Li'l Kids #7

A backyard baseball game goes hilariously sideways on the cover of this 1972 Marvel charmer, with a pigtailed girl sprinting off clutching the actual bases while a bewildered bat-wielding boy and a gang of equally flustered kids look on in disbelief — her defense being the perfectly logical speech bubble: "But you TOLD me to steal the bases!" Cover art by Stan Goldberg and John Verpoorten captures the chaos with breezy, energetic linework that suits the lighthearted mischief perfectly. Inside, writer Stan Lee and artist Vic Dowd serve up "Butch the Bully!" alongside the promised "Kiddie Kapers and Kartoon Kut-Ups!" — a fun 20-cent package of neighborhood comedy from Marvel's gentler side.