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Issue Details

Issue #152
Published 1947
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 52
Editing ?
Notes Indicia title is "LITTLE ORPHAN ANNIE, No. 152." No code number. Copyright 1942, 1944, 1947 by News Syndicate, Inc. Sixth of seven Little Orphan Annie Four Colors. Continues as "Little Orphan Annie" (Dell, 1948 series) with #1 (March-May 1948). Story episodes were apparently first printed in serial form in Super Comics (unknown issues).

Cover Details

Characters Little Orphan Annie; Sandy (dog)
Notes Cover has background of panels from the comics with drawn figures (likely not by Gray) in the foreground.

1 page Maw Green story "Ah, trouble, trouble..."

Characters Maw Green
Synopsis Three strips spliced together: Not our trouble; Better than next year; Dual personality
Genre humor
Script Harold Gray
Pencils Harold Gray
Inks Harold Gray
Notes Inside front cover; black, red, and white.
Reprinted from Maw Green (News Syndicate) Sunday strips from 1942.

7 page Little Orphan Annie story "Annie Finds a Body in an Ice House"

Characters Little Orphan Annie; Sandy (dog); Paul Proof; Itchy Hide; Happy Hark ("Hoppy's" son); Turk Torp
Synopsis Annie finds the body of "Hoppy" Hark in an abandoned ice house.
Genre crime
Script Harold Gray
Pencils Harold Gray
Inks Harold Gray
Reprinted from Little Orphan Annie (News Syndicate) newspaper strips from 1944.

7 page Little Orphan Annie story "Combination to District Attorney's Safe"

Characters Little Orphan Annie; Sandy (dog); Happy Hark; Paul Proof; Turk Torp; Guy Gulp; Itchy Hyde
Synopsis Annie finds a combination to a safe in "Hoppy" Hark's room, then gets shot at while walking through the woods.
Script Harold Gray
Pencils Harold Gray
Inks Harold Gray
Reprinted from Little Orphan Annie (News Syndicate) newspaper strips from 1944.

7 page Little Orphan Annie story "Evidence Against Turk Torp"

Characters Little Orphan Annie; Sandy (dog); Guy Gulp; Paul Proof; Turk Torp; Itchy Hyde; Fred Form; Sam Sleazy
Synopsis Racketeer Turk Torp frames town drunk Guy Gulp for the murder of "Hoppy" Hark. However, newspaper editor Paul Proof hires detectives who find enough evidence to clear Gulp and get a Grand Jury indictment against Torp.
Script Harold Gray
Pencils Harold Gray
Inks Harold Gray
Reprinted from Little Orphan Annie (News Syndicate) newspaper strips from 1944.

7 page Little Orphan Annie story "The Trial of Turk Torp"

Characters Little Orphan Annie; Sandy (dog); Sam Sleazy; Turk Torp; Paul Proof; Fred Form; Itchy Hyde
Synopsis Shyster lawyer Sam Sleazy tampers with the jury and gets Turk Torp declared innocent of murder.
Script Harold Gray
Pencils Harold Gray
Inks Harold Gray
Reprinted from Little Orphan Annie (News Syndicate) newspaper strips from 1944.

7 page Little Orphan Annie story "Annie Leaves Gooneyville"

Characters Little Orphan Annie; Sandy (dog); Turk Torp; Paul Proof; the Duke; Weasel
Synopsis Fearing for her life, Annie decides to leave Gooneyville. As she and Sandy hop a ride in a freight car in the rail yard, Turk Torp makes a last effort to silence her.
Script Harold Gray
Pencils Harold Gray
Inks Harold Gray
Reprinted from Little Orphan Annie (News Syndicate) newspaper strips from 1944.

7 page Little Orphan Annie story "Mazie's Boarding House"

Characters Little Orphan Annie; Sandy (dog); the Duke; Mazie; Boom-Boom Bill; Tito
Synopsis After hopping a train to the big city, Annie befriends a beggar, who turns out to be well-off and sets Annie and Sandy up in a room in the boarding house where he lives.
Script Harold Gray
Pencils Harold Gray
Inks Harold Gray
Reprinted from Little Orphan Annie (News Syndicate) newspaper strips from 1944.

6 page Little Orphan Annie story "Delivering Packages for Tito"

Characters Little Orphan Annie; Sandy (dog); Weasel; the Duke; Mazie; Lt. Grogan; Mrs. Bloater; Guppy
Synopsis Annie gets a job delivering packages for Tito the grocer, but has to fend off professional busy-bodies who consider "child labor" scandalous.
Script Harold Gray
Pencils Harold Gray
Inks Harodl Gray
Reprinted from Little Orphan Annie (News Syndicate) newspaper strips from 1944.

1 page Maw Green filler "What Would ye say is the idiotorial policy..."

Characters Maw Green
Synopsis Three strips spliced together: Editorial policy; Orators; Never Look Back
Genre humor
Script Harold Gray
Pencils Harold Gray
Inks Harold Gray
Notes Inside back cover; black, red, and white. Reference to reading Little Orphan Annie in the newspaper in the last part of the sequence.
Reprinted from Maw Green (News Syndicate) Sunday strips from 1942.

1 page Maw Green filler "Yer daughter must be getting to be a big girl now..."

Characters Maw Green
Synopsis Three strips spliced together: Playing Beethoven; A good reason and a real reason; and "Yer money or yer life!"
Genre humor
Script Harold Gray
Pencils Harold Gray
Inks Harold Gray
Notes Back cover.
Reprinted from Maw Green (News Syndicate) Sunday strips from 1942.