Four Color (1942-1962 Dell 2nd Series) 430

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Indicia title is "MARGE'S TUBBY, THE SHADOW OF A MAN-EATER, No. 430. The Shadow of a Man-Eater, script by John Stanley, art possibly by John Stanley; After the Van Snobbes have $50,000 in jewels stolen from their mansion, Tubby goes there in disguise to investigate; After causing a commotion there, he is ordered home and is punished by having to stay in his room; Late at night he awakens to see a lion apparently walking across his back fence; The next morning he sees Gloria going to pick wildflowers in the woods and warns her that there are lions in the area; She disregards him, but that evening comes the report that she is missing; Tubby grabs a chair, in the best lion-tamer tradition, and goes to the woods to find her; He meets up with a lion and in his panic falls into a dry well. Also in the well is Gloria, bound and gagged. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.