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Issue Details

Issue #146
Published May 1947
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 52
Editing ?
Notes Indicia title is "MARGE'S LITTLE LULU, No. 146." Code number is L.L.O.S. #146-475. Copyright 1947 by Marjorie H. Buell.

Cover Details

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

1 page [Little Lulu] story "Rock-a-bye Baby"

Characters Little Lulu
Synopsis Lulu tries to get her doll to go to sleep.
Genre children
Script John Stanley
Pencils John Stanley (layouts); Irving Tripp
Inks Irving Tripp
Notes Inside front cover; black, red, and white; pantomime story.

8 page Little Lulu story "The Kid Who Came to Dinner"

Characters Little Lulu; Tubby; Mr. Moppet; Mrs. Moppet
Synopsis Tubby invites himself to dinner at Lulu's house.
Genre children
Script John Stanley
Pencils John Stanley (layouts); Irving Tripp
Inks Irving Tripp
Notes Title is a takeoff on the 1939 Broadway play "The Man Who Came to Dinner."
Reprinted in Little Lulu: Sunday Afternoon (Dark Horse, 2005 series) #[nn]; in Marge's Little Lulu and Tubby Annual (Dell, 1953 series) #2.

10 page Little Lulu story "Sunday Afternoon"

Characters Little Lulu; Tubby; Mrs. Moppet; Mrs. Tompkins
Synopsis Lulu and Tubby go to a meadow to pick flowers for her mother.
Genre children
Script John Stanley
Pencils John Stanley (layouts); Irving Tripp
Inks Irving Tripp
Notes Lulu's mother's first name is Mildred in this story.
Reprinted in Little Lulu: Sunday Afternoon (Dark Horse, 2005 series) #[nn]; in Marge's Little Lulu on Vacation (Dell, 1954 series) #1.

12 page Little Lulu story "Forbidden Fruit"

Characters Little Lulu; Tubby; Ol' Man Gripe;
Synopsis Lulu and Tubby try to pick an apple from a tree on Ol' Man Gripe's lawn. That sets off a series of events that ends up with Gripe stuck in the tree, Lulu swallowing a ping pong ball, and Tubby flooding Gripe's basement.
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 "Rainy Day"

Characters Little Lulu; Tubby; Mrs. Moppet; Mr. Trimble
Synopsis On a rainy day, Lulu's and Tubby's mothers send them to the train station with umbrellas so that their fathers won't have to walk home in the rain.
Genre children
Script John Stanley
Pencils John Stanley (layouts); Irving Tripp
Inks Irving Tripp
Notes Tubby's father's last name is "Trimble" in this story.
Reprinted in Little Lulu: Sunday Afternoon (Dark Horse, 2005 series) #[nn]; In Marge's Little Lulu and Tubby Annual (Dell, 1953 Series) #1

8 page Little Lulu story "Crybaby"

Characters Little Lulu; Alvin; Mr. Moppet; Mrs. Moppet
Synopsis Lulu tells Alvin a story about a time long ago when she cried all the time.
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 "Pressing a Flower"

Characters Little Lulu
Synopsis Lulu picks a book from the top shelf in a library to use to press a flower.
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 "Leaving a Trail"

Characters Little Lulu
Synopsis Lulu upsets a display of oranges on the sidewalk with her toy car and they spill into the seat. The grocer trails her home by following the oranges as she throws them out of the car.
Genre children
Script John Stanley
Pencils John Stanley (layouts); Irving Tripp
Inks Irving Tripp
Notes Back cover; pantomime story.
Reprinted in Little Lulu: Sunday Afternoon (Dark Horse, 2005 series) #[nn]