Little Max Comics #16
In "Little Max Sambo," Joe learns that Max is the "piper" for the neighborhood basketball game—only to discover the role means he’s the smallest kid around, the only one who can squeeze through a narrow pipe to retrieve the ball. Drawn with playful precision by Al Avison, this 1952 Harvey gem captures the quiet humor of childhood logic and clever problem-solving in a single, perfectly observed moment.
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Joe is told that Max is the "piper" for the basketball game in the vacant lot; it turns out that that means he's the only one small enough to crawl into a pipe when the ball rolls in it.
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