Four Color
#74 - Marge's Little Lulu
(June 1945)
Dell,
1942 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- ?
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Dell Publishing Co., Inc.
- Brand
-
A Dell Book
- Editing
- Helen Meyer ?
Issue Notes
Indicia title is "MARGE'S LITTLE LULU, No. 74." Code number is L.L.O.S. 74-456. Copyright 1945 by Marjorie H. Buell. Little Lulu's first comic book appearance. The character had appeared in magazine cartoons by Marge Henderson Buell since 1935.
[no title indexed]
Little Lulu / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Lulu Moppet
- Reprints
-
in Action! Mystery! Thrills! Comic Book Covers of the Golden Age: 1933-45 (Fantagraphics, 2011 series) (December 2011) -
in Little Lulu [Free Comic Book Day] (Drawn & Quarterly, 2019 series) (2019) - in Marge's Little Lulu (Drawn & Quarterly, 2019 series) #[1] - Working Girl (October 2019), #[1] - Working Girl (October 2019)
-
- Keywords
- bone; dog; lollipop
Indexer Notes
Background panels reproduced from unititled wordless story "[Bone to Pick]" in interior.
[Lulu on Skates]
Little Lulu / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Lulu Moppet
- Synopsis
- Lulu has trouble roller-skating and grabs a man's tie to get a safe landing.
- Reprints
- in Marge's Little Lulu Tubby Annual (Dell, 1953 series) #1 (March 1953)
- in Little Lulu (Dark Horse, 2005 series) #[1] - My Dinner With Lulu (April 2005)
- in Giant Size Little Lulu (Dark Horse, 2010 series) #1 ([May] 2010)
-
- Keywords
- skates; wordless
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover; black, red, and white; pantomime story. Story has 12 panels.
[The Costume Party]
Little Lulu / comic story / 10 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- When are you getting your wings, Lulu?
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Lulu Moppet; Martha Moppet (Lulu's mother, first appearance); Tubby Tompkins (first appearance); Elsie Jones; Mrs. Jones; Walter
- Synopsis
- Lulu dresses as an angel for Elsie Jones' birthday party, but it's her mother's idea, not hers.
- Reprints
- in Marge's Little Lulu Tubby Annual (Dell, 1953 series) #1 (March 1953)
- in Little Lulu (Dark Horse, 2005 series) #[1] - My Dinner With Lulu (April 2005)
- 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)
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- Keywords
- angel; birthday party; costume party; pin the tail on the donkey; pirate
[A Bone to Pick]
Little Lulu / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Lulu Moppet
- Synopsis
- Lulu's dog persists in hiding a bone under the rug.
- Reprints
- in Little Lulu (Dark Horse, 2005 series) #[1] - My Dinner With Lulu (April 2005)
- 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
- bone; dog; wordless
Indexer Notes
Pantomime story; story has 24 panels. Reproduced on cover as background.
[One, Two, Three, Kick!]
Little Lulu / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Lulu Moppet; Tubby Tompkins
- Synopsis
- Tubby's football flies in through an open window. Lulu tries to kick it out, but breaks the glass.
- Reprints
- in Little Lulu (Dark Horse, 2005 series) #[1] - My Dinner With Lulu (April 2005)
- 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)
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- Keywords
- broken window; football; wordless
Indexer Notes
Pantomime story. Story has 12 panels.
Little Lulu at the Beach
Little Lulu / comic story / 10 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Hurry up Lulu! Aren't ya ready yet?
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Lulu Moppet; Tubby Tompkins
- Synopsis
- Lulu and Tubby have a series of misadventures at the beach.
- Reprints
- in Marge's Little Lulu Tubby Annual (Dell, 1953 series) #2 ([March] 1954)
- in A Smithsonian Book of Comic-Book Comics (Smithsonian Institution / Harry N Abrams, 1981 series) (1981)
- in Little Lulu (Dark Horse, 2005 series) #[1] - My Dinner With Lulu (April 2005)
- 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
- beach; lifeguard
[Jingle Bells]
Little Lulu / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Lulu Moppet
- Synopsis
- Lulu tries to shake a coin out of her piggy bank in time to catch the ice cream man.
- Reprints
- in Little Lulu (Dark Horse, 2005 series) #[1] - My Dinner With Lulu (April 2005)
- 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)
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- Keywords
- ice cream truck; piggy bank; wordless
Indexer Notes
Pantomime story. Story has 16 panels. Junkman's cart is labeled "Junkie"
Little Lulu Minds Alvin
Little Lulu / comic story / 8 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Lulu!
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Lulu Moppet; Martha Moppet; Tubby Tompkins; Alvin Jones (first appearance); Mrs. Jones (first appearance; Alvin's mother); Mr. Gripe (first appearance)
- Synopsis
- Lulu has to baby-sit Alvin. She and Tubby take him to the zoo, where Alvin steals a lion's lunch.
- Reprints
- in Little Lulu (Dark Horse, 2005 series) #[1] - My Dinner With Lulu (April 2005)
- 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
- babysitting; lion; zoo
Indexer Notes
Alvin does not talk.
[Rockabye Baby]
Little Lulu / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Lulu Moppet
- Synopsis
- Lulu takes her pet frog to the pet show in a baby carriage.
- Reprints
- in Little Lulu (Dark Horse, 2005 series) #[1] - My Dinner With Lulu (April 2005)
- 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
- frog; pet show; wordless
Indexer Notes
Pantomime story. Story has 12 panels.
[Giving the Dog a Bath]
Little Lulu / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Lulu Moppet
- Synopsis
- Lulu tries several ways to get her dog into a tub of water, but ends up falling in it herself.
- Keywords
- bath; dog; wash tub; wordless
Indexer Notes
Inside back cover; black, red, and white; pantomime story. Story has 12 panels.
[Fetching the Stick]
Little Lulu / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Lulu Moppet
- Synopsis
- Lulu's dog will only fetch the stick when he feels like it.
- Keywords
- dog; fetch; stick; wordless
Indexer Notes
Back cover; pantomime story. Story has 12 panels.
Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
[no title indexed]
Little Lulu -
1.
[Lulu on Skates]
Little Lulu -
2.
[The Costume Party]
Little Lulu -
3.
[A Bone to Pick]
Little Lulu -
4.
[One, Two, Three, Kick!]
Little Lulu -
5.
Little Lulu at the Beach
Little Lulu -
6.
[Jingle Bells]
Little Lulu -
7.
Little Lulu Minds Alvin
Little Lulu -
8.
[Rockabye Baby]
Little Lulu -
9.
[Giving the Dog a Bath]
Little Lulu -
10.
[Fetching the Stick]
Little Lulu
This issue was modified by, among others
- Lionel English
- Gregory Fischer
- Merlin Haas
- Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
- Donald Dale Milne
- Lou Mougin (R.I.P.)
- Mike Nielsen
- Jim Van Dore
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