Four Color #165 for Sale - First Appearance of Tubby - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: Four Color (Dell, 1942 series)
Issue: #165
Issue title: Marge's Little Lulu
Publication date: October 1947
Key date: 1947-10-00
On-sale date: 1947-08-29
Indicia publisher: Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
Price: $0.10
Pages: 52

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Tubby - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

The evidence

Claims here come from the story records for this issue, listed under Sources at the bottom of the file. Character hubs with full evidence tables are coming to this site.

Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	-	cover	1	pencils: John Stanley; inks: John Stanley	Little Lulu, Lulu Moppet
1	Weight and Fortune Machine	comic story	1	script: John Stanley; pencils: John Stanley; inks: John Stanley	Little Lulu, Lulu Moppet
2	The Case of the Purloined Popover	comic story	12	script: John Stanley; pencils: John Stanley; inks: John Stanley	Little Lulu, Lulu Moppet, Tubby First
3	Intercepted Flowers	comic story	1	script: John Stanley; pencils: John Stanley; inks: John Stanley	Tubby First
4	Alvin's Solo Flight	comic story	22	script: John Stanley; pencils: John Stanley; inks: John Stanley	Little Lulu, Lulu Moppet, Tubby First
5	Too Vivid Imagination	comic story	1	script: John Stanley; pencils: John Stanley; inks: John Stanley	Tubby First
6	Unwanted Attention	comic story	1	script: John Stanley; pencils: John Stanley; inks: John Stanley	Alvin
7	Never Again	comic story	10	script: John Stanley; pencils: John Stanley; inks: John Stanley	Little Lulu, Lulu Moppet
8	Turnabout	comic story	1	script: John Stanley; pencils: John Stanley; inks: John Stanley	Alvin
9	Wild West Violin Practice	comic story	1	script: John Stanley; pencils: John Stanley; inks: John Stanley	Tubby First
10	Radio Violence	comic story	1	script: John Stanley; pencils: John Stanley; inks: John Stanley	Little Lulu, Lulu Moppet

Where to read it

Collection	Year
Marge's Little Lulu Tubby Annual #1	1953	On eBay ›
Giant Size Little Lulu #1 ISBN 978-1-59582-502-5	2010	On eBay ›

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Before you buy

Golden-age paper is brittle. Ask about page suppleness and check edges for chips in the photos.
Check for trimmed edges, married covers, and clipped coupons - all common on books this old.
Confirm the indicia matches this plate; many golden-age titles changed names mid-run.

Series context

‹ #164165 of 1332#166 ›

Sources

Grand Comics Database, issue record (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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