(April 1953)
- Price:
- 0.10 USD
- Pages:
- 36
- Indicia frequency:
- ?
- Indicia Publisher:
- Dell Publishing Co., Inc.
- Brand:
- Dell Comic
- Editing:
- ?
- Format:
- Color; standard Golden Age and later Silver Age formats; saddle-stitched; newsprint; was an On-Going Series
Issue Notes
Indicia title is "MARGE'S TUBBY, No. 461." Code number is TUBBY O.S. #461-534. Copyright 1953 by Marjorie H. Buell. Third of four Tubby Four Colors.
[Padlock Problem]
Tubby / comic story / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- John Stanley
- Pencils:
- John Stanley
- Inks:
- John Stanley ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- children
- Characters:
- Tubby; Willy; Eddie; Iggy
- Synopsis:
- Tubby puts a padlock on the clubhouse door, but finds he doesn't have a key.
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover; black and white; pantomime story.
Tubby's Secret Weapon
Tubby / comic story / 32 pages
Credits
- Script:
- John Stanley
- Pencils:
- John Stanley
- Inks:
- John Stanley ?
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- children; science fiction
- Characters:
- Tubby; Willy; Eddie; Iggy; Prof. Kleff; Gloria; Little Men from Mars (intro); Tubby's mother
- Synopsis:
- A flying saucer from Mars is observing Tubby's town. Tubby is taking violin lessons and makes such a high-pitched squeak that its vibrations cause damage to the saucer and its inhabitants. The saucermen assume that Tubby was doing the sound intentionally as a weapon and decide to capture him. The tiny men from Mars follow Tubby to a sidewalk demonstration of mechanical men, blending in with the toy men. When a policeman runs the salesman off without the toys, Tubby gathers them up, Martians and all, and takes them home. Gloria comes, too. The Martians eventually vaporize Gloria and Tubby and his violin and take them to Mars. On Mars, Tubby and Gloria and the violin are converted back to normal. Unable to duplicate the sound Tubby makes on his violin, the Martians release him to demonstrate. After hearing the sound they flee in terror, leaving Tubby alone to explore. He blunders into the planetary control room and unknowingly steers the planet wildly through space, thinking he is playing a game. The Martians release Gloria to tell Tubby to stop. Tubby aims the planet towards Earth, stopping just as the spire on the tallest skyscraper penetrates the control room. Gloria and Tubby are left clinging to the spire as the Martians retreat back to their proper orbit.
Indexer Notes
First appearance of the Little Men from Mars.
[Doll Attack]
Tubby / comic story / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- John Stanley
- Pencils:
- John Stanley
- Inks:
- John Stanley ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- children
- Characters:
- Tubby; Annie
- Synopsis:
- Annie is angry with Tubby when he runs his toy car over her doll.
Indexer Notes
Inside back cover; black and white; pantomime story.
[In Trouble Inside or Out]
Tubby / comic story / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- John Stanley
- Pencils:
- John Stanley
- Inks:
- John Stanley ?
- Colors:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- children
- Characters:
- Tubby; Tubby's mother
- Synopsis:
- Tubby's mother is afraid he'll break a lamp playing with a model plane indoors, so she sends him outdoors to roller skate. That doesn't solve the problem.
Indexer Notes
Back cover; color; pantomime story.
Editing
Table of Contents
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1.
[Padlock Problem]
Tubby -
2.
Tubby's Secret Weapon
Tubby -
3.
[Doll Attack]
Tubby -
4.
[In Trouble Inside or Out]
Tubby
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- Merlin Haas
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- Jim Walls
- Terry Vraspir
- Gary Perlman
- Jerry Hillegas
- Craig Delich
- James Ludwig
- Ray Bottorff Jr
- Kenneth Blair
- Mike Nielsen
- David Porta
- Matthew Torrance
- Ken Kwilinski
- Gary L. Watson
- Gregg Whitmore
- Max Capp
- Tony R. Rose
- Lou Mazzella
- Rodney Hinkle
- Jan Roar Hansen
- Donald Dale Milne
- Karl Wilcox
- Darrel McCann
- Peter Croome
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