Four Color
#165 - Marge's Little Lulu
(October 1947)
Dell,
1942 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 52
- On-sale Date
- 1947-08-29
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
- Brand
-
A Dell Magazine [circle]
- Printer
- Printed in U.S.A.
- Editing
- Helen Meyer
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. On-sale date is publication date in Catalog of Copyright Entries, 1947 Pamphlets, page 458.
[no title indexed]
Little Lulu / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Little Lulu
- Synopsis
- Lulu uses spot remover on her dog.
- Reprints
-
in Marge's Little Lulu (Drawn & Quarterly, 2019 series) #[1] - Working Girl (October 2019)
-
- Keywords
- dog; spot remover
[Weight and Fortune Machine]
Lulu / comic story / 1 page
- 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.
- Reprints
-
in Giant Size Little Lulu (Dark Horse, 2010 series) #1 ([May] 2010)
-
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover; black, red, and white.
The Case of the Purloined Popover
Little Lulu / comic story / 12 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Zzzzzzzz
- Genre
- humor; 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.
- Reprints
- in Giant Size Little Lulu (Dark Horse, 2010 series) #1 ([May] 2010)
- in Marge's Little Lulu (Drawn & Quarterly, 2019 series) #[1] - Working Girl (October 2019)
-
- Keywords
- detective; investigation; junior g-man
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
- Genre
- children; humor
- Characters
- Tubby Tompkins
- Synopsis
- Tubby buys some flowers to give to Lulu. Another girl sees Tubby and thinks the flowers are for her.
- Reprints
- in Giant Size Little Lulu (Dark Horse, 2010 series) #1 ([May] 2010)
-
Indexer Notes
Pantomime story.
Alvin's Solo Flight
Little Lulu / comic story / 22 pages
- Genre
- children; humor
- 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
- in Marge's Little Lulu Tubby Annual (Dell, 1953 series) #1 (March 1953)
- in Giant Size Little Lulu (Dark Horse, 2010 series) #1 ([May] 2010)
-
[Too Vivid Imagination]
Tubby / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- children; humor
- 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.
- Reprints
- in Giant Size Little Lulu (Dark Horse, 2010 series) #1 ([May] 2010)
-
Indexer Notes
Pantomime story.
[Unwanted Attention]
Alvin / comic story / 1 page
- 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.
- Reprints
- in Giant Size Little Lulu (Dark Horse, 2010 series) #1 ([May] 2010)
-
Indexer Notes
Pantomime story.
Never Again
Little Lulu / comic story / 10 pages
- Genre
- children; humor
- Characters
- Little Lulu; Mr. Moppett
- Synopsis
- Lulu borrows her father's pipe, smokes some doll hair, and has hallucinations.
- Reprints
- in Giant Size Little Lulu (Dark Horse, 2010 series) #1 ([May] 2010)
-
Indexer Notes
No dialogue other than three question mark balloons.
[Turnabout]
Alvin / comic story / 1 page
- 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.
- Reprints
- in Giant Size Little Lulu (Dark Horse, 2010 series) #1 ([May] 2010)
-
Indexer Notes
Pantomime story.
[Wild West Violin Practice]
Tubby / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- children; humor
- Characters
- Tubby Tompkins; Mrs. Tompkins
- Synopsis
- Tubby practices his violin while reading a wild west magazine.
- Reprints
- in Giant Size Little Lulu (Dark Horse, 2010 series) #1 ([May] 2010)
-
Indexer Notes
inside back cover; black, red, and white. Pantomime story.
[Radio Violence]
Lulu / comic story / 1 page
- 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.
- Reprints
- in Giant Size Little Lulu (Dark Horse, 2010 series) #1 ([May] 2010)
-
Indexer Notes
Back cover; pantomime story.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
[no title indexed]
Little Lulu -
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
This issue was modified by, among others
- Chris Boyko
- Pat Conolly
- Lionel English
- Gregory Fischer
- Merlin Haas
- Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
- Bob Hughes
- Jean-Francois Masse
- Keith Alan Morgan
- Mike Nielsen
- Dave Porta
- Jim Van Dore
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