Four Color #165 Marge's Little Lulu - The Promise Collection Pedigree (Dell, 1947) CGC NM- 9.2 Off-white to white pages....

Auction amount: $4,800.00

Sold: Sep 13, 2021

Four Color #165 Values

Publisher: Dell, 1947

About Four Color #165

Lulu smokes doll hair and hallucinates. John Stanley story, cover, and art.

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COVER DETAILS

Characters: Little Lulu

Pencils: John Stanley

Inks: John Stanley

STORY DETAILS

(10 Stories)

Title: 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.

Pages: 1.000

Script: John Stanley

Pencils: John Stanley

Inks: John Stanley

Notes: Inside front cover; black, red, and white.

Title: 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.

Pages: 12.000

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."

Title: 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.

Pages: 1.000

Script: John Stanley

Pencils: John Stanley

Inks: John Stanley

Notes: Pantomime story.

Title: 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.

Pages: 22.000

Script: John Stanley

Pencils: John Stanley

Inks: John Stanley

Reprints: Marge's Little Lulu Tubby Annual (Dell, 1953 series) #1 (March 1953)

Title: 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.

Pages: 1.000

Script: John Stanley

Pencils: John Stanley

Inks: John Stanley

Notes: Pantomime story.

Title: 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.

Pages: 1.000

Script: John Stanley

Pencils: John Stanley

Inks: John Stanley

Notes: Pantomime story.

Title: Never Again

Characters: Little Lulu; Mr. Moppett

Synopsis: Lulu borrows her father's pipe, smokes some doll hair, and has hallucinations.

Pages: 10.000

Script: John Stanley

Pencils: John Stanley

Inks: John Stanley

Notes: No dialogue other than three question mark balloons.

Title: 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.

Pages: 1.000

Script: John Stanley

Pencils: John Stanley

Inks: John Stanley

Notes: Pantomime story.

Title: Wild West Violin Practice

Characters: Tubby Tompkins; Mrs. Tompkins

Synopsis: Tubby practices his violin while reading a wild west magazine.

Pages: 1.000

Script: John Stanley

Pencils: John Stanley

Inks: John Stanley

Notes: inside back cover; black, red, and white. Pantomime story.

Title: 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.

Pages: 1.000

Script: John Stanley

Pencils: John Stanley

Inks: John Stanley

Notes: Back cover; pantomime story.

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CGC Census Report*

Grade	NG	PG	CVR	0.5	1.0	1.5	1.8	2.0	2.5	3.0	3.5	4.0	4.5	5.0	5.5	6.0	6.5	7.0	7.5	8.0	8.5	9.0	9.2	9.4	9.6	9.8	9.9	10.0	Total
Universal	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	2	4	3	6	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	25
Qualified	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Signature Series	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
CGCxJSA	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Restored	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	2	4	3	6	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	25

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