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Issue: Little Lulu #[1]
Publication Date: April 2005
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Issues: #[1] of 29 Issues
Title: My Dinner With Lulu
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagDark Horse
Brand: Dark Horse Comics [chess piece]View Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: Dark Horse Comics Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: 1
Pages: 244
ISBN: 1593073186
UPC/EAN: 978159307318350995
Price: $9.95 USD
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Content Items: 44 (38 stories, 1 cover)
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Disclose Notes: Early printings have no number on the spine.

Reprints stories from Four Color (Dell, 1942) #74, 97, 110, 115, & 120; but does not reprint covers or most of the one-pagers from inside front and back covers or back covers.
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Publication Type: Trade Paperback
Color: color cover; black and white interior (#1-18); color interior (#19-up)
Dimensions: 6" x 9"
Paper Stock: bond paper with stiff glossy cover stock
Binding: softcover
Publishing Format: collected edition
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5 Content Items from other Issues reprinted as/in this Issue:
FlagFour Color #120 published October 1946 was Flower Eater [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagFour Color #120 published October 1946 was Tuba Trouble [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagFour Color #120 published October 1946 was Indian Uprising [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagFour Color #120 published October 1946 was Newspaper Business [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagFour Color #120 published October 1946 was Little Lulu and the Seven Dwarfs [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Little Lulu

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, humorous
Character(s): Lulu Moppet; Tubby Tompkins
Synopsis: Lulu and Tubby share a milkshake
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Cover illustration reprinted with new background colors and new trade dress.
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Little Lulu: My Dinner with Lulu

Credits  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Lulu Moppet; Tubby Tompkins; Jeannie and Joannie; Annie Inch
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Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: Title pages and credits page, with Stanley illustrations pulled from various stories.
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A note about Lulu

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
First Line: Little Lulu came into the world via the pen of cartoonist Marjorie "Marge" Henderson Buell in 1935.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Brief background on the strip and the comic book feature, and description of the sources of the reprints in this volume.
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Lulu on Skates

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, humorous
Character(s): Lulu Moppet
Synopsis: Lulu has trouble roller-skating and grabs a man's tie to get a safe landing.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Pantomime story. Story has 12 panels.
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The Costume Party

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, humorous
Character(s): Lulu Moppet; Martha Moppet (Lulu's mother, first appearance); Tubby Tompkins (first appearance); Elsie Jones; Mrs. Jones; Walter
First Line: When are you getting your wings, Lulu?
Synopsis: Lulu dresses as an angel for Elsie Jones' birthday party, but it's her mother's idea, not hers.
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Pages: 10
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A Bone to Pick

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, humorous
Character(s): Lulu Moppet
Synopsis: Lulu's dog persists in hiding a bone under the rug.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Pantomime story; story has 24 panels.
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One, Two, Three, Kick!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, humorous
Character(s): Lulu Moppet; Tubby Tompkins
Synopsis: Tubby's football flies in through an open window. Lulu tries to kick it out, but breaks the glass.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Pantomime story. Story has 12 panels.
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Little Lulu at the Beach

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, humorous
Character(s): Lulu Moppet; Tubby Tompkins
First Line: Hurry up Lulu! Aren't ya ready yet?
Synopsis: Lulu and Tubby have a series of misadventures at the beach.
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Pages: 10
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Jingle Bells

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, humorous
Character(s): Lulu Moppet
Synopsis: Lulu tries to shake a coin out of her piggy bank in time to catch the ice cream man.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Pantomime story. Story has 16 panels. Junkman's cart is labeled "Junkie"
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Little Lulu Minds Alvin

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, humorous
Character(s): Lulu Moppet; Martha Moppet; Tubby Tompkins; Alvin Jones (first appearance); Mrs. Jones (first appearance; Alvin's mother); Mr. Gripe (first appearance)
First Line: Lulu!
Synopsis: Lulu has to baby-sit Alvin. She and Tubby take him to the zoo, where Alvin steals a lion's lunch.
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Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Alvin does not talk.
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Rockabye Baby

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, humorous
Character(s): Lulu Moppet
Synopsis: Lulu takes her pet frog to the pet show in a baby carriage.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Pantomime story. Story has 12 panels.
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Tubby and the Clothesline

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, humorous
Character(s): Lulu Moppet; Tubby Tompkins
Synopsis: Tubby tries to help Lulu by hanging up the doll's dress she has washed. But he hangs on the clothesline, making it droop.
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Pages: 1
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Little Lulu Enters a Contest

