Li'l Kids #9

Marvel's Li'l Kids #9 (December 1972) delivers exactly the breezy, wholesome fun its "Kiddie Kapers and Kartoon Kut-ups!" banner promises. The cover, penciled by Stan Goldberg and inked by John Verpoorten and Stan Goldberg, captures a chaotic backyard frisbee game gone gloriously wrong — a red-haired girl is literally swept off her feet yelling "HELLP!" while a boy deadpans, "I told Pee-Wee he was too light to play frisbee!", as a group of kids and their shaggy dog look on in various states of alarm and amusement. With writer-artist Howie Post handling interior duties on "Nuthin' but the Tooth," this lighthearted 20-cent comic is a charming snapshot of early-'70s all-ages Marvel at its most playful.