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Issue Details

Issue #158
Published August 1947
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 52
Editing ?
Notes Indicia title is "MARGE'S LITTLE LULU, No. 158." Code number is LLOS #158-478. Copyright 1947 by Marjorie H. Buell.

Cover Details

Characters Little Lulu
Genre children
Pencils John Stanley ?
Inks Irving Tripp ?

1 page [Little Lulu] story "Burying the Stick"

Characters Little Lulu
Synopsis When a dog tires of fetching the stick for Lulu, he buries it.
Genre children
Script John Stanley
Pencils John Stanley (layouts); Irving Tripp
Inks Irving Tripp
Notes Inside front cover; black, red, and white; pantomime story.

10 page Little Lulu story "Little Lulu for President"

Characters Little Lulu; Tubby; Mr. Moppet
Synopsis Lulu and Tubby both decide they could grow up to be President. Tubby decides to copy George Washington's mythical feat of chopping down the cherry tree.
Genre children
Script John Stanley
Pencils John Stanley (layouts); Irving Tripp
Inks Irving Tripp
Reprinted in Little Lulu: Sunday Afternoon (Dark Horse, 2005 series) [nn]

10 page Little Lulu story "Takes the Cake"

Characters Little Lulu; Tubby; Mrs. Moppet
Synopsis Lulu goes with Tubby to the bakery. He buys a cake, but drops it on the way home. They take the cake to Lulu's house to try to repair it.
Genre children
Script John Stanley
Pencils John Stanley (layouts); Irving Tripp
Inks Irving Tripp
Reprinted in Marge's Little Lulu and Tubby Annual (Dell, 1953 series) #1; in Little Lulu: Sunday Afternoon (Dark Horse, 2005 series) #[nn]

14 page Little Lulu story "Just a Gigolo"

Characters Little Lulu; Tubby; Dolly; Mrs. Moppet
Synopsis Lulu and a new girl, Dolly, try to bribe Tubby with candy and soda so he'll notice them.
Genre children
Script John Stanley
Pencils John Stanley (layouts); Irving Tripp
Inks Irving Tripp
Reprinted in Marge's Little Lulu on Vacation (Dell, 1954 series) #1; in Little Lulu: Sunday Afternoon (Dark Horse, 2005 series) #[nn]

14 page Little Lulu story "Lulu's Lamp"

Characters Little Lulu; Mrs. Moppet; Alvin
Synopsis Lulu tells Alvin a story about when she was a poor girl who worked for a shoemaker. An old man gives her a magic lamp after she gives him some shoes. The lamp has a genie that can grant her any wish--except for one thing.
Genre children
Script John Stanley
Pencils John Stanley (layouts); Irving Tripp
Inks Irving Tripp
Reprinted in Little Lulu: Sunday Afternoon (Dark Horse, 2005 series) [nn]

1 page Little Lulu story "Skittish Skates"

Characters Little Lulu
Synopsis Lulu has trouble mastering the roller skates that Santa left and writes him a letter asking for an exchange.
Genre children
Script John Stanley
Pencils John Stanley (layouts); Irving Tripp
Inks Irving Tripp
Notes Inside back cover; black, red, and white; pantomime story.

1 page Little Lulu story "Persistent Paper"

Characters Little Lulu
Synopsis A piece of paper keeps returning to Lulu's porch despite her attempts to sweep it to the curb.
Genre children
Script John Stanley
Pencils John Stanley (layouts); Irving Tripp
Inks Irving Tripp
Notes Back cover; pantomime story. Story has 15 panels.
Reprinted in Little Lulu: Sunday Afternoon (Dark Horse, 2005 series) [nn]