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Issue Details

Issue #165
Published October 1947
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 52
Editing Helen Meyer
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.

Cover Details

Characters Little Lulu
Genre children
Pencils John Stanley
Inks John Stanley

1 page Lulu story "Weight and Fortune Machine"

Characters Little Lulu
Synopsis Lulu gets a card from a weight and fortune machine. She likes the fortune but is unhappy with the weight.
Genre children
Script John Stanley
Pencils John Stanley
Inks John Stanley
Notes Inside front cover; black, red, and white.

12 page Little Lulu story "The Case of the Purloined Popover"

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.
Genre children
Script John Stanley
Pencils John Stanley
Inks John Stanley
Notes This is the same format as the later "The Spider Spins Again" stories featuring Tubby, but without Tubby calling himself "The Spider."

1 page Tubby story "Intercepted Flowers"

Characters Tubby Tompkins
Synopsis Tubby buys some flowers to give to Lulu. Another girl sees Tubby and thinks the flowers are for her.
Genre children
Script John Stanley
Pencils John Stanley
Inks John Stanley
Notes Pantomime story.

22 page Little Lulu story "Alvin's Solo Flight"

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.
Genre children
Script John Stanley
Pencils John Stanley
Inks John Stanley
Reprinted in Marge's Little Lulu and Tubby Annual (Dell, 1953 series) #1

1 page Tubby story "Too Vivid Imagination"

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.
Genre children
Script John Stanley
Pencils John Stanley
Inks John Stanley
Notes Pantomime story.

1 page Alvin story "Unwanted Attention"

Characters Alvin
Synopsis Alvin sprays himself with some of his mother's perfume, but discovers to his horror that the aroma attracts little girls.
Genre children
Script John Stanley
Pencils John Stanley
Inks John Stanley
Notes Pantomime story.

10 page Little Lulu story "Never Again"

Characters Little Lulu; Mr. Moppett
Synopsis Lulu borrows her father's pipe, smokes some doll hair, and has hallucinations.
Genre children
Script John Stanley
Pencils John Stanley
Inks John Stanley
Notes No dialogue other than three question mark balloons.

1 page Alvin story "Turnabout"

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.
Genre children
Script John Stanley
Pencils John Stanley
Inks John Stanley
Notes Pantomime story.

1 page Tubby story "Wild West Violin Practice"

Characters Tubby Tompkins; Mrs. Tompkins
Synopsis Tubby practices his violin while reading a wild west magazine.
Genre children
Script John Stanley
Pencils John Stanley
Inks John Stanley
Notes inside back cover; black, red, and white. Pantomime story.

1 page Lulu story "Radio Violence"

Characters Little Lulu
Synopsis Lulu listens happily to a violent radio program, but is upset when the villain on the show kicks a dog.
Genre children
Script John Stanley
Pencils John Stanley
Inks John Stanley
Notes Back cover; pantomime story.