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, humorous
Character(s): Lulu Moppet; Tubby Tompkins; Martha Moppet; Tubby's gang (first appearance; all members indistinct)
First Line: Hi Tubby! Whatcha doing?
Synopsis: Lulu makes a model airplane to fly in a contest.
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Pages: 10
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Lulu with Water Hose

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, humorous
Character(s): Lulu Moppet
Synopsis: Lulu gets in trouble when she waters the lawn with a hose.
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Pages: 1
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Lulu with Horn, at Garage

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, humorous
Character(s): Lulu Moppet
Synopsis: Lulu blows a horn to get the operator of a garage to raise his door for her.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Pantomime story.
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Tubby's Travels

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, humorous
Character(s): Lulu Moppet; Tubby Tompkins
First Line: Psssssst! Hey! Pssssssst!
Synopsis: Tubby decides he wants to be a hobo.
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Pages: 10
Disclose Notes: Title is probably a play on "Sullivan's Travels".
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Lulu and the Leaf

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, humorous
Character(s): Lulu Moppet
Synopsis: Trying to hold off winter a while longer, Lulu ties a leaf back on to a tree.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Pantomime story.
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Lulu and Tubby on Ice

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, humorous
Character(s): Lulu Moppet; Tubby Tompkins
Synopsis: Lulu slides on the ice but has trouble getting up after she falls. Tubby tries to help, but falls, too.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Pantomime story.
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Little Lulu Has Family Trouble

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, humorous
Character(s): Lulu Moppet; Martha Moppet; Christopher (first appearance; a female cat)
Synopsis: Lulu's cat Christopher has five kittens. Eventually Lulu has to give the kittens away, but the mother cat keeps retrieving them.
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Pages: 10
Disclose Notes: The cat speaks when she's alone, but not when around people.
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Grate Fishing

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, humorous
Character(s): Lulu Moppet
Synopsis: Lulu loses a quarter in a sidewalk grate. When she tries to fish for it with some gum on a string, she ends up with a real fish.
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Pages: 1
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Out-of-Season Snowballs

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, humorous
Character(s): Lulu Moppet
Synopsis: Lulu stockpiles snowballs in her refrigerator to throw when the snow has melted.
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Pages: 1
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Little Lulu Goes on a Picnic

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, humorous
Character(s): Lulu Moppet; Tubby Tompkins; Martha Moppet
First Line: Lulu... what are you doing?
Synopsis: Lulu and Tubby go on a picnic and meet up with a bear.
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Pages: 10
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Umbrella Battle

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, humorous
Character(s): Lulu Moppet; Tubby Tompkins
Synopsis: Lulu and Tubby fight over an umbrella.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Pantomime story.
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Lulu and the Lollipop

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, humorous
Character(s): Lulu Moppet
Synopsis: A cat steals Lulu's lollipop while she's skipping rope.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Pantomime story.
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Lulu at fountain

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, humorous
Character(s): Lulu Moppet; policeman
Synopsis: Lulu tries to get a drink from the park water fountain but the stream shoots off in unpredictable directions.
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Pages: 1
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Treasure Hunt

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, humorous
Character(s): Lulu Moppet; Tubby Tompkins; Mr. Noonan (first appearance, named for cartoonist Dan Noonan)
First Line: Hi, Lulu!
Synopsis: Lulu and Tubby row to an island in the lake to look for buried treasure.
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Pages: 8
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He Can't Hurt Us

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, humorous
Character(s): Lulu Moppet; Tubby Tompkins; Martha Moppet; Willy (first appearance, villain, not Willy Wilkins from Tubby's gang)
First Line: Hey! You let Tubby alone, you big bully!
Synopsis: Lulu shows Tubby how to stand up to Willy, who is trying to bully Tub.
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Pages: 8
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Stuff and Nonsense

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, humorous
Character(s): Lulu Moppet; Martha Moppet; Tubby Tompkins; Alvin Jones; Mr. Cartney (first appearance)
First Line: Mother... your birthday is next week, isn't it?
Synopsis: Lulu brings Edgar the horse home and leads him upstairs into her bedroom.
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Pages: 12
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The Working Girl

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, humorous
Character(s): Lulu Moppet
Synopsis: Lulu is hired to deliver a success wreath to a customer.
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: silent story
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Lulu In Distress: A Tragedy

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, humorous
Character(s): Lulu Moppet; Alvin Jones; The Poor Little Orphan Girl (first appearance, character in Lulu's story); an Evil Stepmother (first appearance, character in Lulu's story)
First Line: Hey! Listen Alvin, I have to mind you today and--
Synopsis: Lulu tells Alvin about when her wicked stepmother locked her in a castle tower.
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Pages: 14
Disclose Notes: 1st of Alvin's Storytime series
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Telephone wails

