiger; Li'l Farmboy: The Swimming Pool; Planting Antics. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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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's latest obsession is tinkering with clocks to make "improvements," such as making his dad's time clock punch his boss in the face. Ollie turns an enraged bull into an impromptu lumberjack. Mr. Jones ill-advisedly hires Ollie to wash his windows. This Clock-Eyed World; Real Bull Dozer; Washed Up; Eddie Extra: Hard Sale; Private Defective. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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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 wants to practice his magic act, right at the same time as when his dad's new boss is visiting. Ollie's parents turn him loose in a department store while they go shopping. Ollie explores an abandoned house, and inadvertently makes its new owner believe it's haunted. Hokey Pocus; Leave Everything to Me; The Martians Meet Their Match; Department Store Imp; Drain in the Face; Captain Coreys Curiosity Corner; G-g-ghosts. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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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's dad's worst nightmare is three identical Ollies. Ollie dresses as a girl to crash a girls' lunch party, but things quickly get out of hand. Ollie is supposed to be on his best behavior for the benefit of a visiting uncle, but even Ollie's best behavior is hard to take. Triple Trouble; Li'l Wise Guy; Just for Girls; Li'l Lumberjack: Animal Charmer; Shoes for Shobasho; Treat 'Im Right. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Jon D'Agostino. Stories and art by Jon D'Agostino and others. Ollie Orwell is as much trouble as his better-known counterpart, Dennis the Menace. Ollie gets the part of the dragon in the school play, but they really shouldn't trust him with open flames. Ollie and his father go hunting, and Nature trembles. A great blue heron lands on the roof of the house. Dragon Daze; Well, Bowl Me Over; The Great Protector; Good For Sometheeng; Wise Worm; Squawk. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Jon D'Agostino. Stories and art by Jon D'Agostino and others. Ollie Orwell is as much trouble as his better-known counterpart, Dennis the Menace. Despite his parents' misgivings, Ollie gets a job with the circus, in a four-part, issue-length story. After taming the wild cats and running away with the elephant, he gets a chance to be a clown. Leon the lizard can't get the other animals to believe he's descended from dinosaurs. Lion Tamer; Catch a Thief; Be My Guest; Hummer The Hummingbird; Leon the Scrawny Little Lizard; Clowns and Gondoliers. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Jon D'Agostino. Stories and art by Jon D'Agostino and others. Ollie Orwell is as much trouble as his better-known counterpart, Dennis the Menace. Ollie's dad gets roped into one PTA meeting, and the next thing he knows, he's running for president. Champy gets recruited from the city zoo to be a test-chimp for early spaceflight, in a story that's a sign of its times. Alice thinks Japanese culture borrows too much from US pop culture, an interesting contrast with modern times. Pop for President; Champy the Space Chimp; A Little Suburb of America. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Jon D'Agostino. Stories and art by Jon D'Agostino and others. Ollie Orwell is as much trouble as his better-known counterpart, Dennis the Menace. Ollie creates snowy mayhem at a ski resort. A puppy goes to extremes to win over a spoiled, jaded rich kid. Ollie's mom soon regrets taking him on a tour of the candy factory. Down Hill; How to Win a Little Boy; Three Mistakes; Candy Village. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Jon D'Agostino. Stories and art by Jon D'Agostino and George Wildman. Ollie Orwell is as much trouble as his better-known counterpart, Dennis the Menace. Ollie creates outdoor mayhem during his first trip to summer camp, in an issue-length story. The fox figures out how to swindle Atomic Bunny out of the uranium-carrots that give him his superpowers. Only for a Week; Croco the Crocodile; Atomic Bunny: Just a Poor Ol' Rabbit. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Jon D'Agostino. Stories and art by Jon D'Agostino and others. Ollie Orwell is as much trouble as his better-known counterpart, Dennis the Menace. To place his jelly-bean order, Ollie goes searching for the Easter Bunny...in the woods, at night. Atomic Mouse has some advice for a young mouse, but maybe he should have been more specific. Clarence the house-elf wants credit for all the things he secretly does around the house. Plus a great vintage ad for a "Giant 10-foot Inflatable Boa Constrictor." Jumbo Jelly Beans; Spring Is in the Air; Atomic Mouse: There Are Ways and Ways!; Clarence Wants His Due. 32 pages, Full Color.

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Cover by Jon D'Agostino. Stories and art by Jon D'Agostino and Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio. Ollie Orwell is as much trouble as his better-known counterpart, Dennis the Menace. 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.

