Li'l Genius #20

In "This Clock-Eyed World," Ollie’s day starts with a bang—literally—when his alarm clock wakes his dad, only to spark a chain of increasingly elaborate clock-based antics. From using a grandfather clock’s pendulum to shine shoes to rigging a punch clock to fight back, Ollie turns household timepieces into his own chaotic orchestra. Written and drawn by Frank Johnson, with inks and lettering by Johnson and cover art by Johnson, this 1959 Charlton gem captures a child’s wild imagination running wild—where every tick and tock has a purpose.