Data courtesy of the Grand Comics Database under Creative Commons license.

Issue Details

Issue #453
Published February 1953
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 36
Editing ?
Notes Indicia title is "SUSIE Q. SMITH, No. 453." Code number is S.Q.O.S. #453-532. Copyright 1953 by King Features Syndicate. Based on the "Susie Q. Smith" newspaper strip by Jerry and Linda Walter. Third of four Susie Q. Smith Four Color issues.

Cover Details

Characters Susie Q. Smith; Hutch Hopkins
Genre teen
Pencils Linda Walter
Inks Linda Walter

1 page Cleo filler "Gags"

Characters Susie Q. Smith; Hutch Hopkins; Cleo Smith
Synopsis Four one-panel gags involving Susie and her little sister Cleo.
Genre humor
Script Linda Walter (plot); Jerry Walter (dialogue)
Pencils Linda Walter
Inks Linda Walter
Notes Inside front cover; black and white. Possibly newspaper strip reprints.

14 page Susie Q. Smith story "Wedding Bell Blues"

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.
Genre teen
Script Linda Walter (plot); Jerry Walter (dialogue)
Pencils Linda Walter (signed)
Inks Linda Walter (signed)

1 page Cleo story "A Girl's Best Friend is her Dog."

Characters Cleo Smith; Susie Q. Smith
Synopsis Cleo's friend makes fun of her for not having an automatic dishwasher.
Genre children
Script Linda Walter (plot); Jerry Walter (dialogue)
Pencils Linda Walter
Inks Linda Walter

2 page filler "Every Dog Has His Say"

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.
Genre teen
Script Linda Walter (plot); Jerry Walter (dialogue)
Pencils Linda Walter
Inks Linda Walter
Notes Questions from Marie Mausolf, Hoisington, Kansas; Patsy Cowan, Bramwell, Virginia; Pabrin Kearns, Sabrina, Ohio; and Bob Cenar, Newark, N.J.

1 page Cleo story "Sweet Revenge"

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.
Genre children
Script Linda Walter (plot); Jerry Walter (dialogue)
Pencils Linda Walter
Inks Linda Walter

8 page Susie Q. Smith story "A Birthday Surprise for the Birthday Girl!"

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.
Genre teen
Script Linda Walter (plot); Jerry Walter (dialogue)
Pencils Linda Walter
Inks Linda Walter

2 page Cleo story "A Friendly Gorilla"

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.
Genre teen
Script Linda Walter (plot); Jerry Walter (dialogue)
Pencils Linda Walter
Inks Linda Walter

4 page Horrible Horace and Awful Arthur story "Down With Baby Sitters!"

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.
Genre teen; children
Script Linda Walter (plot); Jerry Walter (dialogue)
Pencils Linda Walter
Inks Linda Walter

2 page Susie Q. Smith filler "My Diary"

Characters Susie Q. Smith; Hutch Hopkins
Synopsis One-panel gags involving Susie and her friends, one for each day of the week.
Genre teen
Script Linda Walter (plot); Jerry Walter (dialogue)
Pencils Linda Walter
Inks Linda Walter
Notes Begins on inside back cover in black and white and continues on back cover in color. Possibly reworked newspaper strip reprints?