Four Color
#453 - Susie Q. Smith
(February 1953)
Dell,
1942 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- On-sale Date
- 1953-01-06
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
- Brand
-
Dell Comic
- Printer
- Printed in U.S.A.
- Editing
- ?
Issue Notes
Indicia title is "SUSIE Q. SMITH, No. 453." Code number is S.Q.O.S. #453-532. Copyright 1953 by King Features Syndicate. On-sale date is publication date in Catalog of Copyright Entries, 1953 Pamphlets, page 288.
Based on the "Susie Q. Smith" newspaper strip by Jerry and Linda Walter. Third of four Susie Q. Smith Four Color issues.
Based on the "Susie Q. Smith" newspaper strip by Jerry and Linda Walter. Third of four Susie Q. Smith Four Color issues.
[Gags]
Cleo / cartoon / 1 page
- Script
- Linda Walter (plot); Jerry Walter (dialogue)
- Pencils
- Linda Walter
- Inks
- Linda Walter
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Susie Q. Smith; Hutch Hopkins; Cleo Smith
- Synopsis
- Four one-panel gags involving Susie and her little sister Cleo.
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover; black and white. Possibly newspaper strip reprints.
[Wedding Bell Blues]
Susie Q. Smith / comic story / 14 pages
- Script
- Linda Walter (plot); Jerry Walter (dialogue)
- Pencils
- Linda Walter (signed)
- Inks
- Linda Walter (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Susie Q. Smith; Hutch Hopkins; Owlie; Muscles; Babs (Susie's cousin)
- Synopsis
- Susie's cousin Babs comes to town to get married. Susie goes on a shopping spree as a bridesmaid and Hutch's friends jump to the conclusion that Susie and Hutch are getting married. Susie tries to get Hutch to be an usher in the wedding, but Hutch thinks she's trying to get him to the church to be the groom.
A Girl's Best Friend is her Dog.
Cleo / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Linda Walter (plot); Jerry Walter (dialogue)
- Pencils
- Linda Walter
- Inks
- Linda Walter
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Cleo Smith; Susie Q. Smith
- Synopsis
- Cleo's friend makes fun of her for not having an automatic dishwasher.
Every Dog Has His Say
cartoon / 2 pages
- Script
- Linda Walter (plot); Jerry Walter (dialogue)
- Pencils
- Linda Walter
- Inks
- Linda Walter
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Susie Q. Smith (cameo); Hutch Hopkins (cameo)
- Synopsis
- Two facing pages with Susie giving silly advice to two girls on one page and Hutch giving silly advice to two boys on the other.
Indexer Notes
Questions from Marie Mausolf, Hoisington, Kansas; Patsy Cowan, Bramwell, Virginia; Pabrin Kearns, Sabrina, Ohio; and Bob Cenar, Newark, N.J.
Sweet Revenge
Cleo / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Linda Walter (plot); Jerry Walter (dialogue)
- Pencils
- Linda Walter
- Inks
- Linda Walter
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Cleo Smith; Susie Q. Smith; Cousin Elsworth
- Synopsis
- Cleo fights with her cousin Elsworth over whose turn it is to be pushed in a swing.
A Birthday Surprise for the Birthday Girl!
Susie Q. Smith / comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- Linda Walter (plot); Jerry Walter (dialogue)
- Pencils
- Linda Walter
- Inks
- Linda Walter
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Susie Q. Smith; Owlie; Muscles
- Synopsis
- Owlie and Muscles give Susie a ride in the country for a birthday present, but it's a disaster for Susie.
[A Friendly Gorilla]
Cleo / comic story / 2 pages
- Script
- Linda Walter (plot); Jerry Walter (dialogue)
- Pencils
- Linda Walter
- Inks
- Linda Walter
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Susie Q. Smith; Cleo Smith; Cousin Elsworth
- Synopsis
- Susie gets in trouble with a zoo gorilla after she takes a cap gun away from Cleo.
Down With Baby Sitters!
Horrible Horace and Awful Arthur / comic story / 4 pages
- Script
- Linda Walter (plot); Jerry Walter (dialogue)
- Pencils
- Linda Walter
- Inks
- Linda Walter
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- humor; children; teen
- Characters
- Susie Q. Smith; Hutch Hopkins; Horrible Horace White; Awful Arthur White
- Synopsis
- Susie and Hutch have their hands full babysitting the twin terrors Horrible Horace and Awful Arthur.
My Diary
Susie Q. Smith / comic story / 2 pages
- Script
- Linda Walter (plot); Jerry Walter (dialogue)
- Pencils
- Linda Walter
- Inks
- Linda Walter
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Susie Q. Smith; Hutch Hopkins
- Synopsis
- One-panel gags involving Susie and her friends, one for each day of the week.
Indexer Notes
Begins on inside back cover in black and white and continues on back cover in color. Possibly reworked newspaper strip reprints?
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
["Wet paint"]
Susie Q. Smith -
1.
[Gags]
Cleo -
2.
[Wedding Bell Blues]
Susie Q. Smith -
3.
A Girl's Best Friend is her Dog.
Cleo -
4.
Every Dog Has His Say
-
5.
Sweet Revenge
Cleo -
6.
A Birthday Surprise for the Birthday Girl!
Susie Q. Smith -
7.
[A Friendly Gorilla]
Cleo -
8.
Down With Baby Sitters!
Horrible Horace and Awful Arthur -
9.
My Diary
Susie Q. Smith
This issue was modified by, among others
- Dwayne Best
- Pat Conolly
- Merlin Haas
- Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
- Michael Hoskin
- Keith Alan Morgan
- Karsten S.
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