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, humorous
Character(s): Lulu Moppet; Tubby Tompkins; Ellie Tompkins (Tubby's mother; first appearance)
Synopsis: Tubby calls Lulu, but his mother catches him and gives him a thrashing. Tubby wails over the phone; Lulu wails back.
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Little Lulu Fights Back With a Club

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Character(s): Lulu Moppet; Tubby Tompkins; Tubby's gang; Martha Moppet; Raiders (Lulu's girl gang; first appearance); Ellie Tompkins
First Line: Hey, where are you going with the umbrella, Tubby? It's not raining.
Synopsis: Tubby dresses up like a girl to infiltrate and spy on Lulu's club, The Raiders.
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Pages: 16
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Little Lulu Brings Some Friends Home To Dinner

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Character(s): Lulu Moppet; Martha Moppet
Synopsis: Lulu feeds some pigeons at the park that follow her home and come into the house.
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Pages: 5
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Little Lulu Tells a Tall Tale

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Character(s): Lulu Moppet; Alvin Jones; John (first appearance; a polar bear; character in Lulu's story); the Shoeshine Man (first appearance; a cannibal; character in Lulu's story)
First Line: Lulu, tell me a story!
Synopsis: Lulu tells Alvin about when she was marooned on a cannibal island.
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Pages: 10
Disclose Notes: Alvin's Storytime; possibly based on Robinson Crusoe
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A Problem In Box Tops

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, humorous
Character(s): Lulu Moppet; Martha Moppet; Tubby Tompkins
First Line: ... so send in twenty-five Sudsy Soap Flakes box tops and receive this lovely bracelet or handsome jackknife!
Synopsis: Lulu and Tubby are in competition collecting box tops from cereal for prizes.
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Pages: 7
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The Haunted House

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Character(s): Lulu Moppet; Tubby Tompkins; Gertie (first appearance; a kid ghost); Timmy (first appearance; a kid ghost); Kebel (first appearance; villain; another ghost; named for Oscar Lebeck); Carson's Haunted House (first appearance)
First Line: Carson's ol' house... it's supposed to be haunted!
Synopsis: Lulu and Tubby meet some ghost kids when they explore a haunted house.
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Pages: 10
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Flower Eater

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, humorous
Character(s): Lulu Moppet; Alvin Jones
Synopsis: After Alvin eats Lulu's flower, she makes a fake one of paper, but Alvin eats that one, too.
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Disclose Notes: pantomime story
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Tuba Trouble

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens
Character(s): Lulu Moppet: Tubby Tompkins; Jim Tompkins; Eddie Stimson; Martha Moppet
Synopsis: Lulu trades a lawnmower for a tuba and disrupts the whole neighborhood trying to learn to play it.
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Pages: 16
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Indian Uprising

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens
Character(s): Lulu Moppet; Tubby Tompkins; Alvin Jones; George Moppet; Martha Moppet
First Line: Boy! Them were th' good ol' days!
Synopsis: While playing Indian with Lulu and Tubby, Alvin takes the head off a store mannequin. In a twist of events, Lulu's father ends up with the head and is arrested for having stolen property.
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Pages: 12
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Newspaper Business

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, humorous
Character(s): Lulu Moppet: Tubby Tompkins; Ellie Tompkins
First Line: Hey, Tub! Whatcha doing with those newspapers?
Synopsis: Tubby substitutes on a paper route for a day and Lulu helps him.
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Pages: 8
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Little Lulu and the Seven Dwarfs

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, fantasy, humorous
Character(s): Lulu Moppet; Martha Moppet; Alvin Jones
First Line: Golly! When it rains, I can never think of anything to do!
Synopsis: Lulu tells Alvin the story about Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. Lulu is Snow White in this version and the dwarfs all look like Alvin.
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Pages: 12
Disclose Notes: First appearance of a witch in a Lulu story, but it isn't Witch Hazel. (Comment by Lou Mougin via GCD Error List, August 2, 2009.)
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Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Character(s): Lulu Moppet; Alvin Jones
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Spot illustration of Lulu and Alvin on a couch; Alvin laughing hysterically.
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Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Pages: 5
Disclose Notes: Ads for other Dark Horse reprint collections, including additional Little Lulu volumes, Groo, Tony Millionaire's Sock Monkey, and Dark Horse Archives.
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Little Lulu

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Lulu Moppet
First Line: Bursting with laughs, filled with silly humor and hilarious insight, and drawn to perfection by one of comics' most acclaimed team of artists, Little Lulu's comic-book adventures are a classic treat for readers of all ages.
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Disclose Notes: Back cover. Synopsis of the books contents.

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