Suzie Comics
#96
(December 1953)
Archie,
1945 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1953-10-06
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Close-Up Inc.
- Brand
-
An Archie Magazine Approved Reading
- Editing
- John L. Goldwater (editor); Harry Shorten (managing editor)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from copyright registration. Indexed from scanned copy at http://digitalcomicmuseum.com/
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Hypno-Wised
Suzie / comic story / 3 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Oh - this sounds good!
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Suzie
- Synopsis
- A hypnotist tries to convince Suzie that working as his assistant will be painless.
Don't Give Up the Slip
Suzie / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Munch! Munch!
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Suzie; Ferdie
- Synopsis
- Ferdie admonishes Suzie for leaving a banana peel where anyone could slip on it. She fixes the situation by putting up a warning sign.
Call Your Shots
Suzie / comic story / 2 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Hey, Suzie! Let's dig that new carnival on Ithaca Street, huh?
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Suzie; Ferdie
- Synopsis
- Ferdie overhears two carnival workers discussing their plans to shoot Rocko, who turns out to be a human cannonball.
To Half and to Hold!
Suzie / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Sigh!
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Suzie
- Synopsis
- Suzie asks to buy one side of a record since she only has half the money to buy it.
Hic-ups and Downs!
Suzie / comic story / 2.67 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Samm Schwartz (signed as Samm)
- Inks
- Samm Schwartz (signed as Samm)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Suzie, that's a bad case of hiccups you have!
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Suzie; Ferdie
- Synopsis
- Ferdie attempts to cure Suzie's nephew of the hiccups by wearing scary masks.
Indexer Notes
Schwartz's signature disguised as a telephone cable.
Steak Your Claim!
Suzie / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- What in blazes are you doing here, Suzie?
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Suzie; Ferdie
- Synopsis
- Suzie responds to a complaint about small steaks by changing the size of the plate.
The Moron the Merrier!
Suzie / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Ferdie, I'm glad you want to help paint the cabinet, but are you sure you know how?
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Suzie; Ferdie
- Synopsis
- Ferdie takes a paint can's instructions to put on two coats literally in his choice of painting outfit.
[no title indexed]
Katy Keene / comic story / 4 pages
- Script
- Bill Woggon (signed)
- Pencils
- Bill Woggon (signed)
- Inks
- Bill Woggon (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Sis, if I'm to get that movie part I've got to reduce...
- Genre
- humor; fashion; teen
- Characters
- Katy Keene; Sis; Chubby Chuckles
- Synopsis
- Katy and Sis go on a hike alone and end up trapped in a tree by a mad bull.
Indexer Notes
Matador costume, bull, etc. by Diane Gardner (El Paso, TX); lettering and balcony scene by Patricia Zabrenski (Chicago 43, IL); Katy's costume, pose, and chair by Janet Bailey (Glen Rock, NJ); Katy's pictures, heart lamp, etc. by Sandra McClure (Chicago, IL); Chubby's hot rod by Jack Vinson (Oaklandon, IN); Chubby's bowtie and sweater by Peggy Nicholls (Miami Beach, FL).
[no title indexed]
Katy Keene Fun Page / activity / 1 page
- Characters
- Katy Keene; Sis
Indexer Notes
Includes coloring pin-up (which could be ordered in color with cut-out outfits for 10 cents), connect the dots, maze, rearranging letters, and cut-out outfits. Designs by Billie Jean Trout (Fresno 4, CA); Sylvia Stone (San Pedro, CA); June Cannon (San Antonio 10, TX); Patricia Reardon (Staten Island, NY); Barbara Gallagher (Erie, PA); Eloise Baie (Brunswick, GA); and Van Dean Oxner (Cayce, SC).
Which Is Rich!
Suzie / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Ferdie, don't you ever work?
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Suzie; Ferdie
- Synopsis
- Ferdie explains why he doesn't have a job.
[no title indexed]
Suzie Fun Page / activity / 0.5 page
Indexer Notes
Includes rearranging letters in name to spell job, fun fact, riddle, rebuses, and joke.
That's My Pop!
Wilbur / comic story / 2 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Joe Edwards (signed)
- Inks
- Joe Edwards (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Oooh Wilbur, I'm so thrilled!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Wilbur Wilkin; Red Wilson; Laurie Lake; Linda Moore
- Synopsis
- Red comes late to the game where Wilbur is umpiring because he can gather the bottles thrown at Wilbur and collect a refund.
[no title indexed]
Suzie's Movie Diary / text article / 2 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Kathryn Grayson Gets Shakes Doing the Shimmy
[no title indexed]
Suzie Fun Page / activity / 0.5 page
Indexer Notes
Includes what's my line, connecting dotted lines on faces, filling in grid, optical illusion, and rebus.
Stool Pigeon!
Suzie / comic story / 1.67 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Suzie where'd this foot stool come from!
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Suzie; Suzie's father
- Synopsis
- Suzie's father keeps tripping over the new foot stool that Suzie bought for him.
All Vet!
Suzie / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Doctor, this is Suzie you must come right over!
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Suzie; Suzie's father
- Synopsis
- Suzie calls a vet for help with removing a burglar from her dog's jaws.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
["How do you like your new reading lamp, Suzie?"]
Suzie -
1.
Hypno-Wised
Suzie -
2.
Don't Give Up the Slip
Suzie -
3.
Call Your Shots
Suzie -
4.
To Half and to Hold!
Suzie -
5.
Hic-ups and Downs!
Suzie -
6.
["It works every time! Give a copy of Archie Comics and you don't need laughing gas!!"]
Archie -
7.
Steak Your Claim!
Suzie -
8.
["Jughead, how can you sit there eating?"]
Archie -
9.
The Moron the Merrier!
Suzie -
10.
["Sis, if I'm to get that movie part I've got to reduce..."]
Katy Keene -
11.
[no title indexed]
Katy Keene Fun Page -
12.
Which Is Rich!
Suzie -
13.
[no title indexed]
Suzie Fun Page -
14.
That's My Pop!
Wilbur -
15.
["Kathryn Grayson Gets Shakes Doing the Shimmy"]
Suzie's Movie Diary -
16.
[no title indexed]
Suzie Fun Page -
17.
Stool Pigeon!
Suzie -
18.
["For a king-size laugh...buy Wilbur Comics!"]
Wilbur -
19.
All Vet!
Suzie
This issue was modified by, among others
- Luke A.
- Steve Coates
- Michael Hoskin
- Bob Kopman
- Keith Alan Morgan
- Mike Nielsen
- Daniel Thingvold
- Warren Zeigler
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