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Cover by Jon D'Agostino. Stories and art by Jon D'Agostino, Maurice Whitman and Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio. Ollie Orwell is as much trouble as his better-known counterpart, Dennis the Menace. A tour of a Naval warship leads to Ollie creating a mass panic over "enemy U-boats." Marvin the Matador has a career crisis when the latest bull he's fighting can talk. Plus a cautionary tale about drifting into juvenile delinquency, in the Cold War public service announcement What You Do in Your Spare Time. ("The time is past when our nation could afford street-corner loafers!") And a comics biography of American frontiersman Daniel Boone. Ship Wrecker; Your Role in the Cold War; The Big Exception; Marvin the Matador!; American Pioneer. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.

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Cover by Jon D'Agostino. Ollie Orwell is as much trouble as his better-known counterpart, Dennis the Menace. Ollie wins a cow at a county fair, but then there's the question of getting it home in his dad's new convertible. The issue-length tale includes the hilarious image of the family (and the cow) in the convertible at the drive-in. Tiny the elephant seeks a place where he won't wreck everything. A Cow Around the House; The Duel at Dry Gulch; A Real Talent. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.

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Cover by Jon D'Agostino. Stories and art by Jon D'Agostino and others. Ollie Orwell is as much trouble as his better-known counterpart, Dennis the Menace. A flying ride at the fair gives Ollie the urge to be a pilot. His dad convinces him to build model airplanes instead, but that's no improvement. New parents can't decide what to name the baby. Woozy Wings; Billy the Bear; The New Name. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.

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Cover by Jon D'Agostino. Stories and art by Jon D'Agostino and others. Ollie Orwell is as much trouble as his better-known counterpart, Dennis the Menace. Ollie runs away from home and meets Chappy, who lives in a wildlife reserve. Li'l Tomboy visits for Ollie's birthday and helps him appreciate the joys of not growing older. A Change of Heart; Peppermint Yipes; The Turning Turtle; Not a Day Older. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.

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Cover by Jon D'Agostino. Stories and art by Jon D'Agostino and others. Ollie Orwell is as much trouble as his better-known counterpart, Dennis the Menace. Ollie's dad takes him to the gym to teach him self-defense, thinking he's been in a fight. But the reason for Ollie's black eye is another thing entirely. A starch-related accident leaves Randy the dog with rigid ears, when they should be floppy. Black-Eyed Boner; Tennis Menace; Captain Corey's Curiosity Corner; A Stiff Story. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.

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Cover by Jon D'Agostino. Stories and art by Jon D'Agostino and others. Ollie Orwell is as much trouble as his better-known counterpart, Dennis the Menace. Ollie's supposed to be on his best behavior while visiting his grandmother, but she's wild enough for both of them. After roller skating and breaking furniture, she shows him how to do tricks on a bicycle. Boots, a gigantic dog, has problems much like the later Clifford, but his size comes in handy when the dam breaks. An Open and Shut Case; Boots, the Big; Anty the Anxious Ant; Who's Got the Money, Honey? 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.

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Cover by Jon D'Agostino. Stories and art by Jon D'Agostino and others. Ollie Orwell is as much trouble as his better-known counterpart, Dennis the Menace. Ollie wants to be a major-league baseball player, but he's concerned that none of them have red hair like he does. Ollie learns the wrong lesson about generosity. Ollie wants to get a job and earn some money like the neighborhood teens. Carrot Top; Every Dog Has His Day; The Lesson; Polite Penguin; The Forlorn Maple Tree; Ollie's Ark. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.

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Cover by Jon D'Agostino. Stories and art by Jon D'Agostino and others. Ollie Orwell is as much trouble as his better-known counterpart, Dennis the Menace. Ollie must choose between getting a license for his new dog or riding the elephant at the circus. Ollie has a dream in which he imagines his family during caveman times. Run For One; Captain Corey's Curiosity Corner. Final issue under this title; the series continued as Summer Fun (1966 Charlton) #54. The numbering resumed 30 years later with Lil Genius (1954) #54. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.

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Cover by Frank Johnson. Ollie Orwell is as much trouble as his better-known counterpart, Dennis the Menace. Ollie tries to help a carpenter who's building a garage, but only makes him regret becoming a contractor. After Ollie's dad gets a fur coat, Ollie builds a pit bear trap in the back yard. But when Ollie decides to start his own ant farm, that's when his dad really comes face-to-face with raw nature. Hardly Helpful; Snappy Trapping; Moving Scenes; Rescue Party; Ants in Your Plants. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.75.

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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 tries to make sense of his friend's new baby sister. Ollie gets a visit from his cousin Li'l Tomboy, who is exactly as much trouble as him, but in girl form. Ollie is a terror while visiting his mother's friend Mrs. Brown. New Baby; On Wings of Song; Lil Lumberjack: Animal Charmer; Visitin; Lil Genius and Lil Tomboy. Final issue of the series. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.75.