By chance, the robbers are staying at the same motor court, and Homer sees it as his chance to stop them and claim a cash reward in order to build all sorts of radios and an (at the time) expensive television. Homer, however, quietly displays a more mature view of the hero.Īnother adventure of Homer's is when an adult friend of his in Centerburg wins a contest for composing an advertising jingle for shaving lotion, but the prize money is stolen on the air in an armed robbery. Freddy is unable to understand that 'The Super-Duper' is an ordinary actor in a costume, and expects him to be capable of super feats. One of Homer Price's adventures, 'The Case of the Cosmic Comic', parodies the Superman phenomenon, with Homer and his best friend Freddy attending the local personal appearance of Freddy's favorite superhero.

James Daugherty said of Homer Price, 'It is America laughing at itself with a broad and genial humanity, without bitterness or sourness or sophistication.' His main job is helping out in his father's business, a motor court, where Homer also resides. Sometimes he is also hired by his uncle to tend to the labor-saving devices in his cafe and mix doughnut batter. He does odd jobs like raking leaves, and sweeping up the diner or the nearby barber shop. He is a mild-mannered boy who enjoys fixing radios, and who somehow gets involved in a series of outrageous incidents, such as tending an inexplicably unstoppable doughnut-making machine in his uncle's diner, or caring for mystery plants that turn out to be a giant form of allergy-inducing ragweed. Homer Price was published in 1943, and Centerburg Tales in 1951. Homer Price is the central character in two children's books written and illustrated by Robert McCloskey, and title character of the first.

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