Four Color #97

From Dell's Four Color series in 1946, this early issue of Marge's Little Lulu captures everything charming about the character in a single image: Lulu herself, curls flying, barreling down a snowy slope on skis while somehow managing to push a baby carriage along for the ride. John Stanley's cover art — both pencils and inks — delivers the perfect mix of wide-eyed determination and barely-controlled chaos, framed by a cheerful green border dotted with tiny Lulu silhouettes. A wonderful snapshot of mid-1940s all-ages comics at their most endearing.