| Issue | #461 |
| Published | April 1953 |
| Cover Price | 0.10 USD |
| Pages | 36 |
| Editing | ? |
| 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. |
| Characters | Tubby |
| Genre | children |
| Pencils | John Stanley |
| Inks | John Stanley ? |
| Characters | Tubby; Willy; Eddie; Iggy |
| Synopsis | Tubby puts a padlock on the clubhouse door, but finds he doesn't have a key. |
| Genre | children |
| Script | John Stanley |
| Pencils | John Stanley |
| Inks | John Stanley ? |
| Notes | Inside front cover; black and white; pantomime story. |
| 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. |
| Genre | children; science fiction |
| Script | John Stanley |
| Pencils | John Stanley |
| Inks | John Stanley ? |
| Notes | First appearance of the Little Men from Mars. |
| Characters | Tubby; Annie |
| Synopsis | Annie is angry with Tubby when he runs his toy car over her doll. |
| Genre | children |
| Script | John Stanley |
| Pencils | John Stanley |
| Inks | John Stanley ? |
| Notes | Inside back cover; black and white; pantomime story. |
| 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. |
| Genre | children |
| Script | John Stanley |
| Pencils | John Stanley |
| Inks | John Stanley ? |
| Notes | Back cover; color; pantomime story. |