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Issue Details

Issue #323
Published March 1951
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 52
Editing ?
Notes Indicia title is "SUSIE Q. SMITH, No. 323." Code number is S.Q.O.S. #323-513. Copyright 1951 by King Features Syndicate, Inc. First of four Susie Q. Smith Four Colors. Based on the Susie Q. Smith newspaper strip.

Cover Details

Characters Susie Q. Smith
Genre teen
Pencils Linda Walter
Inks Linda Walter

2 page Susie Q. Smith story "My Diary"

Characters Susie Q. Smith; Legs O'Hara; Boojie; Muscles Maloney; Hungry Harris
Synopsis Set of seven panel cartoons depicting a week in the life of Susie Q.
Genre teen
Script Jerry Walter; Linda Walter
Pencils Linda Walter
Inks Linda Walter
Letters Linda Walter ?
Notes Inside front cover and inside back cover. Black, white, and red. These may be reprinted newspaper panel strips edited together.

16 page Susie Q. Smith story "Falling in Love is as Easy as Falling Out of a Rowboat"

Characters Susie Q. Smith; Hutch Hopkins
Synopsis Susie receives flattering letters from a secret admirer. She goes to the park to meet him, but ends up on a date with a stranger and has to be rescued by Hutch, who was the real author of the letters.
Genre teen
Script Jerry Walter; Linda Walter
Pencils Linda Walter
Inks Linda Walter
Letters Linda Walter ?

10 page Susie Q. Smith story "Modeling is Easy--Any Dope Can Do It!"

Characters Susie Q. Smith; Legs O'Hara
Synopsis Suzie and Legs go to a department store to buy Susie a new dress for a dance. They end up as models in a fashion show and turn it into a shambles.
Genre teen
Script Jerry Walter; Linda Walter
Pencils Linda Walter
Inks Linda Walter
Letters Linda Walter

8 page Susie Q. Smith story "Some Men Are Mature and Some Men Are Just Plain Elderly"

Characters Susie Q. Smith; Muscles Maloney; Legs O'Hara; Owlie Olsen; Hungry Harris
Synopsis Legs and Susie get in a fight when they both have a crush on the new biology teacher.
Genre teen
Script Jerry Walter; Linda Walter
Pencils Linda Walter
Inks Linda Walter
Letters Linda Walter ?

10 page Hungry Harris story "The Pie Errand"

Characters Susie Q. Smith; Hungry Harris; Legs O'Hara; Muscles Maloney; Owlie Olsen; Bashful
Synopsis During a rainstorm, Hungry Harris is sent to Beepmeyer's Bakery to bring back three pies for the rest of the gang.
Genre teen
Script Jerry Walter; Linda Walter
Pencils Linda Walter
Inks Linda Walter
Letters Linda Walter ?

1 page Owlie Olson, Private Eye story "The Missing Mocha Layer Cake"

Characters Susie Q. Smith; Owlie Olson; Legs O'Hara; Muscles Maloney; Hutch Hopkins; Hungry Harris
Synopsis Owlie has to determine who ate Susie's layer cake.
Genre teen
Script Jerry Walter; Linda Walter
Pencils Linda Walter
Inks Linda Walter
Letters Linda Walter ?
Notes Solution to the mystery appears as a panel at the bottom of Sequence 8.

2 page Every Dog Has His Say filler

Characters Susie Q. Smith; Hutch Hopkins
Synopsis Illustrated letters from teen girls complaining about teen boys; and vice versa.
Genre teen
Script Jerry Walter; Linda Walter
Pencils Linda Walter
Inks Linda Walter
Letters Linda Walter ?
Notes Letters from Barbara Simms, Burbank, Calif.; Jane Bishop, Des Moines, Iowa; Johny Manelli, New York, N. Y.; and Bob Johnson, El Paso, Texas. These may be newspaper strip reprints.

Half page Susie Q. Smith filler "Little Brothers! Ugh!"

Characters Susie Q. Smith
Synopsis Four one-panel cartoons featuring Susie's little brother; chatting with Susie's boyfriend; a snake for Susie; stealing Susie's blueberry pie; eavesdropping on Susie's date.
Genre teen
Script Jerry Walter; Linda Walter
Pencils Linda Walter
Inks Linda Walter
Letters Linda Walter ?
Notes May be reprints of four newspaper strip panel cartoons. Bottom 1/4 of page is solution to mystery in Sequence 6.

1 page Susie Q. Smith filler "My Diary..."

Characters Susie Q. Smith; Legs O'Hara; Muscles Maloney; Lana
Synopsis Four one-panel cartoons formatted as pages from Susie's diary.
Genre teen
Script Jerry Walter; Linda Walter
Pencils Linda Walter
Inks Linda Walter
Letters Linda Walter ?
Notes Back cover. May be reprints of newspaper strip panel cartoons.