(October 1947)
- Price:
- 0.10 USD
- Pages:
- 52
- Indicia frequency:
- ?
- Indicia Publisher:
- Dell Publishing Co., Inc.
- Brand:
- A Dell Magazine
- Editing:
- Helen Meyer
- 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 LITTLE LULU, No. 165." Code number is L.L.O.S. #165-4710. Copyright 1947 by Marjorie H. Buell.
[Weight and Fortune Machine]
Lulu / comic story / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- John Stanley
- Pencils:
- John Stanley
- Inks:
- John Stanley
- Colors:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- children
- Characters:
- Little Lulu
- Synopsis:
- Lulu gets a card from a weight and fortune machine. She likes the fortune but is unhappy with the weight.
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover; black, red, and white.
The Case of the Purloined Popover
Little Lulu / comic story / 12 pages
Credits
- Script:
- John Stanley
- Pencils:
- John Stanley
- Inks:
- John Stanley
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- children
- Characters:
- Little Lulu; Mr. Moppett; Mrs. Moppett; Tubby Tompkins
- Synopsis:
- Lulu is spanked by her mother, who thinks she stole some popovers from the kitchen. Lulu tells the story to Tubby, who immediately says her father is the culprit. Tubby, with a mustache from his Junior G-Man kit, goes to Lulu's house to conduct an investigation.
Indexer Notes
This is the same format as the later "The Spider Spins Again" stories featuring Tubby, but without Tubby calling himself "The Spider."
[Intercepted Flowers]
Tubby / comic story / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- John Stanley
- Pencils:
- John Stanley
- Inks:
- John Stanley
- Colors:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- children
- Characters:
- Tubby Tompkins
- Synopsis:
- Tubby buys some flowers to give to Lulu. Another girl sees Tubby and thinks the flowers are for her.
Indexer Notes
Pantomime story.
Alvin's Solo Flight
Little Lulu / comic story / 22 pages
Credits
- Script:
- John Stanley
- Pencils:
- John Stanley
- Inks:
- John Stanley
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- children
- Characters:
- Little Lulu; Tubby Tompkins; Alvin; Mrs. Moppett
- Synopsis:
- Lulu and Tubby go to the beach, but have to take Alvin along with them. Alvin manages to get lost at the beach and Lulu and Tubby try to find him.
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
- in Marge's Little Lulu and Tubby Annual (Dell, 1953 series) #1 (March 1953)
[Too Vivid Imagination]
Tubby / comic story / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- John Stanley
- Pencils:
- John Stanley
- Inks:
- John Stanley
- Colors:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- children
- Characters:
- Tubby Tompkins
- Synopsis:
- Tubby stands at a bakery window and imagines eating all the goods on display. He then goes to the window of a soda shop and imagines having six sodas. All the imaginary eating gives him a stomachache.
Indexer Notes
Pantomime story.
[Unwanted Attention]
Alvin / comic story / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- John Stanley
- Pencils:
- John Stanley
- Inks:
- John Stanley
- Colors:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- children
- Characters:
- Alvin
- Synopsis:
- Alvin sprays himself with some of his mother's perfume, but discovers to his horror that the aroma attracts little girls.
Indexer Notes
Pantomime story.
Never Again
Little Lulu / comic story / 10 pages
Credits
- Script:
- John Stanley
- Pencils:
- John Stanley
- Inks:
- John Stanley
- Colors:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- children
- Characters:
- Little Lulu; Mr. Moppett
- Synopsis:
- Lulu borrows her father's pipe, smokes some doll hair, and has hallucinations.
Indexer Notes
No dialogue other than three question mark balloons.
[Turnabout]
Alvin / comic story / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- John Stanley
- Pencils:
- John Stanley
- Inks:
- John Stanley
- Colors:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- children
- Characters:
- Alvin
- Synopsis:
- Alvin squirts a girls with his squirt gun, causing her to cry. Ashamed, he squirts himself with the gun, which make the girl laugh.
Indexer Notes
Pantomime story.
[Wild West Violin Practice]
Tubby / comic story / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- John Stanley
- Pencils:
- John Stanley
- Inks:
- John Stanley
- Colors:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- children
- Characters:
- Tubby Tompkins; Mrs. Tompkins
- Synopsis:
- Tubby practices his violin while reading a wild west magazine.
Indexer Notes
inside back cover; black, red, and white. Pantomime story.
[Radio Violence]
Lulu / comic story / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- John Stanley
- Pencils:
- John Stanley
- Inks:
- John Stanley
- Colors:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- children
- Characters:
- Little Lulu
- Synopsis:
- Lulu listens happily to a violent radio program, but is upset when the villain on the show kicks a dog.
Indexer Notes
Back cover; pantomime story.
Editing
Table of Contents
-
1.
[Weight and Fortune Machine]
Lulu -
2.
The Case of the Purloined Popover
Little Lulu -
3.
[Intercepted Flowers]
Tubby -
4.
Alvin's Solo Flight
Little Lulu -
5.
[Too Vivid Imagination]
Tubby -
6.
[Unwanted Attention]
Alvin -
7.
Never Again
Little Lulu -
8.
[Turnabout]
Alvin -
9.
[Wild West Violin Practice]
Tubby -
10.
[Radio Violence]
Lulu
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