Marge's Little Lulu and Her Friends #4 for Sale - First Appearance of Witch Hazel - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: Marge's Little Lulu and Her Friends (Dell, 1956 series)
Issue: #4
Publication date: [March] 1956
Key date: 1956-03-00
Indicia publisher: Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
Price: $0.25
Pages: 100

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Witch Hazel - 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: Irving Tripp; inks: Irving Tripp	Little Lulu, Lulu Moppet, Witch Hazel First
1	Reveille	comic story	1	script: John Stanley; pencils: Irving Tripp; inks: Irving Tripp	Little Lulu, Lulu Moppet
2	Lulu's Dog Laundry	comic story	8	script: John Stanley; pencils: Irving Tripp; inks: Irving Tripp
3	The Beautiful Spy	comic story	5	script: John Stanley; pencils: Irving Tripp; inks: Irving Tripp
4	-	comic story	2	script: John Stanley; pencils: Irving Tripp; inks: Irving Tripp
5	Ol' Witch Hazel's Brother, Bigbag	comic story	10	script: John Stanley; pencils: Irving Tripp; inks: Irving Tripp
6	The Demon Detective	comic story	6	script: John Stanley; pencils: Irving Tripp; inks: Irving Tripp
7	-	comic story	3	script: John Stanley; pencils: Irving Tripp; inks: Irving Tripp
8	Crybabies	comic story	8	script: John Stanley; pencils: Irving Tripp; inks: Irving Tripp
9	Pipe Smoking	comic story	1	script: John Stanley; pencils: Irving Tripp; inks: Irving Tripp	Little Lulu, Lulu Moppet
10	Ol' Witch Hazel and the Golden Boulders	comic story	10	script: John Stanley; pencils: Irving Tripp; inks: Irving Tripp
11	The Thing	comic story	6	script: John Stanley; pencils: Irving Tripp; inks: Irving Tripp
12	-	comic story	2	script: John Stanley; pencils: Irving Tripp; inks: Irving Tripp
13	Ol' Witch Hazel and the Calico Cat	comic story	12	script: John Stanley; pencils: Irving Tripp; inks: Irving Tripp
14	The Case of the Missing Goldfish	comic story	6	script: John Stanley; pencils: Irving Tripp; inks: Irving Tripp
15	Spider at Picnic	comic story	1	script: John Stanley; pencils: Irving Tripp; inks: Irving Tripp	Little Lulu, Lulu Moppet
16	Witch's Pot	comic story	12	script: John Stanley; pencils: Irving Tripp; inks: Irving Tripp
17	Putting Doll to Sleep	comic story	1	script: John Stanley; pencils: Irving Tripp; inks: Irving Tripp	Little Lulu, Lulu Moppet
18	back cover	illustration	1	pencils: Irving Tripp; inks: Irving Tripp	Little Lulu, Lulu Moppet

Printings and variants

Edition	How to tell
30¢	price 0.30 USD

Where to read it

Collection	Year
Marge's Little Lulu #170	1963	On eBay ›
Marge's Little Lulu #194	1969	On eBay ›
Golden Comics Digest #29	1973	On eBay ›
Golden Comics Digest #36	1974	On eBay ›
The Treasure Map and Other Stories ISBN 978-1-59582-633-6	2011	On eBay ›

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Series context

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Sources

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

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